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WorksheetsReading Quiz 1: Ancient Greeks (I) F23
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 18mins
The Minoan Age and the Mycenean period happened during which period of Ancient Greek history?
(a)
The Minoans and Myceneans had writing (called Linear A and Linear B, respectively). What was/were the main use(s) of these scripts?
Recording transactions
Recording religious teachings
Keeping palace records
Inscriptions on tombs
Which period of Ancient Greek was characterized by a loss of culture, including the disappearance of Linear A and B?
(a)
What was a polis?
A city-state (for example, Athens)
A law enforcement officer
A vote taken by all citizens
A large city
What were the Greek colonies in Italy known as?
(a)
Who did the Greek poleis defeat in 479 BCE?
(a)
Which period of Ancient Greek history was characterized by cultural and intellectual achievements?
(a)
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Athens
Persia
Rome
What were the consequences of the Peloponnesian War?
Athenian culture declined
Sparta became even stronger
There was a power vaccum
Thebes, and then Macedonia, rose to power
Which Macedonian king conquered all the lands of the Persian Empire?
(a)
What was (were) the charateristic(s) of the Hellenistic Period?
The polis was confirmed as the main unit of organization.
Greek language and culture spread across the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Alexandria, in Egypt, emerged as a centre of learning.
It saw the Greek conquest of Rome.
Answer one of the following questions:
1) What do Linear A and B show about the nature and structure of society in Bronze Age Greece?
2) What does the existence of Magna Graecia show about the interests of Ancient Greeks during this period?
3) What is the significance of the outcome of the Persian War? How do you think Greek identity was defined?
4) What does the Peloponnesian War show about the nature of Greek identity at this time?
5) What is the significance of the conquests of Alexander the Great?
