WorksheetsGreece B 2023
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Where was Alexander born?
Athens
Sparta
Macedonia
Mesopotamia
Who was Alexander's father?
Pericles
Philip
Pheidippides
Persus
Which philosopher was the tutor of Alexander?
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Zeno
Who was Alexander's favorite Greek hero?
Achilles
Hector
Hercules
Perseus
What military strategy did Alexander use successfully in battle?
Siege Towers
Battering Ram
Catapult
Phalanx
Bucephalus was...
Alexander's horse.
Alexander's favorite hero.
Alexander's father.
Alexander's wife.
A Greek Philosopher and a teacher who developed the question answer method
Plato
Alexander
Aristotle
Socrates
Macedonia is __________ of Greece.
north
south
east
west
This term means: the form of Greek culture spread throughout the ancient world by Alexander the Great
Hellenistic
Futuristic
Greektastic
Alexanderistic
What is the name of Alexander's largest and wealthiest city in Egypt?
Alexandria
Persia
Babylon
Ionia
What world power did Alexander defeat which resulted in him having the largest empire in the known world?
Greeks
Romans
Persians
China
What was Alexander's greatest and lasting legacy?
conquering the largest empire in the ancient world in only 13 years
the blending of cultures (Hellenism) that lead to scientific, cultural, and philosophical advancement
defeating the Persian Empire
uniting Greece under one rule
The Olympic Games were held in honor of this Greek god:
Nike
Zeus
Hercules
Athena
What is the name of this building?
The Colosseum
The Parthenon
The Acropolis
The Citidell
Where is this building located?
Rome, Italy
Florence, Italy
Troy, Greece
Athens, Greece
The building is dedicated to. . .
Zeus
Poseidon
Athena
Apollo
After the Persian Wars, Athens convinced its allies to join an alliance called ______________________.
the Delian League
the Macedonian League
the Peloponnesian League
the Major League
What was the ultimate cause of the Peloponnesian War?
Power struggles between the city-states
Disagreements about trade
The plague
The helots revolted.
What are Homer's famous stories?
Iliad & Odyssey
Iliad & Trojan War
Odyssey & Psyche
Eros & Psyche
How long did it take Odysseus to get home after the Trojan War ended?
5 years
10 years
20 years
30 years
Why did it take so long for Odysseus to make it home?
He was an idiot who kept getting lost.
He was trying to avoid going home because he hated his life.
He angered the ocean god Poseidon who kept him from getting back to his island home.
His home was destroyed while he was away, and he had to find his family.
Who is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey
Homer
Aesop
Sophocles
Pericles
The Trojan horse helped destroy the city of Troy because
the Trojans were afraid of it
Laocoon was afraid of it
it was a way the soldiers could get inside the city through treachery
none of the above
Who was a student of Socrates?
Plato
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Heraclitus
Which philosopher taught by asking questions?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Who wrote The Republic?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Why was Socrates killed?
They found that he plagiarized from other philosophers
He taught students how to think for themselves, which was viewed as problematic
He committed treason against Athens
He stole military weapons from Sparta
Who did Plato think would be the best ruler for society?
Scientist-King
Politician-King
Philosopher-King
Priest-King
type of government in which people rule themselves
oligarchy
democracy
mythology
acropolus
stories about gods or heroes that tries to explain how the world works
peninsula
acropolis
Socrates
mythology
a fortress atop a tall hill in the center of the city-states
polis
Plato
democracy
acropolis
name for the blended culture that developed in Alexander's empire
peninsula
Hellenistic
acropolis
mythology
connected with the sea
maritime
acropolis
oligarchy
mythology
a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water
island
mountain
peninsula
acropolis
teacher and thinker, student of Socrates, and founder of the Academy
Plato
Socrates
polis
Homer
