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Ancient Greece

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How was Athenian democracy different from American democracy?
a)
Citizens were not allowed to serve on juries
b)
People were not allowed to vote for leaders
c)
Women could not participate in public life
d)
People were not allowed to criticize the government
2.
One of the most powerful Greek City-States and birthplace of Democracy.
a)
Athens 
b)
Sparta 
c)
Thebes 
d)
Corinth 
3.
Which of the following are citizens in Ancient Athens? 
a)
Women 
b)
Slaves 
c)
Foreigners 
d)
Free Men 
4.
Greek word for city 
a)
polis 
b)
agora 
c)
acropolis 
d)
oligarchy 
5.

American form of government

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Tyranny

6.
Macedonian king who conquered most of the known world. 
a)
Plato 
b)
Aristotle 
c)
Socrates 
d)
Alexander the Great 
7.

What is Greece's hilly terrain (land) good for?

a)

lots of farming

b)

communication between city-states

c)

growing grapes and olives

d)

providing water for the crops

8.

What do we call land with water on 3 sides?

a)

island

b)

continent

c)

peninsula

d)

city

9.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the geography in Greece?

a)

They became excellent fishermen, sailors and traders

b)

There was lots of farmland to grow crops.

c)

The mountains made it difficult to communicate and travel

d)

Trade was very important

10.

Who did the Greeks defeat in a war using a wooden horse?

a)

Trojans

b)

Minoans

c)

Romans

d)

Egyptians

11.

Greece is a

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

continent

d)

Mountain

12.

What body of water does not border Ancient Greece?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Aegean Sea

c)

Ionian Sea

d)

Red Sea

13.
The city-state where boys, at the age of 7, would start hardy soldier training
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Delphi
d)
Olympia
14.

Which group(s) of people were not allowed to be citizens in Athens? (select all that apply)

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Slaves

d)

Foreigners

15.
What were the two main city-states of Ancient Greece?
a)
Rome & Alexandria
b)
Corinth & Olympia
c)
Thebes & Argos
d)
Sparta & Athens
16.

The ideal Spartan believed that ________.

a)

The family came before Sparta

b)

Sparta came before family

c)

Greece needed to be united as one country

d)

The key to winning a war was all about the size of your army