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WorksheetsAncient Greece
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks
became expert shipbuilders.
learned how to climb mountains.
gave up trying to travel.
took up farming.
Trade in Greece was nearly impossible because
Spartans wouldn't allow imports or exports
Mountainous terrain made land travel difficult
They couldn't conquer the rough waves of the Mediterranean
Greeks were always at war and didn't have time to trade
According to Greek mythology, the home of the gods was called
Olympus
Olympia
Mt. Olympus
Olympus Mountain
Oligarchy means
one king
one tyrant
all citizens
rich few
A famous poet who wrote some of the earliest Greek writings
Pericles
Homer
Sappho
Aesop
People who had the right to participate in government
free male adult citizens
free male and females
men, women, slave, foreigners
men, women, slaves
A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world work
fables
mythology
lyric poems
epics
Brilliant elected leader who led the Athens government from about 460 BC until 429 BC
Pericles
Draco
Homer
Leonidas
Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live
mythology
fables
lyric poems
epics
Rich landowners
tyrants
citizens
aristocrats
nobles
An age marked by great achievements
classical
golden
dark
light
A leader who used force to hold power
tyrant
aristocrat
dictator
president
A Greek famous for his fables
Pericles
Homer
Sappho
Aesop
Iliad and the Odyssey are still considered among the most important works in Western literature
True
False
Democracy in the United States has already lasted longer than it did in Athens.
True
False
Sappho developed the world’s first democracy.
True
False
Everyone who lived in a city-state lived inside the city walls.
True
False
An agora is another name for a fortress.
True
False
Frue
Tralse
Form of govt. where all citizens can participate directly in the govt is called ______.
Direct Democaracy
Representative Democracy
Tyrannical Democracy
Oligarchy
The ____________________ tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War.
Iliad
Odyssey
Midas Touch
Fable
Under the rule of ________, all citizens in Athens had the right to participate in the assembly
Cleisthenes
Draco
Caesar
Solon
Apollo was the god of the ____________________.
Sun
Moon
Earth
Space
The Greeks of the ____________________ Age left no written records
Stone
Dark
Light
Old
The ancient Greeks believed that their ___________ caused events like thunder and earthquakes.
gods
actions
laws
sins
The ____________________ Sea lies to the east of the Greek mainland
Ionian
Aegean
Red
Mediterranean
Democracy in Greece started in the city of ____________________.
Athens
Delphi
Olympus
Rome
The Minoans and the ____________________ helped shape later Greek cultures.
Mycenaeans
Creteans
Minoans
Aegeans
Which of the following groups built an advanced society on the island of Crete?
the Minoans
the Aegeans
the Mycenaeans
the Mediterraneans
In what way were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans?
The Mycenaeans lived on Greek islands.
The Mycenaeans did not speak Greek.
The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland.
The Mycenaeans were not traders.
Which of the following was not a reason the Greeks traded with other cultures?
to obtain food
to conquer other cultures
to find products they needed
to learn new ideas from other cultures
During the early democracy in Greece, why did people have meetings outdoors?
to allow visitors to watch the meetings
to make it easier to vote
to make it easier to hear speakers
to make sure everyone could attend
In Athenian society, even educated women were not seen as equals to men.
True
False
phalanx
a type of landform
a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows
a new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland
a Greek city-state
Xerxes
King from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae
Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae
Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army
Reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies
Cyrus the Great
Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army
Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae
King from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae
Reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies
Sparta finally was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War
by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city.
when they received assistance from Macedonia.
because they killed the leaders of the Athenian army.
by burning the city.
