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WorksheetsFast and Curious Ancient Greece
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Greek word for a city-state is
a)
epic
b)
acropolis
c)
polis
d)
fables
2.
a high hill where the fort was built is called the
a)
polis
b)
acropolis
c)
Pericles
d)
Aesop
3.
a type of government in which people rule themselves.
a)
oligarchy
b)
tyrant
c)
monarchy
d)
democracy
4.
rich landowners, or
a)
democracy
b)
aristocrats
c)
helot
d)
citizens
5.
A government in which only a few people have power is called an
a)
classical
b)
democracy
c)
helot
d)
oligarchy
6.
people who had the right to participate in government.
a)
Pericles
b)
citizens
c)
tyrant
d)
polis
7.
which meant a leader who held power through the use of force.
a)
tyrant
b)
citizens
c)
polis
d)
Homer
8.
Athens reached its height under a brilliant elected leader named
a)
Pericles
b)
Homer
c)
Aesop
d)
Plato
9.
a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.
a)
polis
b)
citizens
c)
hellenistic
d)
mythology
10.
the Iliad and the Odyssey, by a poet named
a)
Pericles
b)
Homer
c)
Aesop
d)
Plato
11.
for example, is famous for his fables.
a)
Pericles
b)
Homer
c)
Aesop
d)
Plato
12.
are short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live.
a)
fables
b)
Aesop
c)
polis
d)
Pericles
13.
the spread of people, ideas, technologies, and products from one culture to another
a)
classical
b)
cultrual diffusion
c)
mythology
d)
aristocrats
14.
a Spartan slave who was owned by the state
a)
democracy
b)
aristocrats
c)
helot
d)
citizens
15.
characteristic of or relating to Greek civilization in the ancient Mediterranean world
a)
hellenistic
b)
philosophy
c)
mythology
d)
classical
16.
the study of ideas about truth, right and wrong, and nature and meaning of life
a)
hellenistic
b)
philosophy
c)
mythology
d)
classical
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