WorksheetsAncient Greece Quizizz Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the statements below best describes a city-state?
A division of a large country similar to a province
A city that independently rules the lands around it
A small section of a larger city
A region that is part of an empire
Who fought each other in the Persian Wars?
Sparta and Athens
The Romans and the Greeks
Macedonia and the Assyrians
The Greeks and the Persians
What were triremes?
Spartan warriors who used spears and shields
A type of Persian siege equipment used to take down city walls
Fast ships used by the Athenian fleet
Soldiers who used long bows to attack from a distance
Which of the following is not one of the primary Greek 'orders' of architecture?
Ionic
Archaic
Doric
Corinthian
What is the design at the top of a column called?
Frieze
Capital
Pediment
Cella
Which of the following statements about the geography of Greece and its effect on the people is true?
Greece is a mountainous archipelago somewhat isolating people from each other.
The vast expanses of land was good for farming.
The isolated location of Greece from the ancient world meant that they did not trade with other civilizations.
all are true
Greece is located on which continent?
Africa
Asia
EuropeSouth America
Europe
What sea is located along the eastern coast of Greece?
Arabian Sea
Aegean Sea
Red Sea
Ionian Sea
Where did the Ancient Greeks believe the Twelve Olympian gods lived?
Ionian Sea
Island of Crete
Pindus Mountains
Mount Olympus
What large peninsula at the southern tip of Greece was home to Sparta and Corinth?
Peloponnese
Macedonia
Balkin
Crete
Where did the Minoans primarily live?
Peloponnese Peninsula
Mount Olympus
Macedonia
Island of Crete
Why are the Mycenaeans sometimes called the first Greeks?
because they believed in the Greek gods
because they were the first to speak the Greek language
because they started the Olympic games
because they invented democracy
Who is credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Alexander the Great
Aesop
Homer
Euripides
What is the form of government where a majority of the citizens make the decisions?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Democracy
All of the following were Greek philosophers except....
Plato
Socrates
Pericles
Aristotle
Darius 1 organized the Persian Empire into provinces called ____________ governed by local people.
Satrapies
Districts
Nomes
Regions
Which of the folowing Greek inventors developed the pulley and lever?
Hippocrates
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Euclid
Which of the following was a leader of Athens and helped create the world's first democracy?
Pericles
Socrates
Plato
Archimedes
Which line of Greek though believed you should take what life brings with reason and dignity?
Epicureanism
Stoicism
Tragedy
Comedy
What was the ultimate cause of the Peloponnesian War that weakened the Greek city-states?
power struggle between Athens and Sparta
power struggle between Persia and Greece
The death of Alexander the Great
Trade Routes
