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Ancient Greece Unit

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What dominates the area that the ancient Greeks settled in?

a)

River valleys

b)

Mountains and seas

c)

Grasslands

d)

Deserts

2.

Which of the following was not one of the palace sites on the island of Crete?

a)

Knossos

b)

Malia

c)

Athens

d)

Zakros

3.

Who did the Mycenaean Greeks trade with?

a)

Cyprus, The Levant, Egypt

b)

Just Egypt

c)

Only other Greeks

d)

Early Macedonia and into the Black Sea

4.

How far did the Mycenaean civilization’s influence reach?

a)

Primarily the Peloponnese.

b)

Throughout all of Greece, and down into Egypt.

c)

All of mainland Greece, the Aegean, and Levant.

d)

Throughout the Peloponnese, and across the Aegean.

5.

Sparta had what type of government?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Diarchy

d)

Theocracy

6.

Who in Spartan society was allowed to indulge in agricultural activities?

a)

Helots

b)

Citizens

c)

Perioikoi

d)

Neodamodeis

7.

What type of government did Athens have?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Theocracy

8.

Athens was not the only democracy in Ancient Greece. Which of the following was another example of one?

a)

Thebes

b)

Syracuse

c)

The Cyclades

d)

Sparta

9.

Which of the following was not a freedom granted to all Athenian citizens?

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Freedom to participate in the government

c)

Equal Political Rights

d)

Right to accuse innocent people of a crime

10.

What were Persian provinces called?

a)

City-States

b)

Satrapies

c)

Counties

d)

Countries

11.

What was a governor of a Persian province called?

a)

Governor

b)

King

c)

Mayor

d)

Satrap

12.

Who won the Persian War?

a)

Greeks

b)

Persians

c)

No one

13.

Which of the following was not one of Sparta's allies during the Peloponnesian War

a)

Elis

b)

Corinth

c)

Argos

d)

Tegea

14.

Which of the following was not one of Athens's allies during the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Corinth

b)

Argos

c)

The Cyclades

d)

Elis

15.

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?

a)

Fable

b)

Epic

c)

Novel

d)

Textbook

16.

Which of the following is an example of an epic?

a)

The Iliad

b)

"The Hare and the Tortoise"

c)

Oresteia

d)

Antigone

17.

Where was Philip II from?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Corinth

d)

Macedonia

18.

How were stories and histories passed down in Ancient Greece prior to them having a written language?

a)

Oral Tradition

b)

They didn't

c)

Pictures

d)

sculpture

19.

Which of the following was Artemis a goddess of?

a)

Family

b)

War

c)

Hunting

d)

Fire

20.

Which of the following was Poseidon a god of?

a)

Sky

b)

Sea

c)

Underworld

d)

Wisdom