WorksheetsHistory Unit 1 Classical Greece
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the correct definition of oligarchy?
rule by religious authorities
rule by the people
rule by a small group
rule by a king
What is the correct definition of monarchy?
rule by a king or queen
rule by a small group
rule by the people
rule by religious authorities
What is the correct definition of anarchy?
A small group rules.
The people rule.
A king rules.
No one rules.
Which term is defined as the absence of any law and order?
aristocracy
anarchy
oligarchy
democracy
What is an accurate description of anarchy?
rule by a king
rule by citizens
absence of any law and order
rule by a small group
Which term is defined as having the people rule?
democracy
monarchy
anarchy
oligarchy
Which statements accurately describe the Persian Empire?
Select all correct answers.
Cyrus allowed conquered peoples to keep their cultures.
Darius I built a network of good roads for communication.
The Persian army defeated the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon
The Persians avoided using ideas from the peoples they conquered.
Which description of the Oracle of Delphi is correct?
a priestess who prophesied that Athens' navy would defeat Persia
a Spartan general who told the Greeks to stand their ground and not flee
a royal princess who predicted the end of Athens' greatness
a prophet who said it was hopeless for the Greeks to defend themselves.
Which statements correctly describe the Delian League?
Select all correct answers.
he league grew stronger as the threat from Persia declined.
Sparta eagerly joined the league when invited by Athens.
Dissatisfaction with the league led to the Peloponnesian War.
Athens dominated the league and meddled in the affairs of other city-states.
How did the Greeks defeat the Persian army, as shown in this image?
They had many more soldiers than the Persians did.
They used an effective military formation known as a phalanx.
They surprised the Persians by crossing the Aegean Sea to attack.
They captured the Persian emperor in a raid on his headquarters.
What are characteristics of life in Sparta but not in Athens?
Select all correct answers.
Boys left home at age seven for military training.
Slaves called helots tilled fields and did hard labor.
Many women served in the military.
People elected their rulers.
What were characteristics of life in Athens but not in Sparta?
Select all correct answers.
Slaves called helots did all the hard work and were brutally treated.
Art, literature, and philosophy were all highly prized.
An early form of democracy took root in the sixth century B.C.
All political power was concentrated in a small elite group.
Which city-state of the Peloponnese made slaves called helots till the fields and do all the hard labor?
Athens
Thebes
Sparta
Ithaca
Which ruler was defeated at the battle of Salamis
Leonidas of Sparta
Philip of Macedonia
Pericles of Athens
Xerxes of Persia
Which Athenian leader established rule by assembly and courts with juries?
Plato
Pericles
Croesus
Solon
Which Persian emperor attacked Athens for aiding Greek colonies in their rebellion against Persian rule?
Leonidas
Pheidippides
Lycurgus
Darius
Which respected Athenian leader led the effort to rebuild Athens after the Persian Wars?
Solon
Pericles
Tellus
Croesus
Which Greek historian chronicled the events of the First and Second Persian Wars?
Plato
Sophocles
Herodotus
Thucydides
Which statement about classical Greek drama is true?
Plays were performed in small, indoor venues for aristocratic audiences.
Some of the most famous performers of that time were women.
Actors wore terra cotta masks with exaggerated expressions on stage.
A group of actors made up the chorus, whose job was to silently observe the play.
What Athenian opened a school called the Academy?
Aristotle
Socrates
Euripides
Plato
Which term best describes classical Greek depictions of the human form in sculpture?
lifelike
abstract
distorted
exaggerated
Who documented the Funeral Oration of Pericles and the history of the war between Athens and Sparta?
Sophocles
Thucydides
Herodotus
Euripides
Which Greek philosopher and educator has been called the "father of political science" and sought to understand everything around him?
Sophocles
Thucydides
Plato
Aristotle
What are characteristics of classical Greek architecture?
Select all correct answers.
ordered columns
domed roofs
sculptured figures as decorative elements
elegant proportions and simple lines
stained glass windows
Where did Alexander the Great begin his empire?
Macedonia
Bactria
Syria
Thrace
Which statements accurately describe the Persian Wars?
Select all correct answers.
Persia attacked Greece after Athens supported a rebellion by Greek colonists.
Athens decisively defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.
The end of the wars brought a golden age to Athens.
The Persian armies defeated the Greeks at Salamis.
The Greek city-states were unable to unite against Xerxes' armies.
What events led to the end of Athens's power and greatest glory?
Choose all answers that are correct.
defeat by Sparta
a plague
a volcanic eruption
defeat by the Persians
