WorksheetsLesson 31 Quiz: The Legacy of Ancient Greece
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
Why is Herodotus called the "father of history"?
a)
He had many children.
b)
He taught in the agora.
c)
He wrote about the past.
d)
He was an important leader.
2.
Which of the choices below is a part of American democracy that comes from the ancient Greeks?
a)
juries of citizens
b)
a Council of Elders
c)
one official religion
d)
independent city-states
3.
How was ancient Greek democracy different from American democracy today?
a)
Everyone did not always agree.
b)
All citizens voted on every issue.
c)
People could speak their opinions.
d)
Strong speakers influenced others.
4.
Hippocrates is called the "father of medicine." Which statement would he most likely have made?
a)
"I will tell everybody about your illness."
b)
"I see that you got sick after eating that meat."
c)
"You must let me try this experiment on you."
d)
"You are sick because the gods are angry at you."
5.
Which one of these lists of items would Pythagoras and Euclid most likely have written about?
a)
rocks, stones, and dirt
b)
skin, blood, and bones
c)
lines, circles, and squares
d)
actors, costumes, and stages
6.
Which of these ideas was first introduced in ancient Greece?
a)
Earth moves around the sun.
b)
The planets affect human lives.
c)
It is good to study the star patterns.
d)
The moon seems to change shape.
7.
How did Greek scientists make their most important discoveries?
a)
They got the citizens to vote.
b)
They translated Egyptian texts.
c)
They built complicated machines.
d)
They observed and asked questions.
8.
Who would be the most likely to use lines of latitude and longitude?
a)
a painter
b)
an architect
c)
a mapmaker
d)
an astronomer
9.
How did the philosopher Aristotle affect the modern study of plants and animals?
a)
He invented a machine for measuring growth.
b)
He created a system to divide them into groups.
c)
He discovered that the heart pumps blood through the body.
d)
He suggested cutting people open to see how the body works.
10.
What influence from ancient Greece is visible in this picture of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.?
a)
the use of columns
b)
the honoring of gods
c)
the effect of bright lights
d)
the importance of religion
11.
In what way are many theaters today like the ones in ancient Greece?
a)
The back of the theater is open.
b)
People pay more for the best seats.
c)
The stage is built into the side of a hill.
d)
The rows rise so people can see and hear.
12.
What was the purpose of the first Olympics?
a)
to honor a Greek god
b)
to choose military leaders
c)
to decide who would be king
d)
to reach the top of Mount Olympus
13.
What is one way the modern Olympics are like those of ancient Greece?
a)
The location changes.
b)
An athlete lights a flame.
c)
Games are held every year.
d)
Many countries send athletes.
14.
The word alphabet comes from
a)
the ideas of Aristotle.
b)
the work of the writer Thucydides.
c)
the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
d)
the Greek words meaning "word" and "parts."
15.
Which of these words best belongs in the empty box in this chart?
a)
Festival
b)
Musical
c)
Theater
d)
Tragedy
16.
What is geometry?
a)
a branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, planes, and shapes
b)
the imaginary line going around the middle of Earth
c)
the imaginary line running between the North and South Poles
d)
the study of living things
17.
What is latitude?
a)
the imaginary line going around the middle of Earth
b)
the imaginary line running between the North and South Poles
c)
the study of living things
d)
a branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, planes, and shapes
18.
What is biology?
a)
the study of living things
b)
a branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, planes, and shapes
c)
the imaginary line going around the middle of Earth
d)
the imaginary line running between the North and South Poles
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