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Classical Greece

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which god did the Greeks worship as the god of light, the sun, medicine, and prophecy?

a)

Apollo

b)

Zeus

c)

Artemis

d)

Ares

2.

Which god/goddess (deity) did the Greeks worship as the goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts?

a)

Hera

b)

Athena

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Artemis

3.

How did geography influence the development of ancient Greece?

a)

It allowed for the creation of a large powerful empire

b)

It enhanced unity among all Greeks

c)

It led to the creation of separate city states

d)

It provided for the isolation of Greece from the rest of the world.

4.

What peninsula is numbered 1?

a)

Balkan

b)

Peloponnesian

c)

Ionian

d)

Athenian

5.

What peninsula is numbered 2?

a)

Balkan

b)

Peloponnesian

c)

Athenian

d)

Ionian

6.

What city is numbered 3?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Troy

d)

Damascus

7.

What city is numbered 4?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Troy

d)

Damascus

8.

What island is numbered 5?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Bahamas

c)

Crete

d)

Sicily

9.

What city is numbered 6?

a)

Troy

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Sicily

10.

What strait is numbered 7?

a)

Troy

b)

Dardanelles

c)

Sparta

d)

Alexanders

11.

What area is numbered 8?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Greece

c)

Asia Minor

d)

Italy

12.

What area is numbered 9?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Greece

c)

Asia Minor

d)

Italy

13.

What sea is numbered 10?

a)

Mediteranean

b)

Black

c)

Agean

d)

Ionian

14.

What sea is numbered 13?

a)

Mediteranean

b)

Black

c)

Agean

d)

Ionian

15.

What sea is numbered 14?

a)

Mediteranean

b)

Black

c)

Agean

d)

Ionian

16.

What river is labelled 15?

a)

Nile

b)

Indus

c)

Yangtze

d)

Ganges

17.

Which characteristic of Greece provided a link to the rest of the world?

a)

Seas

b)

Mountains

c)

Rivers

d)

Valleys

18.

Compared to women of other Greek city states, the women of Sparta-

a)

led very secluded lives

b)

had more personal freedom

c)

were more ceremonious about marriage

d)

were more religious

19.

Which city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy?

a)

Rome

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Troy

20.

Major city states of ancient Greece were

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

Athens and Troy

c)

Troy and Sparta

d)

Persia and Babylon

21.

Which city-state can be best described as militaristic?

a)

Byzantium

b)

Sparta

c)

Rome

d)

Athens

22.

Which term best describes the role of the Spartan males from early childhood into adulthood?

a)

Politicians

b)

Soldiers

c)

Philosophers

d)

Farmers

23.

Which term was associated with slavery in Sparta?

a)

plebians

b)

helots

c)

untouchables

d)

peasants

24.

In order to participate in the government of Athens, one had to be a

a)

a male

b)

a male, land owning citizen

c)

anyone living in Athens

d)

an educated male

25.

Which term best describes Greek religion?

a)

polytheistic

b)

monotheistic

c)

democratic

d)

henotheistic

26.

Which two city-states on the map led opposing leagues in the Peloponnesian War?

a)

3 and 5

b)

4 and 6

c)

3 and 4

d)

3 and 6

27.

Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, and Artemis are gods and goddesses important to what religion?

a)

Roman mythology

b)

Greek mythology

c)

Indian mythology

d)

Persian Zoroastrianism

28.

"According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves." Plato

The quote above is an example of ancient Greeks using myths to explain:

a)

monsters

b)

mythic creatures

c)

evolution

d)

human qualities

29.

Monarchy

Aristocracy

Tyranny

What was the next step in the progression of government in the city-state of Athens?

a)

democracy

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

oligarchy

30.

In ancient Greece, tyrants gained support by appealing to the people. Name the Greek tyrant who ended debt slavery and created jobs.

a)

Draco

b)

Pericles

c)

Solon

d)

Homer

31.

Which statement belongs in the shaded area in the diagram?

a)

Fought in the Peloponnesian Wars

b)

Fought in the Persian Wars

c)

Practiced Monotheism

d)

Practiced Zoroastrianism

32.

The Delian League is to Athens as the ​____________________League is to Sparta.

a)

Minoan

b)

Persian

c)

Peloponnesian

d)

Mycenaean

33.

What was the name of the culture developed under Alexander the Great?

a)

Greek

b)

Hellenism

c)

Roman

d)

Persian

34.

Which previous empire included most of the same territory as Alexander's Empire?

a)

Mongol Empire

b)

Roman Empire

c)

Persian Empire

d)

Mauryan Empire

35.

Which leader from Macedonia conquered Greece and returned it to a Monarchy?

a)

Philip II

b)

Darius

c)

Cyrus the Great

d)

Herodotus

36.

Which famous historian meets the description in the chart?

a)

Pythagorus

b)

Herodotus

c)

Socrates

d)

Euclid

37.

Which mathematician developed a theory to solve the problem shown below? 

a)

Homer

b)

Pythagorus

c)

Socrates

d)

Plato

38.

Identify the columns from left to right.

a)

Ionic, Corinthians, Doric

b)

Doric, Corinthian, Ionic

c)

Corinthian, Doric, Ionic

d)

Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

39.

Which descriptor best fits the shaded region?

a)

Scientists

b)

Philosophers

c)

Historians

d)

Playwrights