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WorksheetsAncient Greece
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 15mins
Athenian leader; he encouraged the spread of democracy and led Athens when the city was at its height. To encourage more citizens to participate in government, he paid those who served in public offices or on juries. His name was?
Alexander the Great
Pericles
Socrates
Herodotus
Government that is made up of a small group of people from the highest social class in a society is called a?
Theocracy
Plutocracy
Democracy
Aristocracy
A high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built was called the Acropolis
True
False
A type of government in which people rule themselves by directly voting is called?
Monarchy
Theocracy
Republic
Democracy
In ancient Greece, the name for an independent city-state was the_______?
Monarchy
Polis
Villa
Confederation
A government in which only one person has power is called a Oligarchy
True
False
This ancient Greek leader held power through the use of force. He was known as a _________?
Dictator
Communist
Tyrant
Noble
Greece is surrounded by 3 sides of water. On the east is the (a) On the west is the (b) and in the South is the (c)
Greece is surrounded by 3 sides of water therefore it is considered a (a)
The Minoans were a successful civilization due to being the best (a) and (b) with other city-states. Sometime in the 1600s BC a huge volcano erupted just north of Crete. This eruption created a giant (c) that flooded much of Crete. In addition, the eruption threw up huge clouds of (d) , ruining crops and burying cities. This eruption may have led to the end of Minoan civilization.
By the mid-1400s, Minoan society had declined. That decline allowed the (a) to take over Crete and become the major (b) in the eastern Mediterranean. Mycenaean society began to fall apart in the 1200s BC when (c) from Europe swept into Greece. At the same time, (d) destroyed many cities.
Life in the city often focused on the marketplace, or (a) in Greek. Farmers brought their crops to the market to trade for goods made by craftsmen in the town.
Around 500 BC a new leader named ____________gained power in Athens. He was able to overthrow the aristocracy once and for all. In its place, he established a completely new form of government. Under his leadership, Athens developed the world’s first democracy. For this reason, he is sometimes called the father of democracy.
Cleisthenes
Buddha
Hammurabi
Moses
The Greeks created constitutions in which laws were written. A constitution is a set of beliefs and laws that are used to govern a state, nation, or organization.
True
False
Spartan society was dominated by the (a) . Healthy boys were trained from an early age to be (b) For Spartan soldiers— (c) and (d) were more important than one’s own safety.
Soldiers between the ages of 20 and 30 lived in army barracks and only occasionally visited their families. Spartan men stayed in the army until they turned (e)
In addition to physical training, the Athenians valued (a) , clear thinking, and the (b) . Unlike Spartan men, Athenian men didn’t have to devote their whole lives to the army. All men in Athens joined the army, but for only (c) years. They helped defend the city between the ages of (d) and (e)
