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Ancient Greece Test Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Alexander the Great’s greatest accomplishment?

a)

Uniting Athens and Sparta

b)

Launching Greece’s Golden Age

c)

Conquering a vast empire

d)

Defeating the Romans

2.

What type of government was developed in Athens?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Tyranny

3.

Which geographic features shaped ancient Greece? (Select ALL that apply)

a)

Peninsulas

b)

Deserts

c)

Straits

d)

Islands

4.

Which of these are contributions from ancient Greece? (Select ALL that apply)

a)

Dentistry

b)

Geometry

c)

Drama

d)

Written history

5.

How would you best describe Greek city-states? (Select ALL that apply)

a)

Independent

b)

United

c)

Kingdoms

d)

Small

6.

The Peloponnesian War was mainly fought between which two city-states?

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

Athens and Corinth

c)

Sparta and Marathon

d)

Corinth and Mycenae

7.

Why is the Greek alphabet considered an important achievement?

a)

It introduced lowercase letters.

b)

It allowed Greeks and Romans to communicate.

c)

It was the first alphabet to include vowels.

d)

It helped develop new languages.

8.

How were early Greek city-states politically organized?

a)

Unified under one ruler

b)

Strongly independent

c)

Always at war

d)

Controlled by Persia

9.

In ancient Greece, women in which city-state had more rights and responsibilities?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Corinth

d)

Delphi

10.

What form of government did Athens have after the Persian Wars?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Dictatorship

11.

How did Alexander the Great manage his large empire?

a)

He replaced all local leaders with Macedonians.

b)

He left many existing government structures in place.

c)

He ruled every region directly.

d)

He spread Athenian democracy everywhere.

12.

Why were Spartan boys given limited food and no warm clothes?

a)

To punish them

b)

To prepare them for military life

c)

Because Sparta was poor

d)

To encourage them to leave Sparta

13.

Which features are seen in ancient Greek architecture? (Select ALL that apply)

a)

Columns

b)

Domes

c)

Sculptures

d)

Arches

14.

Where did Alexander the Great fight his first major battle in Asia?

a)

Issus

b)

Gaugamela

c)

Granicus

d)

Persia

15.

What was the largest region conquered by Alexander the Great?

a)

Egypt

b)

Macedonia

c)

Persia

d)

Syria

16.

Why were some Spartan boys brought up without warm clothes and with limited food?

a)

to help prepare them for tough military life

b)

so they would use fewer resources

c)

to punish them for stealing food

d)

because Sparta was a very poor city

17.

He spread Greek culture to the many lands he conquered

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Darius

c)

Euclid

d)

Plato

18.

What was the lasting influence of Alexander’s conquests?

a)

the rise of a new religion

b)

the cultural diffusion or spread of Greek culture

c)

the growth of a nomadic way of life

d)

the political unity of Asia and Egypt

19.

The Peloponnesian War was between Athens and (a)   .

20.

What was an outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Persia defeated Sparta.

b)

Sparta defeated Athens.

c)

Athens conquered Egypt.

d)

Greece conquered Macedonia.

21.

Who was considered a citizen in most of the city-states of Greece?

a)

all men

b)

all men and women

c)

only men who owned land

d)

only men who worked in government

22.

What two features changed how the Greeks lived?

a)

rivers and the sea

b)

mountains and the sea

c)

mountains and plains

d)

deserts and rivers

23.

Which of the following places was ruled by an oligarchy?

a)

Athens

b)

Persia

c)

Sparta

d)

Troy

24.

Which of the following places had a democracy?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Macedonia

d)

Persia

25.

Which letter on the map represents Greece?

a)

A

b)

B

26.

Which of the following applies to Sparta? Check all that apply

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Best military on land

c)

Spartan women had more freedom and respect than Athenian women

d)

300 Spartan soldiers fought 10,000 Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae

27.

What did the ancient Greeks use the sea for?

a)

food only

b)

transportation only

c)

food and transportation

d)

none of the above

28.

How did mountains change the way the Greeks lived?

a)

mountains connected the city-states

b)

mountains divided the territory into valleys

c)

mountains made farming better

d)

mountains allowed the Greeks to go on many adventures

29.

What is a city-state?

a)

a city that governs itself

b)

a city that looks like a state

c)

a country that governs many cities

d)

none of the above

30.

Which of the following statements best describes early Greek city-states?

a)

they were close allies

b)

they were fierce enemies

c)

they were strongly independent

d)

they disagreed on the tastiness of coconuts

31.

What was the eastern edge of Alexander the Great's Empire?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Athens

c)

India

d)

Egypt

32.
In Sparta what age did a boy start military training?
a)
5
b)
7
c)
9
d)
15
33.
True or False
Most girls in Ancient Athens received a good education in all subjects. 
a)
True
b)
False
34.

Women train to be physically fit.

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

35.

Women can own land.

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens