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Ancient Greece Review #2

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a government where only a few, very wealthy people rule?
a)
Democracy
b)
Tyranny
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Assembly
2.

What is a form of government in which power lies in the hands of all citizens? (Remember in Ancient Greece not everyone was considered a citizen.)

a)

Democracy

b)

Assembly

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Tyranny

3.
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
4.
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
5.

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

6.

Who was a great Greek thinker who taught young Alexander?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Olympias

c)

Philip

d)

Bucephalus

7.

The belief in many gods and goddesses.

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Monistic

d)

Atheistic

8.

Who was the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy?

a)

Hera

b)

Persephone

c)

Athena

d)

Aphrodite

9.

Who is the king of all other god, the head god?

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Apollo

d)

Helios

10.

Premier Greek foot soldiers, dressed in leather and bronze body armor, carrying a bronze & leather shield, long spear, & short sword.

a)

philosopher

b)

hoplite

c)

metic

d)

phalanx

11.

A person who studies ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life, etc.

a)

philosopher

b)

polis

c)

strategoi

d)

trireme

12.
What culture is a blend of Greek, Persian, and Egyptian (Middle-Eastern) cultures?
a)
Greek
b)
Roman
c)
Hellenistic
d)
Ancient
13.
What is the name of this Greek architecture?
a)
The Coliseum
b)
Stonehenge
c)
The Great Pyramids
d)
The Parthenon
14.

Who championed Democracy and extended citizenship in Greece after Cleisthenes?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Pericles

15.

Who were the participants in the Peloponnesian War? (This also included The Delian League vs. The Peloponessian League.)

a)

Corinth vs. Athens

b)

Persia vs. Greece

c)

Athens vs. Sparta

d)

Sparta vs. Thebes

16.

Mark all the people that were not allowed to vote in Athenian Democracy.

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Slaves

d)

Immigrants

17.

 Why is Ancient Greece considered important to Western Civilization?

a)

 Greek culture influenced today’s democracy, architecture, and entertainment

b)

Athens defeated Sparta in the Peloponnesian Wars

c)

The Greeks borrowed ideas from Rome and improved upon them

d)

The Greeks invented the world’s first monotheistic religion

18.

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

19.

Greek tyrants were

a)

hired soldiers.

b)

all oppressive and wicked.

c)

supporters of aristocrats.

d)

rulers who seized power by force.

20.

In ancient Athens, a woman who was married to a wealthy land-owner would most likely have been

a)

teacher.

b)

a homemaker.

c)

active in politics.

d)

active in business.

21.
Who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"? 
a)
Plato
b)
Homer
c)
Euclid
d)
Socrates
22.
The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called
a)
Goodwill Games
b)
Marathons
c)
Olympics
d)
Triathlons 
23.

Choose the answer choice that correctly labels the City-State for symbol D on the map below.

a)

Knossos

b)

Athens

c)

Olympia

d)

Sparta

24.

Choose the answer that correctly labels the geological feature for symbol B on the map below.

a)

Island of Crete

b)

Mt. Olympus

c)

Peloponnese Peninsula

d)

Gobi Desert

25.

Which statement best describes the influence Solon and Draco had on Athenian society?

a)

Solon and Draco created written legal code of law which created reforms to ensure greater fairness and justice to many Athenians

b)

Solon and Draco created a government in which a small group of aristocrats held all power.

c)

Solon and Draco denied citizenship to foreigners and enforced immigration laws

d)

Solon and Draco ensured all citizens had equal opportunities to hold government positions.

26.
Each city-state had ...
a)
the same laws and guidelines to follow.
b)
the same king as their leader.
c)
a different kind of government.
d)
the same aristocracy leading each city-state.
27.

Which of the following is a way the geography of Greece shaped how the Ancient Greeks lived?

a)

They had one large united kingdom.

b)

They were able to travel and communicate easily.

c)

They never fished or traveled by sea.

d)

They had small city-states that ran themselves.

28.

What crop did most farmers grow that needed less land?

a)

grapes and olives

b)

wheat and barely

c)

grapes and wheat

d)

barely and olives

29.

