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Ancient Greece - Year 5

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 776 BC in Ancient Greece, this event was held for the first time....

a)

Pyramid Festival

b)

Olympic Games

c)

Alexander the Great's birthday party

d)

Pandora and Epimetheus' wedding

2.

In 508 BC, people in Ancient Greece are given a chance to vote in how their country is run. This is called a....

a)

oligarchy

b)

dictatorship

c)

democracy

d)

monarchy

3.

In democratic Greece, who was allowed to vote?

a)

All men and women

b)

All men over 20 years old

c)

Only rich, powerful men

d)

Men, women and children

4.

The Parthenon is a magnificent building in Athens. What was it used for?

a)

A place to eat and drink with friends.

b)

A palace for the King and Queen.

c)

A religious temple.

d)

A column building factory.

5.

The most powerful of all the Gods was....

a)

Apollo

b)

Athena

c)

Mr. Phil

d)

Zeus

6.

The minotaur was a half man, half bull kept in a maze by...

a)

King Aegeus

b)

King Midas

c)

King Kong

d)

King Minos

7.

Theseus was helped to defeat the Minotaur by...

a)

Prometheus and Epimetheus

b)

Ariadne and Daedalus

c)

Arachne and Dionysus

d)

Spiderman and the Hulk

8.

Alexander the Great was born in modern day...

a)

Macedonia

b)

Croatia

c)

Greece

d)

Albania

9.

Alexander was a great leader and helped to expand the empire of Greece. Unfortunately, he died when he was only....

a)

23

b)

28

c)

33

d)

38

10.

Ancient Greeks mostly made their living from which industry...

a)

fishing and farming

b)

tourism

c)

education

d)

entertainment

11.

When Perseus set off on his quest to kill Medusa, what was he given to help him travel quickly?

a)

A winged horse

b)

A winged satyr

c)

Winged trousers

d)

Winged sandals

12.

Where did the Ancient Greeks believe that the Gods lived?

a)

Sparta

b)

Mount Olympus

c)

Olympia

d)

Athens

13.

In which order were the three types of columns first created?

a)

1 - Ionic

2 - Corinthian

3 - Doric

b)

1 - Corinthian

2 - Ionic

3 - Doric

c)

1 - Doric

2 - Corinthian

3 - Ionic

d)

1 - Doric

2 - Ionic

3 - Corinthian

14.

How many letters are in the Ancient Greek alphabet?

a)

24

b)

25

c)

26

d)

27

15.

What is the correct spelling of the blacksmiths name? :-)

a)

Hephaestos

b)

Hepheastos

c)

Hephaestus

d)

Hepheastus