WorksheetsAncient Greece
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 39mins
All of the following were the major crops the Greeks grew EXCEPT:
grapes
grains
citrus fruits
olives
All of the following were advancements in the Minoan buildings EXCEPT:
flushable toilet
trash slits so the trash can fall into containers to dispose
clay sewer pipes and drainage ditches
portable fireboxes
At the age of ________, Spartan soldiers were expected to get married and join the assembly.
20
25
30
60
What were Greek ships armed with to defeat the Persians?
cannons
battering rams
machine guns
bayonets
All of the following were goals of Pericles EXCEPT
building a trading network
conquer the Persians
glorify Athens
strengthen democracy
Who won the Peloponnesian Wars?
Greece
Sparta
Troy
Athens
Who is considered to be the greatest philosopher of the Western world?
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Herodotus
Women had more freedom in Athens rather than Sparta.
TRUE
FALSE
What was the Minoan's earliest writing system?
Cuneiform
Alphabet
Linear A
Hieroglyphics
Greek tragedies dealt with all of the following EXCEPT:
the rights of the individual
the loss of a love
nature of human beings
nature of good and evil
All of the following were ways Greece got out of the Dark Ages EXCEPT
iron replaced bronze
defeated the Trojans
trade and farming revived
adopted the alphabet
Which city-state (polis) had a democracy?
Sparta
Athens
At what age did Spartan soldiers retire?
40
60
50
70
What year did the Ancient Greek Olympics begin?
AD 393
584 BC
AD 476
776 BC
All of the following seas surround Greece EXCEPT:
Ionian
Adriatic
Aegean
Mediterranean
All of the following were immediate effects after the Peloponnesian War EXCEPT:
unemployment
starvation
plague
population decline
Even though Greeks will share the same language and customs, they still lacked
an Army
religion
national unity
a writing sytem
The Illiad and the Odessey were epic poems written by
Herodotus
Thucidides
Homer
Sophicles
Term: founded the Minoan civilization
Homer
Minos
Paris
Herodotus
What is the type of government we see the foundations for in Athens after Cleisthenes left?
oligarchy
facism
tyranny
democracy
What was the most important effect of establishing Greek colonies in the Mediterranean Sea?
increased trade
spread religion
military strength
spread government
How did the Mycenaean state collapse?
their loss in the Trojan war caused their downfall
they were invaded by the Sea Peoples
they were invaded by the Minoans
they lost the Peloponnesian Wars
Why did the Dark Age start in Greece?
there was a solar eclipse
the Persians invaded them
the Dorians invaded them
plague broke out in the city-states
Where did the Persians land first during the First Invasion?
Marathon
Thermopylae
Athens
Plataea
Term: Infantry/foot soldier
Immortal
hoplite
tyrant
helot
How did Aristotle believe you could achieve happiness?
having a lot of money
spending time with your family
doing the will of the gods
living a life full of virtue
Where were the Ancient Greek Olympics held at every 4 years?
Olympia
Sparta
Athens
Cornith
Where did the first Greek civilization start at?
Athens
Crete
Minos
Sparta
All of the following were LONG-TERM consequences after the Peloponnesian War EXCEPT:
ignored the threat of the Persians which cost them freedom
there was a power-struggle between the city-states
weakened all major city-states
ruined the idea of a united Greece
What were the names of the 2 leagues that were formed after the Persian Wars?
Athens and Sparta
Dorian and Peninsula
Delian and Peloponnesian
Attica and Peloponnese
Term: The blind poet who wrote epic poems
Thucydides
Darius
Homer
Plato
Term: strive for excellence
arete
syllogism
ostracism
oracle
Term: Greek city-state
acropolis
agora
phalanx
polis
Term: center for politics and business in a Greek city-state
Mycenea
Thermopolae
agora
acropolis
Term: fortified hilltop with the temple & palace
polis
acropolis
hoplite
arete
Term: someone who was not born in the city-state they are currently residing, so they do not get full citizenship rights
hoplite
aristocrat
helot
metic
Term: Greek infantry unit armed with shields, shoulder to shoulder, close formation
oracle
phalanx
legion
oligarchy
Term: nobles who own land
metic
elite
patrician
aristocrats
Term: a ruler who seizes power by force
dictator
king
tyrant
aristocrat
Term: type of government which is rule by the many
fascism
monarchy
oligarchy
democracy
Term: type of government that is rule by the few
communism
oligarchy
democracy
socialism
Term: people conquered by the Spartan
metics
helots
aristocrats
tyrants
Term: practice where people voted to exile undesirable politicians for 10 years
oracle
philosophy
syllogism
ostracism
Term: The Father of History
Thucydides
Pericles
Darius
Herodotus
Term: The young runner who ran from Marathon to Athens, then collapsed and died
Pericles
Pheidippides
Aristotle
Leonidas
Term: He was the Persian King who led the First Invasion against Athens.
