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Ancient Greek Civilization Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is another name for a Greek city-state?

a)

Polis

b)

Agora

c)

Acropolis

d)

Parthenon

2.

What did the ancient Greeks call themselves as people?

a)

Romans

b)

Hellenes

c)

Spartans

d)

Athenians

3.

What are the first five letters of the Greek alphabet in order?

a)

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon

b)

Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, and Epsilon

c)

Alpha, Gamma, Beta, Delta, and Epsilon

d)

Alpha, Delta, Beta, Gamma, and Epsilon

4.

What was the most frequently worn item of clothing in ancient Greece?

a)

Toga

b)

Tunic

c)

Chiton

d)

Peplos

5.

Which polis had a near-perfect location that ensured its success as a great seaport and commercial center?

a)

Athens

b)

Corinth

c)

Sparta

d)

Delphi

6.

Which polis had a thriving textile industry, colonized all over the eastern Mediterranean, and founded Byzantium at the entrance to the Black Sea?

a)

Megara

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Corinth

7.

Which polis was where democracy flourished and sculptors, mathematicians, philosophers, playwrights, and common citizens lived in freedom and participated in state decisions?

a)

Sparta

b)

Corinth

c)

Athens

d)

Argos

8.

Which polis had a poor climate and location, but became renowned for its musicians, poets, sculptors, and open-air theaters?

a)

Argos

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Corinth

9.

Which city-state had a military tradition of great bravery and human physical endurance, but to attain its goals harshly trained its boys in "boot camps" from the age of seven?

a)

Athens

b)

Corinth

c)

Sparta

d)

Thebes

10.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

Believing in one god

b)

Believing in many gods

c)

Believing in no gods

d)

Believing in spirits

11.

What does monotheistic mean?

a)

Believing in many gods

b)

Believing in one god

c)

Believing in spirits

d)

Believing in nature

12.

What do we call an ancient Greek priestess who claimed to see the future?

a)

A prophet

b)

A seer

c)

An oracle

d)

A mystic

13.

Recite one of the two famous sayings that all Greeks tried to live by.

a)

"Know thyself" or "Nothing to excess"

b)

Live and let live

c)

To each their own

d)

Seize the day

14.

Where did the 12 major Greek gods and goddesses live?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mount Olympus

c)

Mount Vesuvius

d)

Mount Etna

15.

Who was the ruling god on Mt. Olympus?

a)

Apollo

b)

Hades

c)

Zeus

d)

Poseidon

16.

What did "arete" mean in ancient Greece?

a)

Personal excellence

b)

Wealth

c)

Power

d)

Wisdom

17.
What is another name for a Greek city-state?
a)
Polling Place
b)
Acropolis
c)
Polis
d)
Oligarchy
18.

Which seas surround Greece?

a)

Mediterranen

b)

Black Sea

c)

Ionian Sea

d)

Aegean Sea

19.

Match the following terms with their definitions

a)

A chain of islands

1.

Archipelago

b)

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses

2.

Isthmus

c)

Land surrounded by water on 3 sides

3.

Peninsula