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Ancient Greek Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was a unified formation of Greek soldiers called?
a)
Phalanx
b)
Phylange
c)
Assembly
d)
Ephor
2.
What is another name for a Greek city-state?
a)
Polling Place
b)
Acropolis
c)
Polis
d)
Oligarchy
3.
Who were the ancient people who lived on the island of Crete and built a grand palace in the city of Knossos?
a)
Minoans
b)
Romans
c)
Persians
d)
Spartans
4.
What ancient civilization eventually replaced the Minoans as the major power in the Aegean sea, after the Minoan civilization disappeared?
a)
Romans
b)
Spartans
c)
Persians
d)
Mycenaeans
5.
what is a hilltop in a Greek city state called? 

(It housed a fort and a temple to the city-state's local god or goddess)
a)
Agriculture
b)
Thermopylae
c)
Acropolis
d)
Ephor
6.
What is a government where only a few, very wealthy people rule?
a)
Democracy
b)
Tyranny
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Assembly
7.
What is a form of government in which all citizens get a vote?
a)
Democracy
b)
Assembly
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Tyranny
8.
A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.
a)
Athens
b)
Delphi
c)
Corinth
d)
Sparta
9.
A city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education. 
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Delphi
d)
Corinth
10.
Who was the leader of Athens after the defeat of the Persians and took athens into a "Golden Age" of prosperity and achievement?
a)
Pericles
b)
Leonidas
c)
Themistocles
d)
Socrates
11.
What is the name for thinkers who reflect on the meaning of life?
a)
Soldiers
b)
Philosophers
c)
Ephors
d)
Helots
12.
Athenian society DID NOT consider educated women as equal to men. 

For instance, women COULD NOT participate in political activities or own property, and they were always under the care of a male family member.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Even in a democracy like Athens, slavery WAS common.
Most Athenian households had at least one enslaved person. 
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Athens joined with other city-states to form a defensive league, or protective group, to defend its members against the Persians after the Persian War.  
What was it called?
a)
Delian League
b)
Council of Elders
c)
General Assembly
d)
Greek Alliance
15.
Which other city-state rose up and opposed Athens after Athens became the strongest power in Greece?
a)
Rome
b)
Olympia
c)
Corinth
d)
Sparta
16.
After the Persian War, Athens and Sparta came into conflict with one another.  Eventually, war broke out between the two city-states.  
What was this war called?
a)
Persian War II
b)
Greek War
c)
Peloponnesian War
d)
War Between the City-States
17.

A Spartan's name for an enslaved soldier.

a)

Tyrant

b)

Helot

c)

Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

18.

Greek civilization began in an area dominated by...

a)

mountains and lakes

b)

seas and mountains

c)

rivers and plains

d)

deserts and forests

19.

Greek civilization began in a river valley.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which of the following did Sparta and Athens have in common?

a)

Both Favored Democracy

b)

Both were dominated by their military

c)

Both were Greek city-states

d)

They fought on the same side in the Peloponnesian Wars

21.

What were two regions conquered by Alexander the Great?

a)

Egypt and Persia

b)

China and Egypt

c)

Persia and China

d)

Macedonia and Germany

22.

Who conquered all of Greece after the Peloponnesian Wars?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

King Xerxes of Persia

c)

King Darius of Persia

d)

King Phillip of Macedonia

23.

Which great leader is most closely associated with the spread of Hellenistic civilization?

a)

Augustus Caesar

b)

Chandra Gupta

c)

King Phillip II of Macedonia

d)

Alexander the Great

24.

Greek cities had a(n) ________, a massive marketplace that was the center of trade and government.

a)

Acropolis

b)

Coliseum

c)

Palace

d)

Agora

25.

What field of study are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle famous for?

a)

Literature

b)

Philosophy

c)

Mathematics

d)

Science

26.

Match the following

a)

Acropolis

1.

The ancient citadel at Athens, containing the Parthenon and other notable buildings.

b)

City-State

2.

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

c)

Democracy

3.

Control of an organization or group by the majority of its members.

d)

Monarchy

4.

A form of government with a king or queen as the head of state.

e)

Oligarchy

5.

A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

27.

Mainland Greece is a _______, or body of land with water on three sides.

a)

city-state

b)

polis

c)

peninsula

d)

agora

28.

The Greeks were:

a)

polytheistic (believed in many gods)

b)

monotheistic (believed in one god)

29.

Stories of the Ancient Greeks' gods & goddesses were called...

a)

parables

b)

myths

c)

epics

d)

lullabies

30.

In ancient Greece a _________would be allowed to participate in government

a)

Plebeian

b)

Tyrant

c)

Patrician

d)

Citizen

31.

This ancient Greek leader held power through the use of force. He was known as a _________?

a)

Dictator

b)

Communist

c)

Tyrant

d)

Noble

32.

The ancient Greeks used stories about heroes and gods that explained how the world works. It was called__________?

a)

Science Fiction

b)

Mythology

c)

Wizardy

d)

Sorcery

33.
What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?
a)
rocky and mountainous
b)
flat
c)
desert
d)
rolling plains
34.
During which Age did the Greeks make great advances in art, architecture, medicine, and philosophy?
a)
The Hellenistic Age
b)
The Golden Age
c)
The Peloponnesian Age
d)
The Bronze Age
35.

philosophical method of questioning to gain truth

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Socratic method

c)

Epicureanism

d)

Ritual

36.

Which king ruled Persia when the Greco-Persian Wars began?

a)

Alexander

b)

Darius

c)

Cronus

d)

Xerxes

37.

Why did Alexander and his army turn around and go home?

a)

They were defeated by a stronger army

b)

Alexander missed his family

c)

The Macedonian empire was crumbling

d)

His soldiers were tired of fighting

38.
The phalanx was composed of ____________________.
a)
soldiers on horseback
b)
Spartan women
c)
aristocrats
d)
foot soldiers
39.
Citizens elect other people to make decisions on their behalf in a(n) ___________________.
a)
aristocracy
b)
oligarchy
c)
direct democracy
d)
representative democracy
40.
Who was the father of medical science? 
a)
Phidias
b)
Socrates
c)
Hippocrates
d)
Archimedes
41.
Which mathematician wrote a theorem about right triangles?
a)
Hippocrates
b)
Euclid
c)
Pythagoras
d)
Plato
42.

The Athenian style of government (direct democracy) is closest to which modern day country?

a)

United States of America

b)

France

c)

North Korea

d)

England

43.

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

44.
The two main crops the Ancient Greeks grew were:
a)
corn & beans
b)
squash & quinoa
c)
olives & grapes
d)
bananas & coconut
45.
The city-state where boys, at the age of 7, would start hardy soldier training
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Delphi
d)
Olympia
46.
The poetry & drama of the Ancient Greeks featured mainly...
a)
comedies & tragedies
b)
athletic events
c)
chariot races
d)
bull fights
47.

What was the name of the first writing system used in Ancient Greece?

a)

Linear B

b)

English

c)

Cursive

d)

Times New Roman

48.

The strongest branch of Athens' military was...

a)

Army

b)

Coast Guard

c)

Air Force

d)

Navy

49.

Which three bodies of water is Greece located along?

a)

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Aegean Sea

b)

North Sea, Dead Sea, and Red Sea

c)

Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Mediterranean Sea

d)

Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and Red Sea

50.

What is a helot?

a)

Spartan slave

b)

Athenian slave

c)

aristocrat

d)

Spartan warrior

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