WorksheetsGreek Civilization Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The wisest Titan, a benefactor to mankind, whom he created. His name means "forethought." Originally an ally of Zeus, he later tricked Zeus and was chained in the Caucasus Mountains, where an eagle fed upon his liver daily.
Epimethius
Prometheus
Ares
Hyperion
Was forced to bear the vault of the heavens upon his shoulders at the edge of the world for warring against Zeus
Hyperion
Atlas
Cronus
Prometheus
His name means "after-thought." He accepted the gift of Pandora from Zeus; and Pandora, the first woman, unleashed all the evils of the world on mankind.
Epimethius
Prometheus
Atlas
Hyperion
The son of Hermes, was the god of flocks. He had the torso and head of a man, but the hindquarters and horns of a goat. A marvelous musician, he played the pipes and pursued various nymphs, all of whom rejected him for his ugliness.
Chiron
Pan
Fate
Siren
Considered the chief Titan, a ruling deity who obtained his power by castrating his father Uranus; married his sister and together they produced the Olympian gods
Gaea
Chaos
Cronus
Oceanus
Were three powerful goddesses who determined the lives of men.
Graces
Fates
Sirens
Muses
How did the Minoans produce the most important singular or unique civilization in Antiquity?
One oriented around a fortified city with thick walls and palaces for protection
One oriented around trade and bureaucracy with little or no evidence of a military state.
It developed the Greek language, culture, and mythology
It was the last great Greek civilization
Although he was a great man, Minos was also flawed. One day a magnificent white bull appeared in his kingdom. As punishment, for defying Poseidon, wife Pasiphae falls in love with the bull. As a result, the union with the animal, she gave birth to a monstrous creature called the Minotaur. What was the Minotaur?
A being with the body of a bull and the head of a man
A being with the body of a man and the head of a bull
A winged being that is able to fly
A being with one eye and incredible strength
Spartan government was organized around a dual monarchy, a council, the assembly of Spartiates, and the _________, whose job was to run the administrative task of Sparta.
oligarchy
Ephorate
Council
Assembly
At the age of _________, every male Spartan was sent to military and athletic school. These schools taught toughness, discipline, endurance of pain (often severe pain), and survival skills, while at age of ________ the Spartan became a soldier.
five; eighteen
ten; twenty
twelve; eighteen
seven; twenty
The Spartans employed the phalanx in the classical style in a single line, uniformly deep in files of ________ men. When fighting alongside their allies, the Spartans would normally occupy the honorary _______ flank.
five to ten; right
eight to twelve; left
eight to twelve; right
five to ten; left
At the start of the battle of Thermopylae, The men formed a wall of __________, which would have been highly effective as long as it spanned the width of the pass while the wicker shields and shorter spears of the Persians prevented them from effectively engaging the Greek
three thousand Greek hoplites
immortals
overlapping shields and spears
long spears/wooden pikes 7 meters long
While there were many differences between Sparta and Athens, the major differences between them included _________.
All Athenians were equal and married another of similar age
Spartan women were restricted to the home and rarely seen or heard
Athens covered a larger area and they did not enslave conquered peoples
All Are Correct
At the battle of _________ the two armies met in Attica and the
Athenians roundly defeated the invading army. Prior to the engagement of the battle Pheidippides ran to Sparta to request troops then to Athens where he died after running 140 miles.
Issus
Athens
Marathon
Gaugamela
The _________ was a conflict between the Athenians and the Spartans resulting from years of Athenian dominance, tributes, and arrogance leading the Delian League.
Trojan War
Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
All of the Above
Which of the following best describes the lands in which Alexander the Great conquered?
Greece; Egypt; India, China
Greece; Egypt; and China
Greece; Asia Minor; and India
Greece; Asia Minor; Egypt; India
