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Classical Greece

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which historian was famous for writing the history of the Peloponnesian War
a)
Thucydides
b)
Aristotle
c)
Euclid
d)
Homer
2.
Who was a philosopher who taught through asking questions?
*He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Philosophy"
a)
Aristotle
b)
Socrates
c)
Pythagoras
d)
Plato
3.

How did Sparta rely on Helots?

a)

Helots farmed the food that Spartans needed

b)

Spartans did not rely on Helots

c)

The Helots revolted and killed all the Spartans

d)

The Helots sailed the seas for them

4.

What was the Delian League?

a)

A group of elite soldiers

b)

A collective tax of greek city states to fund war and defense, controlled by Athens

c)

An old wooden ship

d)

A greek battle formation

5.

Athens control of the Delian League led to the rising tension between Sparta and Athens, this started the ____________ War

a)

Thermopylae

b)

Peloponnesian

c)

The Last Stand of The 300

d)

The 25 year Wall War

6.

After the Peloponnesian War, the Macedonians invaded Greece through Alexander the Great's Father.....

a)

Phillip I

b)

Phillip II

c)

Apantenco the Destroyer

d)

McKenna the Magnificent

7.

In The Dark Ages, Epic Poems (Stories) were orally told, and served as educational resources for history.

a)

False

b)

True

8.

What natural feature extends throughout Greece, influencing the growth of individual city-states and lack of farmland for large-scale farming?

a)

Mountains

b)

Deserts

c)

Oceans

d)

Plateaus

9.

This vocabulary term describes a political system where an independent, sovereign city serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life of the territory. Two examples are Sparta and Athens.

a)

Oligarchy

b)

City-state (polis)

c)

Military state

d)

Tyranny

10.

A type of government where people vote (government of and by the people). It existed (and started in) ATHENS!

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

11.

This is a type of government that is ruled by few people (a small group of people), typically people with money. It existed in SPARTA!

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

12.

The strongest branch of Athens' military was...

a)

Army

b)

Coast Guard

c)

Air Force

d)

Navy

13.

During the Persian War, the Greeks defeated the Persians using a tactic where men stood in a formation and yielded long spears. They would CHARGE at their enemy! This tactic is called _.

a)

Phalanx

b)

Navy

c)

Archery

d)

Sparta

14.

Who could vote in Athens?

a)

Anyone

b)

No one

c)

Free men above the age of 30 with military training

d)

Free men above the age of 18

15.

This philosopher was known for his method of questioning. He was quite famous in his lifetime and questioned truth, virtue, ethics, and justice. His name was _.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

16.
What bodies of water bordered Ancient Greece?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Aegean Sea
c)
Ionian Sea
d)
All of them
17.
What is a democracy?
a)
people make the decisions
b)
government led by a dictator
c)
government with no rules
d)
government that is ruled by land owners
18.

The Parthenon was one of the most famous buildings in Ancient Greece. It is in...

a)

Athens

b)

Olympia

c)

Delphi

d)

Sparta

19.
The Golden Age of Athens occurred under the leadership of--
a)
Alexander the Great
b)
Darius
c)
Pericles
d)
Socrates
20.

What happens in Greece after the Persian Wars?

a)

It enters their dark age

b)

It enters their golden age

c)

Sparta & Athens form an official alliance

21.

Who did the following?

Expanded democracy

Rebuilt Athens after the Persian War

Built the Parthenon and Glorified Athens

a)

Phillip II

b)

Pericles

c)

Xerxes

d)

Alexander

22.

A new culture created by Alexander the Great that was a mix of Persian, Greek and Egyptian culture was called____________.

a)

Greek

b)

Alexandrian

c)

Phillippic

d)

Hellenism

23.

Greek art and sculpture focused on

a)

Showing the natural world

b)

Depictions of their great heroes

c)

Idealism, balance, physical perfection

d)

Cautionary tales of hubris

24.

The hellenistic culture that spread as a result of Alexander the Great is an example of

(a)  

25.

. . . And with regard to my factual reporting of the events of the war I have made it a principle not to write down the first story that came my way, and not even to be guided by my own general impressions; either I was present myself at the events which I have described or else I heard of them from eye-witnesses whose reports I have checked with as much thoroughness as possible. Not that even so the truth was easy to discover: different eye-witnesses give different accounts of the same events, speaking out of partiality [favor] for one side or the other or else from imperfect memories…

-Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War

According to Thucydides’ point of view, what makes his job as a historian more difficult?

a)

his failing memory

b)

biases (different stories) of eyewitness observers

c)

lack of romantic elements

d)

his desire to please the immediate public