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Unit 4: Greece

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name for a Greek city-state, includes: the fort, city & surrounding lands

a)

Polis

b)

Agora

c)

Acropolis

d)

Nation-state

2.

Type of government ruled by a few (usually the rich)

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Democracy

3.

Type of government in which a person takes power by force

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Democracy

4.

_________ affected Greek development by making travel and communication harder.

a)

Cold weather

b)

Mountains

c)

Intense heat

d)

Abundant farmland

5.

Modern-day movies & books with their emphasis on comedies and tragedies were influenced by Greek ____

a)

playwrights

b)

philosophers

c)

historians

d)

None of the above

6.

Which group would have been able to vote in Athens?

a)

Athenian slave

b)

Corinthian trader

c)

Wife of a rich Athenian

d)

Poor Athenian worker

7.

This city-state was characterized by a strong military.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Corinth

d)

Troy

8.

__________ Age: known for the spread of Greek ideas further into Asia

a)

Hellenic

b)

Alexander's

c)

Hellenistic

d)

None of the above

9.

Greek myths tried to explain life events, natural phenomena and...

a)

medicine

b)

geography

c)

economics

d)

emotions

10.

Modern jobs like architects, mathematicians, electricians, and scientists use this type of Greek contribution all the time.

a)

Math - pi, geometry

b)

History - patterns

c)

Medicine - Hippocratic Oath

d)

Philosophy - questioning the world

11.

Identify the ruler of the Greek gods & his wife - the goddess of marriage

a)

Apollo and Artemis

b)

Zeus and Hera

c)

Hades and Persephone

d)

Ares and Aphrodite

12.

Pericles had this structure built to honor Athena after the Persian Wars.

a)

Pantheon

b)

Oracle at Delphi

c)

The Great Agora

d)

Parthenon

13.

He was responsible for conquering Greece, Egypt and Persia. His empire didn't last, but the culture created by mixing customs of the places he conquered did!

a)

Phillip II

b)

Pericles

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Leonidas

14.

The Peloponnesian League was formed by Sparta ...

a)

to fight the Persians

b)

to create an alliance against Athens and the Delian League

c)

to create an alliance against the Macedonians

d)

so the Spartans could train other city-states

15.

Identify the Balkan peninsula.

a)

K

b)

B

c)

3

d)

1

16.

peninsula

a)

a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

b)

a piece of land surrounded by water on four sides

c)

a body of water surrounded by land

17.

deity

a)

a fairy tale character

b)

a being with super strength

c)

a being with supernatural powers

18.

polytheism

a)

worshiping more than one god

b)

worshiping one god

c)

worshiping no god

19.

Why did the Greeks form city-states?

a)

they did not like each other

b)

their geography separated them

c)

to unite into one country

d)

to easily create a single culture

20.

Select ALL that describe the Greek religion.

a)

polytheistic

b)

worship ancestors

c)

gods represent nature and human qualities

d)

myths explain nature and teach lessons

21.

Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?

a)

Plato

b)

Homer

c)

Pericles

d)

Minos

22.

Select ALL that describe Athens.

a)

direct democracy

b)

citizens = men, women, slaves, and foreigners

c)

citizens were part of the assembly

d)

citizens voted on laws

23.

Select ALL that describe Sparta.

a)

militaristic

b)

oligarchy = rule by a small group

c)

helots = slaves

d)

democracy

24.

Why were the Persian Wars important?

a)

Greek city-states united to fight Persia

b)

the Persian Empire was destroyed

c)

Sparta became the most powerful city-state

d)

Greece conquered Persia and spread democracy

25.

What is the correct ORDER of the battles of the Persian Wars?

a)

Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis,

b)

Salamis, Plataea, Marathon

c)

Marathon, Salamis, Thermopylae

d)

Thermopylae, Marathon, Plataea, Salamis

26.

Who was the leader during Athens's Golden Age?

a)

Socrates

b)

Pericles

c)

Solon

d)

Darius

27.

What is the Parthenon?

a)

a temple for Athena

b)

a palace for King Pericles

c)

a government building

d)

a sports arena

28.

Select the THREE types of Greek columns.

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Egyptian

d)

Corinthian

29.

What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Greece was weak and open for attack

b)

Greece united into one country

c)

Athens became the most powerful city-state

d)

Persia was destroyed

30.

Who conquered Greece?

a)

Alexander the Great from Persia

b)

Philip II from Macedonia

c)

Pericles from Athens

d)

Euclid from Alexandria

31.

Select ALL the places conquered by Alexander the Great.

a)

Persia

b)

Egypt

c)

Turkey (Asia Minor)

d)

China

32.