What animal(s) would you most likely find on an ancient Greek farm?

a)

cows

b)

sheep and goats

c)

horses

d)

Llamas

30.
What does the word "Democracy" mean?
a)
"rule by the government"
b)
"rule by the many"
c)
"rule by the wealthy"
d)
"rule by the people"
31.
Greek has many _________that are like mini countries.
a)
counties
b)
city-states
c)
provinces
d)
parishes
32.

What is the best title for this list?

a)

Types of Incan roads

b)

Types of Roman arches

c)

Types of Egyptian pyramids

d)

Types of Greek columns

33.

How did geography influence the development of ancient Greece?

a)

The rugged mountainous terrain led to the creation of separate city-states

b)

Open plains and numerous rivers allowed for the creation of a large and powerful empire

c)

Ease of trade and communication led to enhanced unity among all Greeks

d)

Mountains in the south provided for isolation of Greece from the rest of the world

34.

What is a government ruled by the people--direct or representative?

a)

tyrrany

b)

democracy

c)

monarchy

d)

Athenian

35.

Who were the helots?

a)

nobles who ran the country

b)

slaves who worked the land

c)

merchants or artisans who lived in the villages

d)

soldiers who protected the city-state

36.
Which Athenian leader softened Draco's law code, ended debt slavery, and let poor men attend the assembly?
a)
Draco himself
b)
Solon
c)
Pericles
d)
Cleisthenes
37.

The Olympic games were held in honor of what?

a)

Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom

b)

Zeus, the King of all Gods

c)

The Summer Solstice

38.

Ancient Greece is .....

a)

flat, with a lot of land to grow many different crops, and thousands of islands

b)

flat, with out arable land to grow crops

c)

Mountainous with a lot of land to grow many different crops

d)

Mountainous without much arable land to grow crops, and thousands of islands

39.

Why is Greece so important to understanding Western Civilization (The Civilization you live in)

a)

We borrowed their government, culture, olympics, art, philosophy, science theories, theater and plays, language

b)

We borrowed their weapons, religion, clothes, shoes, music, food, and art.

c)

We borrowed their way of life

d)

We borrowed their religion, military, clothes, singing, movies, technology, language, houses, dogs

40.

Athens was known as the birthplace of

a)

democracy.

b)

war.

c)

philosophy.

d)

slavery.

41.

Person who rebuilt the Parthenon during the "Golden Age" of Greece?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Pericles

d)

Philip II

42.

Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Athens (Delian) Vs Persia

b)

Sparta (Peloponnesian League) & Persia

c)

Athens (Delian League) & Sparta (Peloponnesian League)

43.
Which invading civilization conquered the Minoans?
a)
Trojans
b)
Spartans
c)
Pericles
d)
Mycenaeans
44.

The Trojan Horse is filled with...

a)

Greek soldiers

b)

Trojan women

c)

tasty food

d)

gasoline and wood

45.

Who is the god of the seas?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Zeus

c)

Odysseus

d)

Kronos

46.

How was the development of Greek city-states impacted by their geography? Pick all that apply

a)

They developed separate cultures

b)

They traded by sea

c)

They established colonies in other places

d)

They were easily united under one government

47.
Which of these was a result of the geographic conditions of Greece in their early civilization?
a)
unified political organization
b)
withdrawal from international contact
c)
a society centered around plantations
d)
a reliance of sea-based commerce
48.

During every Olympics, there was a strictly enforced _________, or agreement not to fight.

a)

procession

b)

pagan

c)

truce

d)

treaty

49.

One effect of rugged, mountainous geography on the civilization of ancient Greece was the development of

a)

absolute monarchies

b)

separate, independent city-states

c)

extensive trade with the Persians

d)

belief in one God

50.

Greek playwrights were famous for writing

a)

cartoons

b)

anime

c)

drama and comedies

d)

novels

51.

Intense military training occurred in which Greek city-state?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

52.

Which civilization welcomed Alexander and proclaimed him pharaoh?

a)

Egypt

b)

Persia

c)

India

53.

What is the name for the era of Greek-like culture Alexander spread throughout his empire?

a)

Alexandria

b)

Hellenistic

c)

Macedonian

d)

Medieval

54.

During the Golden Age, the __________________, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, was rebuilt.

a)

Parthenon

b)

Pantheon

c)

Oracle of Delphi

d)

Erechtheion

55.

Hoplites fought in a formation called__________

a)

polis

b)

phalanx

c)

persians

d)

hoplite