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Ancient Greece

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which continent is Greece located on?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

e)

Australia

2.

What does arable mean?

a)

Arguable

b)

Farmable

c)

Desirable

d)

Valuable

3.

Define arable

(a)  

4.

The sea east of Greece

a)

Ionian Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Aegean Sea

d)

Black Sea

5.

Peninsula

a)

Land that is surrounded by water on three sides

b)

Land that is completely surrounded by water

c)

Land that is surrounded by water on two sides

6.

The peninsula that Sparta is located on

a)

Balkan Peninsula

b)

Arabian Peninsula

c)

Apennine Peninsula

d)

Peloponnesus Peninsula

7.

Greece's landscape is mostly

a)

Rivers

b)

Lakes

c)

Mountains

d)

Isalands

8.

Hellenic =

a)

Culture

b)

Greek

c)

Phoenician

d)

Trade

9.

Select all that apply:

Greek colonies

a)

Coast of the Black Sea

b)

North Africa

c)

Southern Italy

d)

Coast of Asia Minor

10.

Which image is a map of Greece?

a)

b)

c)

d)

11.

What is cultural diffusion?

4 lines
12.

Only ___% of Greece is arable (farmable).

a)

75

b)

50

c)

25

d)

100

13.

Why did the Greeks colonize?

4 lines
14.

Select all that apply:

Greece (Athens) Government

a)

Monarchy

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Tyranny

e)

Democracy

15.

Polis

a)

City-State

b)

Peninsula

c)

Kingdom

d)

Island

16.

Who fought in the Persian War?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Phoenicians

d)

Persia

17.

Select all that apply:

Pericles

a)

was a great general and statesman of Athens

b)

put a stop to democracy

c)

extended democracy

d)

rebuilt Athens after it was burned by Xerxes

18.

Blind poet that wrote the Iliad and Odyssey

a)

Herodotus

b)

Phidias

c)

Homer

d)

Thucydides

19.

Known as the greatest Greek sculptor.

a)

Herodotus

b)

Phidias

c)

Homer

d)

Thucydides

20.

"Father of History"

a)

Herodotus

b)

Phidias

c)

Homer

d)

Thucydides

21.

Wrote about the Peloponnesian War

a)

Herodotus

b)

Phidias

c)

Homer

d)

Thucydides

22.

Started the school The Lyceum.

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

e)

Sophocles

23.

"Father of Tragedy"

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

e)

Sophocles

24.

Wrote the epic poem Oedipus.

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

e)

Sophocles

25.

Wrote The Republic

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

e)

Sophocles

26.

A philosopher who used questions to teach my students

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

e)

Sophocles

27.

"Father of Medicine"

a)

Archimedes

b)

Euclid

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Hippocrates

28.

Mathematician that discovered the Pythagorean Theorem.

a)

Archimedes

b)

Euclid

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Hippocrates

29.

"Father of Geometry"

a)

Archimedes

b)

Euclid

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Hippocrates

30.

Made advancements in levers and pulleys

a)

Archimedes

b)

Euclid

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Hippocrates

31.

The Peloponnesian War was between

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Egypt

d)

Macedonia

32.

The Battle of Aegospotami was fought on

a)

land

b)

water

33.

Who is Draco?

a)

First judge in Greece

b)

First police officer in Greece

c)

First law-maker in Athens

d)

First emperor in Greece

34.

Draconian

a)

First written law code in Greece; death penalty for most

b)

Hammurabi's Code; an eye-for-an-eye approach

35.

Who reformed/repealed Draco's laws?

a)

Euclid

b)

Socrates

c)

Sophocles

d)

Solon

36.

Hellenic means

a)

Greek

b)

Asian

c)

Greek + Asian

37.

Hellenistic means

a)

Greek

b)

Asian

c)

Greek + Asian

38.

Led the Delian League

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

39.

Led the Peloponnesian League

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

40.

Who conquered the Persian Empire and spread Hellenistic Culture?

a)

Phillip II

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Cyrus the Great

d)

Darius the Great

41.

King of the gods

a)

Poseidon

b)

Hades

c)

Hera

d)

Zeus

42.

Goddess of marriage

a)

Hera

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Artemis

d)

Athena

43.

God of the sun

a)

Poseidon

b)

Apollo

c)

Hera

d)

Zeus

44.

Goddess of the moon

a)

Hera

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Artemis

d)

Athena

45.

God of war

a)

Poseidon

b)

Apollo

c)

Ares

d)

Zeus

46.

God of the dead

a)

Poseidon

b)

Apollo

c)

Ares

d)

Hades

47.

Goddess of wisdom

a)

Hera

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Artemis

d)

Athena

48.

Goddess of love

a)

Hera

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Artemis

d)

Athena

49.

God of the sea

a)

Poseidon

b)

Apollo

c)

Ares

d)

Hades

50.

Who would spread Hellenistic Culture?

a)

Phillip II

b)

Darius the Great

c)

Alexander the Great

51.

Who conquered most of Greece? He is from Macedonia

a)

Phillip II

b)

Darius the Great

c)

Alexander the Great

52.

Who is credited for expanding the Macedonian Empire from Greece to Hindu Kush?

a)

Phillip II

b)

Darius the Great

c)

Alexander the Great

53.

Under Alexander the Great, the Macedonian Empire expanded from ________ to __________.

a)

Greece

b)

Hindu Kush

c)

Himalayas

d)

Asia Minor

54.

What is the Parthenon?

(a)  

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