Alexander the Great started the Hellenistic Period that blended the ___________________ cultures.

a)

Greek and Roman

b)

Greek and Chinese

c)

Greek, Indian, Ethiopian, and Macedonian

d)

Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian

33.

Select ALL of the famous Greek philosophers.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Pythagoras

34.

Select ALL of the Greek historians.

a)

Thucydides

b)

Herodotus

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Euripides

35.

One effect of the Peloponnesian war was -

a)

end of Athens' golden age

b)

destruction of Carthage

c)

started the Persian Wars

d)

legalization of Christianity

36.

Sparta’s government was a(n) _______ but Athen’s government was a(n) _______?

a)

direct democracy; oligarchy

b)

oligarchy; direct democracy

c)

aristocracy; theocracy

d)

theocracy; aristocracy

37.

What empire controlled this land?

a)

Persian Empire

b)

Athenian Empire

c)

Egyptian Empire

d)

Chinese Empire

38.

What are the names of the two Greek peninsulas?

a)

Balkan

b)

Sparta

c)

Macedonia

d)

Peloponnesus

39.

What letter represents Athens?

a)

H

b)

F

c)

D

d)

E

40.

What letter represents Sparta?

a)

H

b)

F

c)

D

d)

E

41.

What letter represents Macedonia?

a)

H

b)

F

c)

D

d)

E

42.

Goddess of love and beauty

a)

Apollo

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Zeus

d)

Artemis

43.

God of the sun and music

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Zeus

c)

Apollo

d)

Athena

44.

God of the underworld

a)

Zeus

b)

Hades

c)

Apollo

d)

Poseidon

45.

After the Persian Wars, what Greek city state became the strongest?

a)

Athens

b)

Troy

c)

Persia

d)

Sparta

46.

What problem caused the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Revenge for past military defeats

b)

A long standing trade dispute between Athens & Sparta

c)

Religious differences between Athens & Sparta

d)

Competition between Athens and Sparta for control of Greece

47.

What do Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates have in common?

a)

They are poets

b)

They are philosophers

c)

They are mathematicians

d)

They are historians

48.

Greek Soldiers were called

a)

Helot

b)

Hoplite

c)

Spartans

d)

Phalanx

49.

This Greek military formation was dependent on the collaboration of all soldiers

a)

Phalanx

b)

Flank

c)

Cavalry

d)

Ostraka

50.

This was both the marketplace and meeting placee in Ancient Greece

a)

Acropolis

b)

Agora

c)

Parthenon

d)

Temple

51.

The Spartans built a strong military because (Choose ALL)...

a)

The slaves outnumbered the citizens

b)

They already had strong philosophers

c)

They wanted to expand their territory

d)

They valued wisdom and truth over everytgibg

52.

Sparta's gov't was unique because they were ruled by

a)

A ruling Queen

b)

Two Kings

c)

A council of 10 oracles

d)

100 Soldiers

53.

In 594 BCE, this aristocrat cancelled all debts in Athens

a)

Solon

b)

Pisistratus

c)

Cleisthenes

d)

Pericles

54.

What group did Cleisthenes create to oversee foreign affairs, the treasury, and propose laws?

a)

28 Elders

b)

Council of 500

c)

Assembly

d)

Delian League

55.

Which Persian king conquered Ionia?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius

c)

Cambyses

d)

Xerxes

56.

What were Persian governors called?

a)

Satraps

b)

Helots

c)

Dukes

d)

Strategoi

57.

Where did the Delian League try to move the treasury in 454 BCE?

a)

Delos

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Corinth

58.

True/False: Socrates believed the goal of education was to increase one's wealth

a)

True

b)

False

59.

True/False: Plato believed there were "ideal forms" of which most of us only see shadows

a)

True

b)

False

60.

True/False: Plato believed that warriors should be at the top of the social classes because they were the most courageous

a)

True

b)

False

61.

Which philosopher believed women should be given the same opportunities as men

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Lycurgas

62.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Euphrates River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Jordan River
d)
Strait of Hormuz
63.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Strait of Hormuz
d)
Mediterranean Sea
64.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Tigris River
d)
Euphrates River
65.
Zeus' thunderbolt is floating in this body of water that's between Greece and Asia Minor...
a)
Adriatic Sea
b)
Aegean Sea
c)
Ionian Sea
d)
Mediterranean Sea
66.
Zeus' thunderbolt is hanging out on this peninsula that's located east of Greece
a)
Asia Minor
b)
Peloponessus
c)
Balkan Peninsula
d)
Italian Peninsula
67.
This island is located SE of the Peloponnesian Peninsula
a)
Rhodes
b)
Knossos
c)
Crete
d)
Sardinia

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