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Early Ancient Greece

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 3hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built was called the Acropolis

a)

True

b)

False

2.

A type of government in which people rule themselves by directly voting is called?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Republic

d)

Democracy

3.

In ancient Greece, the name for an independent city-state was the_______?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Polis

c)

Villa

d)

Confederation

4.

A government in which only one person has power is called a Oligarchy

a)

True

b)

False

5.

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

6.

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

a)

city-state

b)

polis

c)

peninsula

d)

agora

7.

What is democracy?

a)

ruled by majority

b)

ruled by a few

c)

ruled by one

d)

ruled by no one

8.

The Greeks were:

a)

polytheistic (believed in many gods)

b)

monotheistic (believed in one god)

9.

This is the highest hill in a Greek city-state.

a)

Acropolis

b)

Peninsula

c)

Bunker Hill

d)

Mt. Olympus

10.
Greek word for city-state
a)

peninsula

b)

polis

c)

parthenon

d)

kingdom

11.

Government in which people rule themselves

a)

theocracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

communist

d)

democracy

12.

A piece of land nearly entirely surrounded by water

a)

peninsula 

b)

 island 

c)

city-state 

d)

country

13.
A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece 
a)
polis
b)
colony
c)
agora 
d)
city-state 
14.
Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 
a)
democracy
b)
representative democracy
c)
oligarchy 
d)
tyrant 
15.

Form of government ruled by one all-powerful person, usually a king or a queen

a)

Tyranny

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Monarchy

16.
What animal was revered and celebrated by the Minoans?
a)
donkey
b)
goat
c)
bull
d)
horse
17.
What is the name of the legendary king of the Minoans?
a)
Knossos
b)
Marathon
c)
Sparta
d)
Minos
18.
What do we call the paintings on wet plaster walls, found in Minoan palaces?
a)
Water colors
b)
Pastels
c)
Frescoes
d)
Labrys
19.
Which invading civilization conquered the Minoans?
a)
Trojans
b)
Spartans
c)
Pericles
d)
Mycenaeans
20.
Identify the important palace city discovered on the north shore of Crete
a)
Akrotiri
b)
Thebes
c)
Rhodes
d)
Knossos
21.

Greeks made their living through ___.

a)

Trade

b)

Herding

c)

Farming

d)

Hunting

22.

What would have made travel over the land difficult in Greece.?

a)

Mountains

b)

Few Roads

c)

Pirates

d)

Stopping to take Cornell Notes!

23.

People believed that the Minoan civilization ended because of __ (Check ALL that apply).

a)

Tsunami

b)

Volcanic Eruption

c)

Conquered be Dorians.

d)

Earthquake

24.

The Minoan civilization developed on the island of __.

a)

Chios

b)

Rhodos

c)

Nexos

d)

Crete

25.

By 1200 B.C.E. the Mycenaeans may have been conquered by the ___.

a)

Minoans

b)

Hittites

c)

Sea Peoples

d)

Dorians

26.

Name of the Mycenaean hero during the Trojan War

a)

Achilles

b)

Odysseus

c)

Hector

d)

Hercules

27.

long narrative poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds

a)

epic

b)

fable

c)

myth

28.

Who was the greatest epic writer of ancient Greece?

a)

Aesop

b)

Homer

c)

Herodotus

29.
What is the word for a long series of adventures which include hardships?
a)
an odyssey
b)
an epic
c)
a harp
d)
a monolith
30.

Why did the Trojan War start?

a)

Because King Priam was jealous of Agamemnon

b)

Because Odysseus loved to fight

c)

Because Prince Paris stole Helen from Menelaus

d)

Because the Greeks insulted the Trojans

31.

Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?

a)

Shrek

b)

Homer

c)

Kayne

d)

Odysseus