WorksheetsThe Golden Age of Athens
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
After the Persian Wars, Athens entered a time period of peace, prosperity, and innovation called the _____________.
Periclean Age
Golden Age
Great Age
Hellenistic Age
During this time period, _________________ is best known for leading the rebuilding of Athens.
Socrates
Cleisthenes
Pericles
Phidias
What type of Greek column is shown above?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Tuscan
The Greeks excelled in philosophy, sculpture, architecture, and ___________________.
theater
painting
electronics
transportation
Who was the leader of Athens in its Golden Age?
Pericles
Alexander the Great
Darius
Plato
What happened during the Greek Golden Age?
There was a decline in the importance of art
There were many artistic and scientific achievements.
There was less emphasis on the importance of citizenship.
There was a large drop in trade among the city states.
Which of the following statements about the Golden Age of Greece are TRUE?
The City-State of Athens was a Tyranny
People watched plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Pericles, a statesman, was the leader of Athens
They built the Parthenon, a temple to Athena, goddess of wisdom and war.
Women were treated equally and allowed to vote.
Pop quiz time! Can you guess which temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena, was rebuilt during this period?
Parthenon
Pantheon
Oracle of Delphi
Agora
The (a) is the period of time in Greece where there were great innovations in democracy, art, philosophy, drama, and poetry that lasted from 461-429 BCE.
Golden Age
Early Age
Prehistoric Age
Athenian Age
Who do you think was the mastermind behind the grand reconstruction of Athens during its Golden Age? Hint: It's not Socrates!
Socrates
Cleisthenes
Pericles
Phidias
What did the Greeks call the statues that decorated their temples?
Pediment
Columns
frieze
metopes
Imagine you're a time traveler, and you've just met Socrates. What action of his do you think landed him in hot water?
Did he try to shake up the Athenian government by starting a revolution?
Did he ditch his belief in the gods and goddesses and convert to Christianity?
Did he point fingers at Athenian leaders, accusing them of leading the youth astray?
Or did he stir the pot by encouraging people to question everything they thought they knew?
During this time, the __________________, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, was rebuilt.
Parthenon
Pantheon
Oracle of Delphi
Erechtheion
The Greeks also created ______________ or plays with humorous themes and happy endings.
comedies
satires
tragedies
documentaries
What features of the Parthenon indicated how important Athena was to the city-state of Athens?
Golden 40 foot statue of Athena inside the temple
Would have cost 3 billion dollars to build today
Located at the highest point of the city on the Acropolis
All of the above
What are 2 important things Pericles did?
Promoted Monarchy and started the olympics
Promoted Democracy and rebuilt Athens
Promoted Oligarchy and rebuilt Persia
Promoted Anarchy and built a statue of Atena
On the acropolis, Athenians built
magnificent temples as earthly homes for their gods and goddesses.
a sports center where they held the Olympics every four years.
a meeting place where citizens gathered to discuss issues of the day.
all answers apply.
Athens paid salaries to men who held public office. How did that affect the growth of democracy?
It hurt democracy by making government workers rich.
It helped democracy by enabling people who were not rich to work for the government.
It helped democracy by rewarding each of the people who came to vote in the Assembly.
It hurt democracy by encouraging the leader of Athens to surround himself with his friends.
For what crime was Socrates arrested?
telling state secrets to enemy powers
refusing to teach the children of the rich
living on the streets with no means of support
asking questions that seemed to dishonor the gods
What was the primary focus of Athenian society during the Golden Age?
Military conquest
Art and philosophy
Agricultural development
Industrialization
Which famous philosopher taught in Athens during its Golden Age?
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Epicurus
What was the Delian League, formed during the Golden Age of Athens?
A military alliance led by Athens
A cultural festival in Athens
A group of philosophers
A trade agreement with Sparta
Which architectural structure is considered a symbol of the Golden Age of Athens?
The Colosseum
The Parthenon
The Great Pyramid
The Hanging Gardens
Who was the famous sculptor who created the statue of Athena in the Parthenon?
Phidias
Praxiteles
Myron
Polykleitos
What was the impact of the Golden Age on Athenian democracy?
It weakened democracy
It led to the establishment of a monarchy
It strengthened democracy
It had no impact
