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Greece B 2023

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Alexander born?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Macedonia

d)

Mesopotamia

2.

Who was Alexander's father?

a)

Pericles

b)

Philip

c)

Pheidippides

d)

Persus

3.

Which philosopher was the tutor of Alexander?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Zeno

4.

Who was Alexander's favorite Greek hero?

a)

Achilles

b)

Hector

c)

Hercules

d)

Perseus

5.

What military strategy did Alexander use successfully in battle?

a)

Siege Towers

b)

Battering Ram

c)

Catapult

d)

Phalanx

6.

Bucephalus was...

a)

Alexander's horse.

b)

Alexander's favorite hero.

c)

Alexander's father.

d)

Alexander's wife.

7.

A Greek Philosopher and a teacher who developed the question answer method

a)

Plato

b)

Alexander

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

8.

Macedonia is __________ of Greece.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

9.

This term means: the form of Greek culture spread throughout the ancient world by Alexander the Great

a)

Hellenistic

b)

Futuristic

c)

Greektastic

d)

Alexanderistic

10.

What is the name of Alexander's largest and wealthiest city in Egypt?

a)

Alexandria

b)

Persia

c)

Babylon

d)

Ionia

11.

What world power did Alexander defeat which resulted in him having the largest empire in the known world?

a)

Greeks

b)

Romans

c)

Persians

d)

China

12.

What was Alexander's greatest and lasting legacy?

a)

conquering the largest empire in the ancient world in only 13 years

b)

the blending of cultures (Hellenism) that lead to scientific, cultural, and philosophical advancement

c)

defeating the Persian Empire

d)

uniting Greece under one rule

13.

The Olympic Games were held in honor of this Greek god:

a)

Nike

b)

Zeus

c)

Hercules

d)

Athena

14.

What is the name of this building?

a)

The Colosseum

b)

The Parthenon

c)

The Acropolis

d)

The Citidell

15.

Where is this building located?

a)

Rome, Italy

b)

Florence, Italy

c)

Troy, Greece

d)

Athens, Greece

16.

The building is dedicated to. . .

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Athena

d)

Apollo

17.
What 2 city-states fought in the Peloponnesian War?
a)
Persia vs. Greece
b)
Athens vs. Sparta
c)
Egypt vs. Sparta
d)
Greece vs. Sparta
18.
Who lost the Peloponnesian War?
a)
Sparta
b)
Delos
c)
Persia
d)
Athens
19.

After the Persian Wars, Athens convinced its allies to join an alliance called ______________________.

a)

the Delian League

b)

the Macedonian League

c)

the Peloponnesian League

d)

the Major League

20.

What was the ultimate cause of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Power struggles between the city-states

b)

Disagreements about trade

c)

The plague

d)

The helots revolted.

21.
3. What happened that weakened Athens during the First Peloponnesian War?
a)
a. Many of their ships were sunk in a huge storm
b)
b. They were attacked by the Persians
c)
c. There was a plague in the city that killed many people including their leader
d)
d. Much of the wall protecting the city collapsed due to poor construction
e)
e. Many of their soldiers deserted to go to the Olympic Games
22.

What are Homer's famous stories?

a)

Iliad & Odyssey

b)

Iliad & Trojan War

c)

Odyssey & Psyche

d)

Eros & Psyche

23.

How long did it take Odysseus to get home after the Trojan War ended?

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

20 years

d)

30 years

24.

Why did it take so long for Odysseus to make it home?

a)

He was an idiot who kept getting lost.

b)

He was trying to avoid going home because he hated his life.

c)

He angered the ocean god Poseidon who kept him from getting back to his island home.

d)

His home was destroyed while he was away, and he had to find his family.

25.

Who is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey

a)

Homer

b)

Aesop

c)

Sophocles

d)

Pericles

26.

The Trojan horse helped destroy the city of Troy because

a)

the Trojans were afraid of it

b)

Laocoon was afraid of it

c)

it was a way the soldiers could get inside the city through treachery

d)

none of the above

27.

Who was a student of Socrates?

a)

Plato

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Aristotle

d)

Heraclitus

28.

Which philosopher taught by asking questions?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

29.

Who wrote The Republic?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

30.

Why was Socrates killed?

a)

They found that he plagiarized from other philosophers

b)

He taught students how to think for themselves, which was viewed as problematic

c)

He committed treason against Athens

d)

He stole military weapons from Sparta

31.

Who did Plato think would be the best ruler for society?

a)

Scientist-King

b)

Politician-King

c)

Philosopher-King

d)

Priest-King

32.
How did Socrates die?
a)
By drinking poison (hemlock juice).
b)
By hanging.
c)
By exile.
d)
He died in prison.
33.

type of government in which people rule themselves

a)

oligarchy

b)

democracy

c)

mythology

d)

acropolus

34.

stories about gods or heroes that tries to explain how the world works

a)

peninsula

b)

acropolis

c)

Socrates

d)

mythology

35.

a fortress atop a tall hill in the center of the city-states

a)

polis

b)

Plato

c)

democracy

d)

acropolis

36.

name for the blended culture that developed in Alexander's empire

a)

peninsula

b)

Hellenistic

c)

acropolis

d)

mythology

37.

connected with the sea

a)

maritime

b)

acropolis

c)

oligarchy

d)

mythology

38.

a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water

a)

island

b)

mountain

c)

peninsula

d)

acropolis

39.

teacher and thinker, student of Socrates, and founder of the Academy

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

polis

d)

Homer