WorksheetsAncient Greece 2020-2021 (KB)
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is the name of the peninsula shaded on the map?
Italian Peninsula
Tidewater Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
Peloponnesus Peninsula
How did geography influence the development of Ancient Greece?
It allowed for the creation of a large powerful empire.
It provided from the isolation of Greece from the rest of the world.
It enhanced unity among all Greeks.
It led to the creation of independent separate city-states
How did Greeks ease their need for additional resources when their became a shortage of arable land?
Foreign Trade
Colonization
Warfare
Piracy
All are true regarding how geography impacted the development of Ancient Greece except-----
They created independent small city-states that were cut off from one another by mountains and water.
Some cities became important trading centers while others were isolated.
The location of the cities created skilled sailors and provided harbors for ships.
They built vast empires due to the large and flat land spaces.
Which Ancient Greek City-State is being described in this diagram?
Troy
Persepolis
Athens
Sparta
All are true of the Persian Wars except-
Athens and Sparta put aside their differences to fight Persia
After the Athenian victories, the Greeks controlled the Aegean.
Athens preserved it independence and continued making innovations
Sparta merged with Athens to create one large empire
Which creates the main cause of the Peloponnesian War?
Persia attacked the Greek mainland
The formation of the Delian League
Aggressive taxes forced the citizens to revolt
Spartans attacked Marathon and Salamis
Who is responsible for spreading Greek Culture?
Phillip II
Alexander the Great
Thucydides
Aristotle
What type of column is being shown has an ornate capital decorated acanthus leaves?
Doric
Ionic
Italian
Corinthian
Which type of simple column was used on the Greek Parthenon?
Italian
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
Homer is best associated with ______________.
architecture
sculpture
poetry
math
Archimedes and Hippocrates are most associated with -
philosophy
science
history
drama
Which type of simple architecture is shown?
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
Italian
Who developed a mathematical formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a triangle.
Phidias
Homer
Pythagoras
Hippocrates
Which city-state was known for having a rigid social structure, being militaristic, and ruled by a small group?
Rome
Athens
Troy
Sparta
Which were tyrants that worked for reforms in Athens?
Draco and Solon
Socrates and Plato
Sophocles and Aeschylus
Euclid and Pythagoras
Which was known for the origins of democratic principals such as direct democracy, public debate, duties of the citizens?
Rome
Athens
Sparta
Mecca
In the evolution of Athenian Government, which stage completes the chart?
Anarchy
Polytheism
Democracy
Oligarchy
Who was the king of the Greek Gods and Goddesses?
Apollo
Zeus
Solon
Artemis
What is Greek mythology based on?
polytheism
monotheism
Christianity
Islam
Which Greek Goddess is the parthenon dedicated to?
Zeus
Artemis
Athena
Apollo
Which one of the following made contributions as a Greek Historian?
Zeus
Herodotus
Apollo
Pythagoras
Which type of Greek column is shown in this picture?
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
Italian
What is the name of the Greek column shown in this picture?
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
Tuscan
What is the best name for this picture?
Greek mythology
Greek building
Greek columns
Greek literature
Who was the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War?
Artemis
Athenea
Zeus
Apollo
Who was the protector of marriage and wife of Zeus?
Hera
Artemis
Athena
Aphrodite
Who was the Greek Goddess of love and beauty?
Artemis
Athena
Apollo
Aphrodite
Who was the Greek Goddess of the hunt?
Apollo
Athena
Artemis
Aphrodite
Which number shows the Black Sea?
1
2
3
4
Which number shows the Persian Empire?
1
2
3
4
Which number shows Athens?
1
2
3
4
Which number shows Sparta?
1
2
3
4
Which one is not a Greek philosopher?
Socrates
Sophocles
Aristotle
Plato
Who discovered the laws of levers and pulleys?
Zeus
Homer
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Which Greek God is being described?
Athena
Zeus
Apollo
Artemis
Which Greek city-state gained control of the Aegean Sea and continued cultural innovations?
Persia
Athens
Troy
India
What was the name of the Greek physician that made contributions in science?
Homer
Herodotus
Phidias
Hippocrates
Who built an empire that went Greece, Egypt, and the boarders of India?
Phillip II
Alexander the Great
Socrates
Pericles
Which Greek city-state had an oligarchy?
Athens
Troy
Sparta
Macedonia
What number is located closest to Asia Minor?
1
2
3
4
What number is represented the Mediterranean Sea? (Hint it is in the water not on the island of Crete)
1
2
3
4
What number is located closest to Troy?
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
What does Oligarchy mean?
Govt. for the people
Govt. by the people
rule by a small group
Take power by force
What did Pericles do for Athens?
Rebuilt it after the Persian War and made it more democratic
He destroyed Athens
He changed the religion of Athens
He renamed Athens
Who gave us the Iliad and the Odyssey which was an epic poem about the Trojan War?
Homer
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
What was the main reason why Athens and Sparta fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War?
For control of the Roman World
For control of the Greek World
For control of oil industry
For control of the coal industry
Who is a greek writer is noted for creating the study of History?
Euclid
Socrates
Plato
Herodotus
All of the following people were philosophers except?
Socrates
Plato
Sophocles
Aristotle
Whose empire extended into western India and spread Greek Influence in Egypt and the near east?
Phillip Macedonia
Pericles
Artemis
Alexander the Great
Whose scientific discovery focused on the development of levers and pulleys?
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Homer
Plato
