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History Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which best describes who has the right to vote in the United States today?

a)

All citizens

b)

Adult males

c)

All citizens 18 and older

d)

Males and Females

2.

Which best illustrates that the United States has a representative democracy and not a direct democracy?

a)

All citizens 18 and older can make the laws

b)

All citizens 18 and older can vote for or against any law

c)

All citizens 18 years and older can propose new laws

d)

All citizens 18 years and older can vote for or against the officials who makes the laws

3.

Athenian laws were...

a)

Proposed by the council

b)

Proposed by the assembly

c)

Proposed by the council and approved by more than half the assembly.

d)

Proposed by more than half the assembly and approved by the council

4.

What about the acropolis's location made it an important feature of life in Athens.

a)

Its remote location in the polis made it an accessible place for the Athenians to worship.

b)

Its central location in the polis made it a convenient place to take refuge from enemies.

c)

Its central location in the polis made it a convenient place to conduct government

d)

Its expansive in the polis warned foreigners that Athens was well protected

5.

What was the cause of the development in the Athens golden age?

a)

The rule of Pericles

b)

The rule of king Cyrus

c)

The defeat of king Leonidas

d)

The fall of the Spartan empire

6.

What did Sparta use to control its citizens?

a)

The helots / slaves

b)

The military

c)

The government

d)

Forced physical fitness

7.

What started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization?

a)

Earthquakes and Civil War

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Civil War

d)

The end of their golden age

8.

In ancient Greece who was allowed to become a citizen?

a)

Anyone

b)

Anyone 18 and older

c)

A free land owning man

9.

What contributed to the growth of the Athenian economy?

a)

The fall of the Persian empire

b)

King Darius

c)

There golden age

d)

Farming and trade

10.

How did Cyrus the Great hold his growing empire together

a)

By treating conquered people fairly

b)

Military

c)

Forcing his empire to participate in fitness

11.

Hippocrates was known as the father of medicine.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What were Spartan women trained in?

a)

Running

b)

Wrestilng

c)

Javalyn throwing

d)

All of the above

13.

Throughout Greek mythology people expressed their religious beliefs.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Beginning in 478B.,the Delian league served as a protective group and a defensive league?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The three types of columns the Greeks used In their buildings were Doric, Ionic, and ______________

a)

Corinthian

b)

Cement

c)

Delian

16.

What does the word philosophy mean?

a)

Love or wisdom

b)

Idea

c)

Knowledge

d)

Reasoning

17.

The major difference between Spartan and Athenian women were that Spartan women could own land and Athenian women could not own land.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

How did the Persians battle plans differ during the first and second invasion of the Greek city-states.

a)

The used different weapons

b)

They wore different clothing to hide themselves better.

c)

They came from different directions

d)

They got help from other empires out of Greece

19.

What is the main cause of the fall of the Athenian empire?

a)

The Spartan destroyed their homes

b)

The death of their king

c)

The Spartan cut off their access to food

20.

Who was alexanders main enemy?

a)

Sparta's King

b)

Athens King

c)

King Darius III