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WorksheetsAncient Greece Sol Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did the Greeks respond to the limited farmland they possessed?
a)
They established colonies.
b)
They practiced strict population control.
c)
They suffered from continuous periods of famine
d)
The conquered arable lands, building the largest land empire in history.
2.
Geography affected Greece in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
a)
the rugged mountains limited land travel and communication
b)
excellent harbors encouraged fishing and sea trade.
c)
the mild climate encouraged outdoor activities like theatre and sports.
d)
the harsh deserts made agriculture difficult.
3.
What group was allowed citizenship in Athens?
a)
free men
b)
young children
c)
women
d)
slaves
4.
Which type of government was NOT practiced in classical Greece?
a)
democracy – rule by citizens
b)
republic – rule by a representatives
c)
monarchy – rule by a king
d)
oligarchy – rule by a small elite
5.
What war saw a united Athens and Sparta against an Asian enemy?
a)
Persian War
b)
Hellespontine War
c)
Peloponnesian War
d)
Trojan War
6.
What form of government developed in Athens during the Golden Age of Pericles?
a)
aristocracy
b)
oligarchy
c)
democracy
d)
monarchy
7.
Which leader conquered the Greek city-states?
a)
the Persian Xerxes
b)
the Hebrew David
c)
the Roman Justinian
d)
the Macedonian Phillip II
8.
Greek religion was____
a)
polytheistic
b)
based on reincarnation
c)
monotheistic
d)
based on a good god and an evil god
9.
Which of the following is an example of the impact of Greek mythology on later civilizations and on the contemporary (modern) world?
a)
Opposites in the world are symbolized by Yin and Yang
b)
The Mandate of Heaven is still used by government today.
c)
The symbol for Athena is the owl for wisdom and the olive branch for peace.
d)
“An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth”
10.
One result of the Persian War with the Greece was:
a)
Greece was left in control of the Aegean Sea
b)
Greece conquered north Africa
c)
Greece was weakened from the war and was conquered by Rome
d)
Alexander became a famous general
11.
The Peloponnesian War was fought between:
a)
the kingdom of Macedonia and the Persian Empire
b)
the Persian empire and Sparta
c)
the city-states of Athens and Sparta
d)
the Persian empire and Alexandra
12.
If you visited Mount Olympus in the BCE, you would find_______in charge , and his wife______often mad at him.
a)
Zeus – Artemis
b)
Apollo – Hera
c)
Zeus – Athena
d)
Zeus – Hera
13.
As a free adult male living in a Greek Polis (city-state) you had to:
a)
practice civic responsibility, such as voting.
b)
allow your slaves to go into military service.
c)
encourage women and foreigners to use their political rights.
d)
become a tyrant.
14.
As a male in Sparta your life would have been governed by:
a)
a direct democracy.
b)
a monarchy of many aristocrats.
c)
a flexible class system
d)
an oligarchy with a rigid class system.
15.
What was the most important cause (factor) of the Peloponnesian War?
a)
common fear of foreign invasions.
b)
competition for control of the Greek World.
c)
the refusal of all groups to use the Greek coins in trade.
d)
the invasion of the Minoans.
16.
The Peloponnesian War did NOT result in:
a)
the slowing of cultural growth.
b)
the weakening of political power/governments.
c)
conflict between the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues.
d)
Athens creating an empire.
17.
The battles of Marathon and Salamis gave the briefly united Greeks victory over the:
a)
Romans
b)
Trojans
c)
Persians
d)
Delians
18.
Which Greek tyrants worked for reform (change)?
a)
Aristotle and Plato
b)
Draco and Solon
c)
Pericles and Phidias
d)
Herodotus and Thucydides
19.
This Greek is considered to be the father of medicine, his oath is required, even today, for all doctors.
a)
Socrates
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Pericles
d)
Corinth
20.
Which tyrant issued in Athens an improved code of laws which were written so people knew what they were? The penalties for offenders were very harsh.
a)
Solon
b)
Draco
c)
Pericles
d)
Phillip II
21.
What was the major Sea that helped develop the economic, social, and political development of the Greek culture?
a)
Bay of Bengal
b)
Aegean Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea
22.
What were the stages of the Athenian government (in order from 1st to last)?
a)
Democracy, Tyranny, Monarchy, and Aristocracy
b)
Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, and Democracy
c)
Aristocracy, Monarchy, Democracy, and Tyranny
d)
Oligarchy, Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Tyranny
23.
Which of the following Greek cultural contributions are not matched correctly with the individual?
a)
Phidias: carved the statue of Athena in the Parthenon.
b)
Aeschylus and Sophocles: writers of tragedies
c)
Thucydides: historian who rejected the idea that deities played a part in human history
d)
Euclid: organized information about the planets.
24.
Which of the following Greek cultural contributions are not matched correctly with the individual?
a)
Hippocrates: the father of medicine believed diseases had natural, not supernatural causes
b)
Archimedes: discovered the principles of buoyancy and the level and invented the compound pulley
c)
Plato: philosopher who rejected the senses and believed that reality came from ideas
d)
Socrates: architect who designed Doric, Ionian, and Corinthian columns
25.
Which of the Greek cultural contributions are not matched correctly with the individual?
a)
Herodotus: the father of history who separated fact from opinion.
b)
Pythagoras: writer of comedies
c)
Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
d)
Aristophanes: writer of comedies
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