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Ancient Greece Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where were the Minoans located?

a)

Athens

b)

Olympia

c)

Mycenean

d)

Crete

2.

What is another name for a Greek city-state?

a)

politics

b)

acropolis

c)

polis

d)

citizen

3.

What term means "to be ruled by the best people"?

a)

aristocracy

b)

aristocats

c)

communism

d)

raspberries

4.

Who destroyed the Mycenaean civilization?

a)

Persians

b)

Minoans

c)

Dorians

d)

Cyrus the Great

5.

Who took the first steps towards democracy?

a)

Sauron

b)

Solon

c)

Saloon

d)

Solomon

6.

A formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit is called?

a)

Phoenix

b)

Citizen

c)

Phalanx

d)

Democracy

7.

What is an Oligarchy?

a)

Government run by a small group of people

b)

Military run by a small group of people

c)

Government run by an assembly

d)

Government run by small people

8.

Athens is near

a)

Olympia

b)

The Aegean Sea

c)

The Ionian Sea

d)

Troy

9.

Where is Sparta

a)

Crete

b)

Peloponnesian Peninsula

c)

Troy

d)

Minoans

10.

Who were helots?

a)

Slaves owned by Spartans

b)

Slaves owned by the Polis

c)

People owned by Slaves

d)

Slaves owned by Athenians

11.

What did ephors do?

a)

Made ice cream

b)

Made kings and council adhered to laws

c)

Made kings and councils disobey laws

d)

Made kings and queens obey laws

12.

How did Greeks become skillful sailors and merchants?

(a)  

13.

Who relied on vast amounts of silver and trade to obtain food

a)

Crete

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Athena

14.

Why did the Greeks develop an alphabet? (more than one answer)

a)

They forgot to eat

b)

They forgot to read and write

c)

They created the Iliad

d)

They forgot Athens

15.

Choose the answer that correctly labels the body of water for symbol A on the map below.

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Ionian Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Aegean Sea

16.

Choose the answer that correctly labels the body of water for symbol C on the map below.

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Ionian Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Aegean Sea

17.

Choose the answer choice that correctly labels the City-State for symbol B on the map below.

a)

Athens

b)

Olympia

c)

Delphi

d)

Sparta

18.

Choose the answer choice that correctly labels the City-State for symbol D on the map below.

a)

Knossos

b)

Athens

c)

Olympia

d)

Delphi

e)

Sparta

19.

Choose the answer that correctly labels the geological feature for symbol A on the map below.

a)

Island of Crete

b)

Mt. Olympus

c)

Peloponnese Peninsula

d)

Gobi Desert

20.

Choose the answer that correctly labels the geological feature for symbol C on the map below.

a)

Island of Crete

b)

Mt. Olympus

c)

Peloponnese Peninsula

d)

Gobi Desert