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Chapter 5 Ancient Greece

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army at the Battle of Salamis and was defeated

a)

Darius

b)

Leonidas

c)

Xerxes

2.

leader who made Athens more democratic

a)

Pericles

b)

Cyrus

c)

Darius

d)

Leonidas

e)

Xerxes

3.

In which of the four types of governments in ancient Greece did the people have the most power?

a)

oligarchy

b)

aristocracy

c)

democracy

d)

monarchy

4.

In what way did Greece's mountainous location affect the developments of its society?

a)

Mountains divided the land into multiple regions.

b)

Mountains unified Greek city states.

c)

80% of the land was arable or farmable.

d)

All of these

5.

He was the teacher of Alexander the Great

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Pericles

d)

Aristotle

6.

Which of the following cultures WAS NOT part of Hellenistic culture?

a)

Greek

b)

Persian

c)

Egyptian

d)

Chinese

7.

A tight rectangular military formation, used first by the Greeks.

a)

Acropolis

b)

Olympics

c)

Polis

d)

Phalanx

8.

Check all that apply to the Athenian Democracy

a)

Council of 500

b)

Congress

c)

Archon

d)

Public Court Systems

e)

Law Making Legislature

9.

Why did the Greeks fight the Peloponnesian War (Greek vs Greek)?

a)

Invasion of Athens by Persia

b)

Invasion of Crete by the Mycenaean's

c)

Conflict between Athens and Sparta for control of Greece following the Persian War

d)

Commercial trade rivalries among the city states.

10.
Which of the following was NOT one of the goals that Pericles had for Athens?
a)
To glorify Athens.
b)
To create a cooperative union with Sparta.
c)
To hold and strengthen the empire.
d)
To strengthen Athenian democracy.
11.
What is meant by Hellenistic?
a)
A government controlled by its citizens either directly or indirectly through representatives.
b)
A Greek city-state – the fundamental political unit of ancient Greece after about 750 BC.
c)
Relating to the civilization, language, art, science and literature of the Greek world from the reign of Alexander to about 200 BC.
d)
Ruler of ancient Greece who conquered Greece, Persia and Egypt and spread the Greek culture as he conquered these regions.
12.

What is classical art?

a)

The art of Ancient Greece and Rome that focused on emotion and surrealism.

b)

Greece’s greatest storyteller who wrote the epics the Iliad and the Odyssey.

c)

The art of ancient Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order and proportion were emphasized.

d)

Tutor of Alexander the Great who created a method for arguing according to the rules of logic.

13.
All citizens in ancient Athens had the right to attend the Assembly, where they could meet in open discussion and cast votes.  This situation is an example of
a)
direct democracy
b)
totalitarianism
c)
parliamentary direct democracy 
d)
absolutism
14.
In comparison of the ancient cities of Athens and Sparta, Sparta placed more emphasis on
a)
education
b)
military service
c)
family order
d)
human rights
15.
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Spain
d)
Alexander the Great
16.

What is the name of a government ruled by a small group of individuals from the middle or business class and have control over the military?

a)

democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

aristocracy

d)

oligarchy

17.

The Mycenaeans and __________ helped shape later Greek cultures.

a)

Minoans

b)

Gods

c)

Greek leaders

d)

Greek heroes

18.

Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens and of impiety, or heresy and sentenced to death.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Who were the two sides fighting in the Trojan War?

a)

Greeks (Mycenaeans) and Romans

b)

Greeks (Mycenaeans) and the people of Troy

c)

Romans and Inca

d)

Spartans and Athens

20.

What people occupied Greece for almost 400 years but left to written records?

a)

The Dorians

b)

The Mycenaeans

c)

The Persians

21.

After the Dorians, and the Golden Age of Greece, what people took control of Greece?

a)

Minoans

b)

Myceneans

c)

Macedonians

22.

Which of the following did Athens and Sparta share in common?

a)

They were both city-states

b)

They were both democracies

c)

They were both military states

d)

They both were leaders of the Delian league

23.

Alexander the Great first conquered which area of the Persian Empire

a)

Indus River Valley

b)

Babylon

c)

Anatolia (Modern day Turkey)

d)

Egypt