WorksheetsAncient Greece Unit
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What dominates the area that the ancient Greeks settled in?
River valleys
Mountains and seas
Grasslands
Deserts
Which of the following was not one of the palace sites on the island of Crete?
Knossos
Malia
Athens
Zakros
Who did the Mycenaean Greeks trade with?
Cyprus, The Levant, Egypt
Just Egypt
Only other Greeks
Early Macedonia and into the Black Sea
How far did the Mycenaean civilization’s influence reach?
Primarily the Peloponnese.
Throughout all of Greece, and down into Egypt.
All of mainland Greece, the Aegean, and Levant.
Throughout the Peloponnese, and across the Aegean.
Sparta had what type of government?
Monarchy
Democracy
Diarchy
Theocracy
Who in Spartan society was allowed to indulge in agricultural activities?
Helots
Citizens
Perioikoi
Neodamodeis
What type of government did Athens have?
Monarchy
Democracy
Oligarchy
Theocracy
Athens was not the only democracy in Ancient Greece. Which of the following was another example of one?
Thebes
Syracuse
The Cyclades
Sparta
Which of the following was not a freedom granted to all Athenian citizens?
Freedom of Speech
Freedom to participate in the government
Equal Political Rights
Right to accuse innocent people of a crime
What were Persian provinces called?
City-States
Satrapies
Counties
Countries
What was a governor of a Persian province called?
Governor
King
Mayor
Satrap
Who won the Persian War?
Greeks
Persians
No one
Which of the following was not one of Sparta's allies during the Peloponnesian War
Elis
Corinth
Argos
Tegea
Which of the following was not one of Athens's allies during the Peloponnesian War?
Corinth
Argos
The Cyclades
Elis
What is A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation?
Fable
Epic
Novel
Textbook
Which of the following is an example of an epic?
The Iliad
"The Hare and the Tortoise"
Oresteia
Antigone
Where was Philip II from?
Athens
Sparta
Corinth
Macedonia
How were stories and histories passed down in Ancient Greece prior to them having a written language?
Oral Tradition
They didn't
Pictures
sculpture
Which of the following was Artemis a goddess of?
Family
War
Hunting
Fire
Which of the following was Poseidon a god of?
Sky
Sea
Underworld
Wisdom
