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Unit 4: Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following figures was a Greek philosopher?

a)

Pythagorean

b)

Euclid

c)

Aristotle

d)

Hippocrates

2.

Alexander the Great was the king of Macedonia and Greece, and responsible for which of the following?

a)

Golden Age

b)

Classical Age

c)

Hellenistic Age

d)

Dark Ages

3.

The Golden Age of Athens occured under which leader?

a)

Darius

b)

Xerxes

c)

Pericles

d)

Socrates

4.

How did Sparta differ from Athens?

a)

It cared little about democracy or the arts

b)

 It was a society centered around the military

c)

Spartans lived a simple, minimal way of life.

d)

All of the above

5.

Athens was renowned for its great minds. What was Socrates known for?

a)

He taught using the Socratic method 

b)

He opened up the philosophical school, the Academy

c)

He created many works on politics and science

d)

He theorized about the perfect city-state.

6.

During the classical age of Greek civilization, where was the center of art and literature located?

a)

Carthage

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Delphi

7.

The end of the Trojan War is described by which piece of literature?

a)

The Iliad by Homer 

b)

The Aenid by Vergil

c)

The Odyssey by Homer

d)

The Republic by Plato

8.

The Peloponnesian War was fought between which two areas of land?

a)

Greece and Rome 

b)

 Rome and Carthage

c)

Greece and Persia

d)

Athens and Sparta

9.

Which of the following describes the Hellenistic Era?

a)

all the major civilizations were isolated 

b)

most of Europe and Asia was connected by Greek culture and language

c)

warfare was prominent

d)

the importance of Greek culture on the world stage diminished

10.

Compared to Athenian women, Spartan women are best described as which of the following?

a)

experienced more freedom and the same legal rights as men

b)

 more educated

c)

less healthy

d)

 had fewer legal rights and less freedom

11.

What was the political role of women in Athens?

a)

They had some political rights, but no legal rights

b)

They had no political or legal rights

c)

They had legal rights but were not allowed to participate in government

d)

They were very influential in politics through their husbands.

12.

What resulted from the Persian War?

a)

Athens organized the Delian League

b)

Sparta dominated the Mediterranean

c)

Persia controlled the Greek states

d)

The Greek states began a civil war

13.

Which term best describes the government of Sparta?

a)

a democracy

b)

 a monarchy

c)

an oligarchy

d)

an aristocracy

14.

How was the Greek civilization organized?

a)

Under a united empire

b)

Into competing city-states

c)

Among several kings

d)

Into a large democracy

15.

What is the ancient city of Sparta most associated with?

a)

educational advancements

b)

military dominance

c)

democratic reforms

d)

agriculture successes

16.

What was Athens named after?

a)

its first king

b)

a nearby river

c)

 the hill it was founded on

d)

the goddess of wisdom

17.

Base your answer on The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides of a right triangle. Who was this concept developed by?

a)

Socrates 

b)

Confucius

c)

Pythagorean

d)

Hippocrates

18.

Olympic games, the poems of Homer, and Hellenistic culture are associated with which ancient civilization?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Greek

c)

Roman

d)

Phoenician

19.

Which of the following describes Alexander the Great's great accomplishments?

a)

spreading Greek culture

b)

 expanding his empire with great military conquests

c)

creating a Hellenistic culture with East and West influences

d)

all of the above

20.

Alexander the Great's conquests of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia resulted in which of the following?

a)

spread of Hellenic culture

b)

worldwide adoption of the feudal system

c)

establishment of representative democracy throughout Eurasia

d)

 spread of Islamic culture across Europe

21.

One effect of rugged, mountainous geography on the civilization of ancient Greece was the development of which of the following?

a)

absolute monarchies

b)

separate, independent city-states

c)

extensive trade with the Persians

d)

belief in one God

22.

What geographical feature prevented the Greeks from developing political unity?

a)

Deserts

b)

Rivers

c)

Seas

d)

 Mountains