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Ancient Greece 2020-2021 (KB)

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the peninsula shaded on the map?

a)

Italian Peninsula

b)

Tidewater Peninsula

c)

Balkan Peninsula

d)

Peloponnesus Peninsula

2.

How did geography influence the development of Ancient Greece?

a)

It allowed for the creation of a large powerful empire.

b)

It provided from the isolation of Greece from the rest of the world.

c)

It enhanced unity among all Greeks.

d)

It led to the creation of independent separate city-states

3.

How did Greeks ease their need for additional resources when their became a shortage of arable land?

a)

Foreign Trade

b)

Colonization

c)

Warfare

d)

Piracy

4.

All are true regarding how geography impacted the development of Ancient Greece except-----

a)

They created independent small city-states that were cut off from one another by mountains and water.

b)

Some cities became important trading centers while others were isolated.

c)

The location of the cities created skilled sailors and provided harbors for ships.

d)

They built vast empires due to the large and flat land spaces.

5.

Which Ancient Greek City-State is being described in this diagram?

a)

Troy

b)

Persepolis

c)

Athens

d)

Sparta

6.

All are true of the Persian Wars except-

a)

Athens and Sparta put aside their differences to fight Persia

b)

After the Athenian victories, the Greeks controlled the Aegean.

c)

Athens preserved it independence and continued making innovations

d)

Sparta merged with Athens to create one large empire

7.

Which creates the main cause of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Persia attacked the Greek mainland

b)

The formation of the Delian League

c)

Aggressive taxes forced the citizens to revolt

d)

Spartans attacked Marathon and Salamis

8.

Who is responsible for spreading Greek Culture?

a)

Phillip II

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Thucydides

d)

Aristotle

9.

What type of column is being shown has an ornate capital decorated acanthus leaves?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Italian

d)

Corinthian

10.

Which type of simple column was used on the Greek Parthenon?

a)

Italian

b)

Ionic

c)

Doric

d)

Corinthian

11.

Homer is best associated with ______________.

a)

architecture

b)

sculpture

c)

poetry

d)

math

12.

Archimedes and Hippocrates are most associated with -

a)

philosophy

b)

science

c)

history

d)

drama

13.

Which type of simple architecture is shown?

a)

Ionic

b)

Doric

c)

Corinthian

d)

Italian

14.

Who developed a mathematical formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a triangle.

a)

Phidias

b)

Homer

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Hippocrates

15.

Which city-state was known for having a rigid social structure, being militaristic, and ruled by a small group?

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Troy

d)

Sparta

16.

Which were tyrants that worked for reforms in Athens?

a)

Draco and Solon

b)

Socrates and Plato

c)

Sophocles and Aeschylus

d)

Euclid and Pythagoras

17.

Which was known for the origins of democratic principals such as direct democracy, public debate, duties of the citizens?

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Mecca

18.

In the evolution of Athenian Government, which stage completes the chart?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Polytheism

c)

Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

19.

Who was the king of the Greek Gods and Goddesses?

a)

Apollo

b)

Zeus

c)

Solon

d)

Artemis

20.

What is Greek mythology based on?

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

21.

Which Greek Goddess is the parthenon dedicated to?

a)

Zeus

b)

Artemis

c)

Athena

d)

Apollo

22.

Which one of the following made contributions as a Greek Historian?

a)

Zeus

b)

Herodotus

c)

Apollo

d)

Pythagoras

23.

Which type of Greek column is shown in this picture?

a)

Ionic

b)

Doric

c)

Corinthian

d)

Italian

24.

What is the name of the Greek column shown in this picture?

a)

Ionic

b)

Doric

c)

Corinthian

d)

Tuscan

25.

What is the best name for this picture?

a)

Greek mythology

b)

Greek building

c)

Greek columns

d)

Greek literature

26.

Who was the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War?

a)

Artemis

b)

Athenea

c)

Zeus

d)

Apollo

27.

Who was the protector of marriage and wife of Zeus?

a)

Hera

b)

Artemis

c)

Athena

d)

Aphrodite

28.

Who was the Greek Goddess of love and beauty?

a)

Artemis

b)

Athena

c)

Apollo

d)

Aphrodite

29.

Who was the Greek Goddess of the hunt?

a)

Apollo

b)

Athena

c)

Artemis

d)

Aphrodite

30.

Which number shows the Black Sea?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

31.

Which number shows the Persian Empire?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

32.

Which number shows Athens?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

33.

Which number shows Sparta?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

34.

Which one is not a Greek philosopher?

a)

Socrates

b)

Sophocles

c)

Aristotle

d)

Plato

35.

Who discovered the laws of levers and pulleys?

a)

Zeus

b)

Homer

c)

Archimedes

d)

Pythagoras

36.

Which Greek God is being described?

a)

Athena

b)

Zeus

c)

Apollo

d)

Artemis

37.

Which Greek city-state gained control of the Aegean Sea and continued cultural innovations?

a)

Persia

b)

Athens

c)

Troy

d)

India

38.

What was the name of the Greek physician that made contributions in science?

a)

Homer

b)

Herodotus

c)

Phidias

d)

Hippocrates

39.

Who built an empire that went Greece, Egypt, and the boarders of India?

a)

Phillip II

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Socrates

d)

Pericles

40.

Which Greek city-state had an oligarchy?

a)

Athens

b)

Troy

c)

Sparta

d)

Macedonia

41.

What number is located closest to Asia Minor?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

42.

What number is represented the Mediterranean Sea? (Hint it is in the water not on the island of Crete)

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

43.

What number is located closest to Troy?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

44.
a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

45.

What does Oligarchy mean?

a)

Govt. for the people

b)

Govt. by the people

c)

rule by a small group

d)

Take power by force

46.

What did Pericles do for Athens?

a)

Rebuilt it after the Persian War and made it more democratic

b)

He destroyed Athens

c)

He changed the religion of Athens

d)

He renamed Athens

47.

Who gave us the Iliad and the Odyssey which was an epic poem about the Trojan War?

a)

Homer

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

48.

What was the main reason why Athens and Sparta fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War?

a)

For control of the Roman World

b)

For control of the Greek World

c)

For control of oil industry

d)

For control of the coal industry

49.

Who is a greek writer is noted for creating the study of History?

a)

Euclid

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Herodotus

50.

All of the following people were philosophers except?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Sophocles

d)

Aristotle

51.

Whose empire extended into western India and spread Greek Influence in Egypt and the near east?

a)

Phillip Macedonia

b)

Pericles

c)

Artemis

d)

Alexander the Great

52.

Whose scientific discovery focused on the development of levers and pulleys?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Homer

d)

Plato