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WorksheetsAncient Greece
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
The name of a narrow strip of land connecting to landmasses
Island
Isthmus
Colony
Peninsula
What was the name of the athletic festival to honor Zeus?
Festivus
Marathon
World Cup
Olympics
Large building dedicated to Athena and overseen by Pericles that took over nine years to build
Temple
Coliseum
Parthenon
Pyramid
Greece's geography consisted of many ______________ & Islands.
Mountains
Valleys
Rivers
Deserts
What was the first civilization of Ancient Greece?
Mycenaean
Minoan
Macedonian
Dynastic
The three seas that surround Greece are the Mediterranean, Ionian, and the ___________.
Baltic
Red
Aegean
Indus
What is the correct definition of "Polis"?
The authorities
Greek City-States
A greek fishing boat
Greek Infantry
What was someone that studies knowledge, reality, & existence called?
A Student
A Professor
A Prophet
A Philosopher
A system of government where the power is vested in the people is called a
Democracy
Oligarchy
Dictatorship
Republic
Spartan slaves in Ancient Greece were called
Hopilites
Helots
Infantry
Athenians
True or False: The main reason the Dark Ages are called "dark" is because they didn't keep good written records
True
False
Who wrote the Iliad & the Odyssey?
Leonidas
Hercules
Homer
Thucydides
The Peloponnesian War was primarily fought between...
Athens & Persia
Athens & Sparta
Macedonia & Sparta
Macedonia & Minoans
True or False: The Athenians based their civilization on the arts of battle
True
False
Who was widely considered to be the first main philosopher and his teachings were based on asking/answering questions.
Homer
Socrates
Plato
Alexander
Who was recognized as the god of the seas?
Zues
Hades
Poseidon
Ares
Who was the goddess of wisdom and was storied to have been born from Zeus's headache
Aphrodite
Athena
Artemis
Hera
Where did legends say that the gods lived?
Mount Everest
Mount Olympus
Mount Crete
Mount Rushmore
