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Topic 6: Ancient Greece Test Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Spartan king who led 7,000 soldiers at Thermopylae

a)

King Xerxes

b)

King Darius I

c)

Themistocles

d)

Leonidas

2.

Leader who made Athens more democratic.

a)

Leonidas

b)

Solon

c)

Themistocles

d)

Pericles

3.

Leader who made Athens more democratic.

a)

Phoenician colonies

b)

Chinese colonies

c)

Greek colonies

d)

Persian colonies

4.

Based on the Phoenician alphabet

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Greek alphabet

c)

Hierogylphics

d)

Pictographs

5.

Sparta and Athens' economy were based on this...

a)
fishing
b)
mining
c)
agriculture
d)
manufacturing
6.

Which factor or factors started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization?

a)
Alien invasion
b)

Civil War, natural disasters like earthquakes, and economic decline

c)
Technological advancement
d)
Peaceful trade agreements
7.

Which civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece?

a)

Dorian civilization

b)

Mycenaean civilization

c)
Roman civilization
d)
Minoan civilization
8.

Conflict where Sparta defeated Athens by blockading the city and destroying their naval fleet.

a)
Punic War
b)
Peloponnesian War
c)
Trojan War
d)
Persian War
9.

A Greek city-state.

a)
Acropolis
b)

Agora

c)
Polis
d)

Satrapy

10.

A group of armed soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows.

a)
Cavalry
b)
Phalanx
c)
Legion
d)
Spartans
11.

A free, native-born man who owned land. They were the people who ran Greek city-states.

a)
Citizen
b)
Slave
c)
Monarch
d)
Peasant
12.

A system of government in which a small group holds power

a)
democracy
b)
oligarchy
c)
dictatorship
d)
monarchy
13.

A system of government in which all citizens share in running the government

a)

Tyrany

b)
Oligarchy
c)
Autocracy
d)

Democracy

14.

A person who takes power by force and rules with total authority

a)
tyrant
b)
democracy
c)

satrap

d)

king

15.

What Sparta used to control it's citizens.

a)

military

b)

king

c)

navy

d)

tyrant

16.

Spartan boys served in the military, Athenian boys went to school.

a)

Persian boys vs. Athenian boys

b)

Athenian boys vs Spartan boys

c)

Spartan boys vs Persian boys

d)

Athenian boys vs Olympian boys

17.

Which Greek city-state used iron bars as money and allowed women to own land?

a)
Athens
b)
Corinth
c)
Thebes
d)
Sparta
18.

This Greek city-state had their boys begin military training at 18 and had a democracy form of government...

a)
Rome
b)
Athens
c)
Sparta
d)
Troy
19.

Which of these relied on the labor of slaves and was considered a Greek city-state?

a)

Both Athens and Sparta

b)
Athens
c)

Persia

d)
Thebes
20.

The famous philosopher Socrates was a teacher of Plato, who in turn was a teacher of Aristotle.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

A Greek famous for his fables

a)
Socrates
b)
Homer
c)
Plato
d)
Aesop
22.

Became King of Macedonia after his father, King Phillip II, died. Conquered the Persian Empire and all of Egypt. He died at age 32 from battle wounds and exhaustion.

a)
Alexander the Average
b)

Homer

c)
Alexander the Great
d)

Socrates

23.

The ancient Greek known as the father of history

a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
d)
Herodotus
24.

Why was Alexandria famous among scholars?

a)

museums

b)

great food

c)
The Great Library of Alexandria
d)

amazing architecture

25.

What was the most important lasting impact of Alexander’s conquests?

a)

the spread of Greek ideas around the ancient world

b)

the division of the empire among his generals

c)

the creation of a new empire

d)

Macedonian domination of Greece

26.

Why were the ancient Olympic Games held?

a)
To showcase architectural achievements
b)
To celebrate the harvest season
c)
To promote peace among nations
d)
To honor the Greek god Zeus and showcase athletic talents.
27.

A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

a)
Sophocles
b)
Aristotle
c)
Homer
d)
Plato
28.

Socrates' most well known pupil. Founded an academy in Athens. Thought the government should be run by philosopher-kings.

a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Homer
d)
Euclid
29.

A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato. Influenced western thought with concepts like, three branches of government.

a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
d)
Homer
30.

Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem. Also taught that the universe followed the same laws that governed music and numbers.

a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Pythagoras
d)
Socrates
31.

Great Athenian playwright who wrote Antigone

a)
Sophocles
b)
Euripides
c)
Aristophanes
d)
Homer
32.

Who was the king of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great, and all around big fan of all things Greek?

a)
Philip II
b)

Cyrus

c)
George III
d)
Alexander the Great II
33.

What type of government does Athens have?

a)
Monarchy
b)
Direct democracy
c)
Communism
d)
Oligarchy
34.

What type of government does Sparta have?

a)
Monarchy
b)
Democracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Communism
35.

This body of Water separates Europe and Africa

a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Black Sea
d)
Indian Ocean
36.

The body of water to the west of Greece.

a)
Adriatic Sea
b)
Ionian Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Black Sea
37.

The body of water to the east of Greece.

a)
Black Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Aegean Sea
d)
Red Sea
38.

Ancient Greek city-state on the mainland of Greece. Located at the black star.

a)
Thebes
b)
Corinth
c)
Athens
d)
Sparta
39.

Ancient Greece city state on the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Located at the white star.

a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Corinth
d)
Thebes
40.

Island below Greece

a)
Santorini
b)
Rhodes
c)
Mykonos
d)
Crete
41.

The southern peninsula of Greece located at red circle.

a)
Santorini
b)

Greek Peninsula

c)

Spartan Peninsula

d)

Peloponnesian Peninsula

42.

A kingdom that was destroyed by the Greeks in the Trojan War. Locate at the green dot.

a)
Troy
b)
Rome
c)
Sparta
d)
Athens
43.

Alexander the Great is from this area located in red.

a)
Italy
b)
Egypt
c)
Macedonia
d)
Greece
44.

Home of the Greek gods. Located at the blue circle.

a)
Acropolis
b)
Mount Vesuvius
c)
Mount Olympus
d)
Santorini