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WorksheetsSOL Review #5: Greece
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which body of water is least related to/furthest away from Greek civilization?
Aegean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The Black Sea
The Indian Ocean
What peninsula is at the center of Greek civilization?
The Anatolian Peninsula
The Balkan Peninsula
The Italian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula
What numbered location on the map shows the Balkan Peninsula, the "heart" of Greek civilization?
1
2
3
4
Which answer choice lists two important Greek city-states?
Athens and Sparta
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Rome and Carthage
Sumer and Ur
Which numbered location represents the location of Athens?
1
2
3
4
Which of these numbered locations is located north of Athens in territory most likely controlled by Macedonia?
1
2
3
4
TRUE OR FALSE: Greece had a sufficient amount of arable land and could produce all of the crops it needed on the Balkan Peninsula.
TRUE
FALSE
Because the Greeks lacked ______, they ended up establishing colonies throughout the Mediterranean region.
Social classes
Monotheistic beliefs
A lot of arable land
Sailing skills
Which best describes the political structure of Greek city-states?
United under the rule of a single strong emperor/gov't
Controlled by a religious government led by Abraham
A representative democracy in which all cities had equal votes
Independent city-states divided by geography
Greek mythology can be best described as:
Monotheistic
Nontheistic
Polytheistic
None of these
Greek mythology and its gods and goddesses were often tied to:
Supporting the rule of the single Greek emperor
Monotheistic practices
Natural events and phenomena
Monsoon winds in the Indian Ocean
Which is NOT a Greek god or goddess?
Shiva
Zeus
Hera
Aphrodite
TRUE OR FALSE: Greek culture influenced later culture in Western Europe and the "Western" world in things like literature and architecture.
TRUE
FALSE
Only people who qualified as _____ were able to participate in the governments of the different Greek city-states.
Upper-class women
Citizens
Conquered peoples
Serfs
Which group of people DID have access to political rights and participation in Greek city-states?
Free adult women
Foreigners
Enslaved peoples
Free adult males
Which answer choice puts the evolution of government in Athens in the CORRECT order (earliest to latest)?
Tyranny --> Monarchy --> Aristocracy --> Democracy
Democracy --> Tyranny --> Aristocracy --> Monarchy
Monarchy --> Aristocracy --> Tyranny --> Democracy
Aristocracy --> Democracy --> Monarchy --> Tyranny
Which two individuals were Greek tyrants but worked for reform in Athens?
Pericles and Homer
Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar
Socrates and Plato
Draco and Solon
What kind of government eventually develops in Athens?
Representative democracy (a republic)
Direct democracy
Oligarchy
Military dictatorship
Pericles, leader of Athens during its golden age, thought this was the most important duty for citizens:
Being drafted in the military
Civic responsibility
Converting to monotheistic religions
More equal land distribution
What kind of government develops in Sparta?
Representative democracy (republic)
Direct democracy
Oligarchy led by two kings
Triumvirate
Which was most important to Athens?
Military strength
Cultural development
Limiting trade
Monotheistic religions
Which was most important to Sparta?
Military strength
Cultural development
Limiting trade
Monotheistic religions
Which is NOT TRUE of the Persian Wars?
Fought between Greece and Persia
Won by Greece
Led to Athens becoming the dominant city-state in Greece
Won by Persia
What two alliances develop amongst Greek city-states after the Persian Wars?
The Greek League and the Roman League
The Spartan League and the Athenian League
The Delian League and the Peloponnesian League
The Draco League and the Solon League
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Athens
Sparta
Persia
Rome
Which is NOT a consequence of the Peloponnesian War?
Athens became stronger and went into its "Golden Age"
Greece overall became weaker
Sparta and the Peloponnesian League won the war
It made Greece more vulnerable to invasion by Philip II and Alexander the Great
The Golden Age of _____ happened after the Persian Wars.
Sparta
Athens
Rome
The Gupta Empire
Who was in charge in Athens during its "golden age" after the Persian Wars?
Draco and Solon
Julius Caesar
Archimedes
Pericles
This building is a good example of Greek architecture and became the model for buildings built throughout the "Western" world later on.
The Pantheon
The Dome of the Rock
The Parthenon
The Hagia Sophia
Which answer choice lists two Greek playwrights?
Aeschylus and Sophocles
Homer and Pericles
Hippocrates and Euclid
Plato and Aristotle
Who is a famous Greek epic poet known for writing The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Aristole
Homer
Herodotus
Pythagoras
Which answer choice lists two Greek historians?
Euclid and Pythagoras
Aeschylus and Sophocles
Herodotus and Thucydides
Homer and Virgil
Which answer choice lists two Greek mathematicians?
Euclid and Pythagoras
Aeschylus and Sophocles
Herodotus and Thucydides
Homer and Virgil
Which is NOT a type of Greek column?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Parthenon
Which Greek individual has an oath named for him that doctors take to "do no harm"?
Euclid
Pericles
Hippocrates
Herodotus
Philip II and Alexander the Great are from what region north of Greece on the Balkan Peninsula?
Macedonia
Anatolia
Gaul
Britain
Who is known for conquering most of Greece?
The Persian Empire
Philip II of Macedonia
Pericles
Peter and Paul
Which does NOT describe Alexander the Great?
Created a large empire in Eurasia
Philip II of Macedonia's son
Spread Hellenistic culture
Converted his empire's population to Buddhism
Which would NOT have been a culture involved in the diffusion that created Hellenistic culture, which was spread by Alexander the Great's empire?
Maya culture
Greek culture
Indian culture
Persian culture
This quote suggests that Pericles believes citizens performing their duties is crucial to this kind of democracy functioning in Athens:
Democratic republic
Oligarchy
Religious-based
Direct democracy
