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WorksheetsAncient Greece Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which of the following are true statements about slavery in ancient Greece?
Slaves were allowed to vote
Athenian slaves sometimes were captured during war
Slaves only did housework
People in Sparta believed in the importance of
Fine clothes and good food
Freedom for all
Military strength
democracy
How did Greece's physical geography influence early civilizations
It encouraged the use of rich farmland and contact between cities
It forced people to adapt to harsh weather conditions
It prevented war because the city-states were close together.
It encouraged people to be sailors and fishermen, but keep city-states separate
What was Mount Olympus?
A hill outside the walls of troy
Home of the gods
An acropolis
Site of the Olympic Games
What is an epic?
A long poem that tells a story
A high rocky hill on or near where early people built cities.
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves
A member of a rich and powerful family
What is an acropolis?
A high, rocky road hill on or near where early people built cities
A member of a rich or powerful family
Someone who uses reason to understand the world
A payment made by a less powerful state to a more powerful
Who was the goddess of wisdom?
Aphrodite
Hera
Athena
Helen
What was the government of Athens?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monotheism
What is democracy?
Someone who uses reason to understand the world
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves
A member of a rich and powerful family
A long poem that tells a story
What does it mean to assassinate someone?
To murder for political reasons
To murder for personal reasons
To murder for religious reasons
To murder for any reason
Which city-state won the Peloponnesian War
Crete
Athens
Sparta
Peloponnesus
What ancient Greek invented geometry?
Archimedes
Socrates
Pericles
Euclid
Who was Alexander the Great?
A man conquered most of the known world
Blind Greek Poet
King of the Gods
Great leader in Athens during the Golden Age
What are myths?
History written in the form of a long poem
Stories that Greeks used to explain why things happen
The priestess who spoke for the gods
Lies that are used in a historical way
Which of the following are true statements about slavery in ancient Greece?
Slaves were allowed to vote
Slaves owned by Sparta were called helots.
Slaves only did housework
What is a city-state?
A high, rocky hill on or near where early people built cities.
A city with its own independent traditions, laws, and government.
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves.
Someone who uses reason to understand the world.
What is an aristocrat?
A member of a rich and powerful family
Someone who uses reason to understand the world
A long poem that tells a story
A payment made by a less powerful state to a more powerful state.
What is a tribute?
A high, rocky hill on or near where early people built cities
A long poem that tells a story
A payment made by a less powerful state to a more powerful one
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves
What is a philosopher?
A member of a rich and powerful family
Someone who uses reason to understand the world
What is a plague?
A public marketplace
A widespread disease
A public marketplace
an area of land nearly surrounded by water
What is a blockade?
A public marketplace
An area of land surrounded by water
a type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character
to isolate the enemy and cut off its supplies
What is an agora?
Someone or something that lives forever
A public marketplace
An area of land nearly surrounded by water
A type of serious drama that ends in disaster
What is a tragedy?
A widespread disease
A public marketplace
A type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character
What does it mean to be immortal?
To isolate the enemy and cut off its supplies
to murder for political reasons
someone or something that lives forever
What is a peninsula?
A widespread disease
An area of land nearly surrounded by water
A public marketplace
Which statement is true about women in ancient Sparta?
They went to war with the men
They only did housework
They trained in wrestling and spear throwing
They did not have to obey the men
The Spartans and other city-states were part of what league?
The Peloponnesian League
The Delian League
Athens and other city-states were part of what league?
The Peloponnesian League
The Delian League
300 Spartans fought bravely and died in which battle?
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Himera
He united Macedonia and took over Greece. Father to Alexander
Zeus
Alexander the Great
Pericles
King Phillip
The great philosopher who taught Plato
Homer
Socrates
Pericles
Zeus
This is considered Greece's greatest work of architecture
Parthenon
Temple of Athena
Acropolis
Agora
Who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey. Two great epics written about ancient Greece.
Zeus
Pericles
Homer
Alexander the Great
He was King of the Gods
Socrates
Zeus
Homer
Apollo
He was a great leader in Athens during the Golden Age.
Zeus
Homer
Pericles
Socrates
People from mainland Greece; they took over Crete
Mycenaeans
Minoans
Spartans
Ionians
