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SOL Review #5: Greece

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which body of water is least related to/furthest away from Greek civilization?

a)

Aegean Sea

b)

The Mediterranean Sea

c)

The Black Sea

d)

The Indian Ocean

2.

What peninsula is at the center of Greek civilization?

a)

The Anatolian Peninsula

b)

The Balkan Peninsula

c)

The Italian Peninsula

d)

The Iberian Peninsula

3.

What numbered location on the map shows the Balkan Peninsula, the "heart" of Greek civilization?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Which answer choice lists two important Greek city-states?

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

c)

Rome and Carthage

d)

Sumer and Ur

5.

Which numbered location represents the location of Athens?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

6.

Which of these numbered locations is located north of Athens in territory most likely controlled by Macedonia?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

7.

TRUE OR FALSE: Greece had a sufficient amount of arable land and could produce all of the crops it needed on the Balkan Peninsula.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Because the Greeks lacked ______, they ended up establishing colonies throughout the Mediterranean region.

a)

Social classes

b)

Monotheistic beliefs

c)

A lot of arable land

d)

Sailing skills

9.

Which best describes the political structure of Greek city-states?

a)

United under the rule of a single strong emperor/gov't

b)

Controlled by a religious government led by Abraham

c)

A representative democracy in which all cities had equal votes

d)

Independent city-states divided by geography

10.

Greek mythology can be best described as:

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Nontheistic

c)

Polytheistic

d)

None of these

11.

Greek mythology and its gods and goddesses were often tied to:

a)

Supporting the rule of the single Greek emperor

b)

Monotheistic practices

c)

Natural events and phenomena

d)

Monsoon winds in the Indian Ocean

12.

Which is NOT a Greek god or goddess?

a)

Shiva

b)

Zeus

c)

Hera

d)

Aphrodite

13.

TRUE OR FALSE: Greek culture influenced later culture in Western Europe and the "Western" world in things like literature and architecture.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

Only people who qualified as _____ were able to participate in the governments of the different Greek city-states.

a)

Upper-class women

b)

Citizens

c)

Conquered peoples

d)

Serfs

15.

Which group of people DID have access to political rights and participation in Greek city-states?

a)

Free adult women

b)

Foreigners

c)

Enslaved peoples

d)

Free adult males

16.

Which answer choice puts the evolution of government in Athens in the CORRECT order (earliest to latest)?

a)

Tyranny --> Monarchy --> Aristocracy --> Democracy

b)

Democracy --> Tyranny --> Aristocracy --> Monarchy

c)

Monarchy --> Aristocracy --> Tyranny --> Democracy

d)

Aristocracy --> Democracy --> Monarchy --> Tyranny

17.

Which two individuals were Greek tyrants but worked for reform in Athens?

a)

Pericles and Homer

b)

Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar

c)

Socrates and Plato

d)

Draco and Solon

18.

What kind of government eventually develops in Athens?

a)

Representative democracy (a republic)

b)

Direct democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Military dictatorship

19.

Pericles, leader of Athens during its golden age, thought this was the most important duty for citizens:

a)

Being drafted in the military

b)

Civic responsibility

c)

Converting to monotheistic religions

d)

More equal land distribution

20.

What kind of government develops in Sparta?

a)

Representative democracy (republic)

b)

Direct democracy

c)

Oligarchy led by two kings

d)

Triumvirate

21.

Which was most important to Athens?

a)

Military strength

b)

Cultural development

c)

Limiting trade

d)

Monotheistic religions

22.

Which was most important to Sparta?

a)

Military strength

b)

Cultural development

c)

Limiting trade

d)

Monotheistic religions

23.

Which is NOT TRUE of the Persian Wars?

a)

Fought between Greece and Persia

b)

Won by Greece

c)

Led to Athens becoming the dominant city-state in Greece

d)

Won by Persia

24.

What two alliances develop amongst Greek city-states after the Persian Wars?

a)

The Greek League and the Roman League

b)

The Spartan League and the Athenian League

c)

The Delian League and the Peloponnesian League

d)

The Draco League and the Solon League

25.

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Persia

d)

Rome

26.

Which is NOT a consequence of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Athens became stronger and went into its "Golden Age"

b)

Greece overall became weaker

c)

Sparta and the Peloponnesian League won the war

d)

It made Greece more vulnerable to invasion by Philip II and Alexander the Great

27.

The Golden Age of _____ happened after the Persian Wars.

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Rome

d)

The Gupta Empire

28.

Who was in charge in Athens during its "golden age" after the Persian Wars?

a)

Draco and Solon

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Archimedes

d)

Pericles

29.

This building is a good example of Greek architecture and became the model for buildings built throughout the "Western" world later on.

a)

The Pantheon

b)

The Dome of the Rock

c)

The Parthenon

d)

The Hagia Sophia

30.

Which answer choice lists two Greek playwrights?

a)

Aeschylus and Sophocles

b)

Homer and Pericles

c)

Hippocrates and Euclid

d)

Plato and Aristotle

31.

Who is a famous Greek epic poet known for writing The Iliad and The Odyssey?

a)

Aristole

b)

Homer

c)

Herodotus

d)

Pythagoras

32.

Which answer choice lists two Greek historians?

a)

Euclid and Pythagoras

b)

Aeschylus and Sophocles

c)

Herodotus and Thucydides

d)

Homer and Virgil

33.

Which answer choice lists two Greek mathematicians?

a)

Euclid and Pythagoras

b)

Aeschylus and Sophocles

c)

Herodotus and Thucydides

d)

Homer and Virgil

34.

Which is NOT a type of Greek column?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

d)

Parthenon

35.

Which Greek individual has an oath named for him that doctors take to "do no harm"?

a)

Euclid

b)

Pericles

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Herodotus

36.

Philip II and Alexander the Great are from what region north of Greece on the Balkan Peninsula?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Anatolia

c)

Gaul

d)

Britain

37.

Who is known for conquering most of Greece?

a)

The Persian Empire

b)

Philip II of Macedonia

c)

Pericles

d)

Peter and Paul

38.

Which does NOT describe Alexander the Great?

a)

Created a large empire in Eurasia

b)

Philip II of Macedonia's son

c)

Spread Hellenistic culture

d)

Converted his empire's population to Buddhism

39.

Which would NOT have been a culture involved in the diffusion that created Hellenistic culture, which was spread by Alexander the Great's empire?

a)

Maya culture

b)

Greek culture

c)

Indian culture

d)

Persian culture

40.

This quote suggests that Pericles believes citizens performing their duties is crucial to this kind of democracy functioning in Athens:

a)

Democratic republic

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Religious-based

d)

Direct democracy