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Ancient Greece Unit Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A Greek city-state is called 
a)
a colony 
b)
phalanx
c)
 agora
d)
polis 
2.
A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece 
a)
polis
b)
colony
c)
agora 
d)
city-state 
3.
A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment
a)
teacher
b)
philosopher
c)
 tyrant
d)
oracle
4.
Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 
a)
democracy
b)
representative democracy
c)
oligarchy 
d)
tyrant 
5.

What type of landform is Greece on?

a)

Island

b)

Continent

c)

Peninsula

d)

Archipelago

6.

Which is not a main philosopher from Ancient Greece?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Laozi

d)

Aristotle

7.

Herodotus is considered the father of...

a)

geometry

b)

arithmatic

c)

speech

d)

history

8.
Which city-state started training soldiers at age 7? 
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Both
d)
Neither 
9.

Which city-state had mandatory military training?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

10.

What did the ancient Greeks build at the highest point of their cities?

a)

barracks

b)

acropolis

c)

agora

d)

theatres

11.

Which city-state did not allow women to leave the house unaccompanied?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

12.

Which form of government from ancient Greece most influenced the government of the United States?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Tyranny

13.

A form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf is called...

a)

direct democracy

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

representative democracy

14.

When all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process is called...

a)

democracy

b)

representative democracy

c)

direct democracy

d)

oligarchy

15.
This picture is an example of Greek architecture of which type of column?
a)
Greek
b)
Corinthian
c)
Doric
d)
Ionic
16.
This picture is an example of what type of Greek architecture.
a)
Doric
b)
Ionic
c)
Corinthian
d)
Marble
17.
What type of column is this?
a)
Doric
b)
Ionic
c)
Corinthian
d)
Pretty
18.

In Athens, boys primarily studied:

a)

Military Tactics

b)

Philosophy only

c)

Arithmetic, Geometry and Public Speaking

d)

Gender roles

19.

Which of the following is NOT a major body of water near Greece?

a)

Aegean Sea

b)

Ionian Sea

c)

Yellow Sea

d)

Mediterranean River

20.

The two great epic stories of Ancient Greece were..

a)

Aesop's Fables

b)

The Iliad and The Odyssey

c)

Aeschylus and the Oresteia

d)

Theseus and the Minotaur and Jason and the Argonauts

21.

The citizens of the United States of America elect representatives to make decisions about laws for them. This is an example of a(n)

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Direct Democracy

22.

What is the idea that all citizens have a responsibility to their country?

a)

the right to vote

b)

the rule of law

c)

civic duty

d)

community service

23.

The geography of Greece was important because...

a)

It affected the creation of city-states

b)

Many cities grew independently

c)

Increased sea trade

d)

All of the choices listed

24.

In 431 BCE, Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens and their allies to fight in the...

a)

Spartan War

b)

Persian War

c)

Peloponnesian War

d)

Greek Civil War

25.

King Leonidas of Sparta and his army of 300 were all killed by the [?] in the battle of [?]

a)

Macedonians; Thessaly

b)

Persians; Thermopylae

c)

Athenians; Rome

d)

Egyptians; Carthage

26.

Who is considered as the "Father of History" for recording important facts throughout the ages?

a)

Leonidas

b)

Themistocles

c)

Homer

d)

Herodotus

27.

Athenian boys studied...

a)

Military Tactics

b)

Arithmetic, Geometry, and Public Speaking

c)

Only Philosophy

d)

Gender Roles