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Worksheetsworld history ancient Greece
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
A city-state that operated like an independent country was known as?
Ephors
Acropolis
Polis
Agora
Greece is on the Aegean and ___________ sea?
Red sea
Bering sea
Caspian sea
Mediterranean sea
An area of land surrounded on 3 sides by water is called?
Peninsula
island
Archipelago
Isthmus
Greek word that was an open space that could be used as a market-place or for public gatherings.
Acropolis
Agora
Supermarket
Hoplites
A government in which a small group has control is defined as?
Democracy
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Monarchy
The unified fighting formation greek soldiers used was called?
Ephors
Hoplites
Blitz
Phalanx
Enslaved laborers held by the Spartans were known as ?
Satraps
Helots
Ephors
Helocs
Which civilization did the Greeks borrow the idea for an alphabet from?
Romans
Egyptians
Persians
Phoenicians
Someone who seizes power and rules with total authority is called a/an?
Tyrant
oligarch
Ephor
Tycoon
At what age did Spartan boys prepare for a life of war?
nineteen
seventeen
nine
seven
The Greeks improved trade because they were the first to make and use
dollars
barter system
coins
taxes
At what age did Spartan men retire from the military?
45
50
55
60
A council of five people that governed Sparta were called?
Ephors
Counselors
Helots
Satraps
What were ballots made of to select Athenian jurors?
stone
clay
papyrus
olive branches
Which of these was not a Greek city-state?
Sparta
Persia
Mycenae
Athens
