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greece

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Leader of Athens who introduced social, political, and economic reforms

a)

solon

b)

socrates

c)

plato

d)

pericles

2.

Statesman who established direct democracy in Athens

a)

homer

b)

pericles

c)

socrates

d)

solon

3.

Wise Athenian who outlawed slavery and opened high office to more citizens

a)

solon

b)

cleisthenes

c)

homer

d)

herodotus

4.

Athenian reformer who made the assembly a genuine legislature

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Herodotus

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Solon

5.

Historian who wrote about the Persian Wars

a)

herodotus

b)

homer

c)

aristotle

d)

archmedes

6.

Philosopher who taught that good conduct meant following a moderate course between extremes

a)

aristotle

b)

solon

c)

herodotus

d)

sophocles

7.

Playwright who wrote "Antigone"

a)

sophocles

b)

homer

c)

aristotle

d)

herodotus

8.

Scientist who applied principles of physics to make practical inventions

a)

archmedes

b)

pythagoras

c)

homer

d)

sophocles

9.

Following the Persian Wars, Greece was dominated by

a)

persia

b)

delos

c)

sparta

d)

athens

10.

Alexander's most lasting achievement was

a)

the conquest of India

b)

the spread of Greek culture

c)

a lasting empire

d)

an alliance with Persia

11.

the center of the Hellenistic world was

a)

alexandria

b)

athens

c)

babylon

d)

mount olympus

12.

Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of

a)

pericles

b)

Alexander

c)

darius

d)

Themistocles

13.

Who established an empire that extended from Greece to Egypt and India?

a)

Alexander

b)

Pericles

c)

Philip II

d)

Herodotus

14.

where is sparta

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d