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Ancient Greece

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Sparta's main focus?

a)

Education

b)

Military

c)

Growing Food

d)

Exploration

2.

In an Oligarchy who had power?

a)

The President

b)

A king or queen

c)

A small group of wealth men

3.

What is an assembly?

a)

a group of people; in ancient Greece, the Assembly made laws.

b)

a peninsula in southwestern Asia; today most of this area is the country of Turkey

c)

a city that is an independent political state with its own ruling government

4.

What is a Monarchy?

a)

a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way; a dictatorship

b)

the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually inherited

c)

a government led by a king or a queen

5.

What is Asia Minor?

a)

a city that is an independent political state with its own ruling government

b)

a peninsula in southwestern Asia; today most of this area is the country of Turkey

c)

a group of people; in ancient Greece, the Assembly made laws.

6.

What is an oligarchy?

a)

the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually inherited

b)

a government led by a king or a queen

c)

a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way; a dictatorship

7.

A group of citizens, in an Ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws.

a)

Citizen

b)

City-State

c)

Phalanx

d)

Assembly

8.

What is a city-state?

a)

a city that is an independent political state with its own ruling government

b)

a peninsula in southwestern Asia; today most of this area is the country of Turkey

c)

a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way; a dictatorship

9.

The study of ideas about knowledge, life, and truth; literally, love of wisdom.

a)
Philosophy
b)
Psychology
c)
Sociology
d)
Anthropology
10.

To be a citizen of Ancient Athens you needed to be

a)

At least 18

b)

A male that is not a slave

c)

Have 2 Athenian parents

d)

All of the above

11.

Who won the Pelopennsian War?

a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Persia
d)
Rome
12.

Where were Sparta and Athens located?

a)

United States

b)

Italy

c)

Greece

d)

China

13.

What is a citizen?

a)

Legal member of a country

b)

An illegal member of a country

c)

Any human

d)

Nothing

14.

Who has power in a democracy?

a)

A king or queen

b)

A small group of wealthy men

c)

All citizens

15.

How are leaders chosen in a Democracy?

a)

They seize power illegally

b)

A vote

c)

They inherit power through their bloodline

16.

What was a major focus in Athens?

a)

Education

b)

Military

c)

Economics

d)

Traveling

17.

What is a Tyranny?

a)

the upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually inherited

b)

a type of government in which one person illegally seizes all power, usually ruling in a harsh and brutal way; a dictatorship

c)

a government led by a king or a queen

18.

Socrates and Plato were both

a)
Roman Emperors
b)
Egyptian Pharaohs
c)
Chinese Philosophers
d)
Greek Philosophers
19.

A military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields

a)

Assembly

b)

Phalanx

c)

Rhetoric

d)

Epic Poem

20.

What type of government did Athens have?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Oligarchy