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Ancient Greece

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

An independent town or village in Ancient Greece

a)

city-state

b)

city capital

c)

nation state

d)

state of the nation

2.

polis means

a)

nation state

b)

city state

c)

state of the city

d)

potato salad

3.

Most city states were built on a hill called an

a)

archbishop

b)

acropolis

c)

polis

d)

anti polis

4.

agora

a)

hilltop fort

b)

city walls

c)

valley defense

d)

marketplace

5.

The Olympics were held to honor

a)

athletes

b)

the king

c)

Zeus

d)

Homer

6.

Epic poems that tell the story of the Trojan War

a)

Leaves of Grass

b)

The Iliad and Odyssey

c)

Homer's Epics

d)

Beat! Beat! Drums!

7.

The Illiad was written by

a)

Honor

b)

Homer Simpson

c)

Themistocles

d)

Homer

8.

Greeks believe people went to the underworld called

a)

Purga

b)

Hades

c)

Poseidon

d)

Olympus

9.

The gods lived on

a)

Mount Olympus

b)

Mount Olympics

c)

Mount Vesuvius

d)

Mout St. Helens

10.

king of the gods

a)

Homer

b)

Odysseus

c)

Apollo

d)

Zeus

11.

Non aristocratic soldier in Greece

a)

tyrant

b)

hoplite

c)

ephor

d)

helots

12.

One who takes power by force and abuses absolute power

a)

hoplite

b)

tyrant

c)

king

d)

ephor

13.

This limited the power of kings and aristocracy

a)

tyranny

b)

well trained military

c)

democracy

d)

oligarchy

14.

Sparta was surrounded by

a)

water on all sides

b)

mountains

c)

enemies

d)

a fortified wall

15.

How many social groups made up Spartan society.

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

16.

Who controlled the city state and owned land in Spartan Society?

a)

helots

b)

hoplites

c)

homer

d)

Equals

17.

Helots in Sparta were

a)

slaves

b)

rulers

c)

soldiers

d)

merchants

18.

They were teh lwaw making body of Sparta.

a)

Kings

b)

Council of Elders

c)

Homerites

d)

gods

19.

Ephors checked on the king and controlled

a)

the military

b)

water supply

c)

engineering

d)

education

20.

In Sparta, boys entered military training at age

a)

birth

b)

7

c)

17

d)

20

21.

In Athenian society, metics were

a)

non citizens

b)

rulers

c)

soldiers

d)

slaves

22.

Today, harsh laws are referred to as

a)

tyranny

b)

Solonian

c)

Archaic

d)

Draconian

23.

Greek soldiers fought in a formation known as a

a)

flanking movement

b)

phalanx

c)

philippi

d)

rectangle

24.

Greece is located on the continent of

a)

Asia

b)

Italy

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

25.

The Minoans were named after

a)

Queen Mino

b)

A bull

c)

The City of Minos

d)

King Minos of Crete