Darius
Xerxes
Pheidippides
Socrates
All of the following were ways that Greece's geography affected its culture EXCEPT:
dividing it into a number or regions
providing good harbors on inlets and bays
limited farming, but encouraged overseas trade
encouraging unity among the city-states
Term: the Persian king who led the 2nd invasion against Greece
Darius
Minos
Plato
Xerxes
Term: The leader of Athens during its "Golden Age"
Agamemnon
Paris
Pericles
Darius
Term: a sacred shrine where a god or goddess revealed the future through a priest or priestess
oracle
ostracism
agora
arete
Term: the study of the basic ideas about knowledge, truth, right and wrong, religion, and the nature and meaning of life
ideology
philosophy
syllogism
doctrine
Term: a theory which states you cannot get from Truth A to Truth C without going through Truth B
syllogism
ostracism
reasoning
logic
Who won the Trojan War?
Sparta
Greece
Troy
Athens
All of the following things happened during the Dark Age in Greece EXCEPT:
population declined
bronze replaced iron
food production decreased
no written records
What is the idea that changed the tide of the Trojan war?
The Greeks trapped them at a small mountain pass
The Greeks built a wooden horse and put their best soldiers inside
The Greeks were fighting a defensive war and they were able to take advantage
The Greeks came up with the idea of the phalanx
Who won the Persian Wars?
Troy
Sparta
Greece
Persia
During the Peloponnesian War, Sparta had the greatest _______________ and Athens had the greatest ________________. (only write 2 words in the answer)
(a)
The greatest example of a Greek temple is
Thermopylae
Acropolis
Parthenon
Collesseum
What was the cause of the Trojan War?
The Greeks were mad that the Trojans wouldn't trade with them
The prince of Troy to the King of Sparta's wife
The Trojans were mad at Agamemnon for taking over many parts of Greece
The king of Sparta fell in love with the Trojan princess
The 2 sides in the Trojan War were
Athens and Sparta
Sparta and Troy
Greeks and Trojans
Troy and Athens
In the first year of the Trojan War, the Greeks were able to take the beaches of Troy but couldn't get inside the walls of Troy
TRUE
FALSE
All of the following were ways the Greeks got out of the "Dark Ages" EXCEPT:
adopted the Phoenician alphabet
used iron instead of bronze
trade & farming revived
beat the Trojans in the Trojan War
Athens economy was based on ______________________ and Sparta's economy was based on ___________________. (only write 2 words)
(a)
Spartan's had more social life than Athenians.
TRUE
FALSE
Athenians received more of an intellectual education than Spartan.
TRUE
FALSE
All of the following were consequences that only affected Athens after the Peloponnesian War EXCEPT:
loss of their fleet, empire and wealth
started writing comedies instead of just tragedies
their confidence in their oligarchy government faltered
lost of their self-confidence
In Socratic Method, Socrates used
a question and answer format that led pupils to find answers using their own reason
the study of religion to find answers from the gods
a higher world of external, unchanging forms that have always existed
the study of people in society, making sure everyone is doing their "appropriate role"
In what year did the Modern Olympics begin?
776 BC
1896
393
1612
What happened to 1/3 of Athens' population during the Peloponnesian War?
taken as slaves
died from plague
died in battle
starved
Athens and Sparta went to war with one another because Sparta thought Athens was getting too powerful.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following happened at Thermopylae?
an outnumbered Greek fleet defeated a Persian fleet
a Greek force held off a Persian army for 2 days, then were defeated
an outnumbered Athenian army attacked and defeated the Egyptians
the Greeks sailed at the Persians at sea and poked holes in their ships, which sank them one by one
For a Spartan, at the age of 60, what did they do?
became a general for the troops
retire
sent to the frontier parts of the polis to protect it
crowned king of Sparta
At what age was a Spartan boy sent to military school?
(a)
What was the purpose of the first Olympic games that started in Greece?
To show who was the fastest man
To see what city-state had the best athletes
To honor the gods
To increase trade throughout the country
All of the following were among the first Olympic events EXCEPT:
decathlon
boxing
foot races
pankration
