Ancient Greece Review

Question 1

Where was the capital of Greece?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 2

Who is winning the rap feud at the moment...Kendrick or Drake?

Accepted Answer

Kendrick

Question 3

What were the slaves in Sparta called?

Accepted Answer

Helots

Question 4

Alexander the Great made Assyria his capital.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

25% of Greece's land is covered by mountains.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Which of the following god/goddess was not apart of the OG Olympians?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 7

Alexander the Great was the King of Persia that conquered Ionia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

When did the Ionian Revolt begin?

Accepted Answer

499 BCE

Question 9

What battle in the Persian War was Athens captured and burned?

Accepted Answer

Thermopylae

Question 10

Women in Athens had more rights than women in Sparta.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Who were the first people to officially call themselves "Greek?"

Accepted Answer

Hellenes

Question 12

The Phoenicians are the group of people who created the phonetic alphabet.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

When did the Peloponnesian War begin?

Accepted Answer

431 BCE

Question 14

This was a temporary peace treaty between Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnesian War

Accepted Answer

Peace of Nicias

Question 15

Which was not a crop grown by farmers in Ancient Greece?

Accepted Answer

Tomatoes

Question 16

Herodotus and Thucydides were two famous Greek historians.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Where was the Minoan civilization located?

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 18

This was a agreement between the city-states to defend themselves against Persian.

Accepted Answer

Delian League

Question 19

Who was the Athenian General that increased Athens' economic and political power?

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 20

What was a military tactic that the Greeks used to win at the Battle of Marathon?

Accepted Answer

Phallanx

Question 21

When did Alexander the Great defeat the Persians?

Accepted Answer

334 BCE - 332 BCE

Question 22

Who was the most mischievous and clever of the Greek Gods/Goddesses?

Accepted Answer

Hermes

Question 23

The Greek Gods/Goddesses mirrored human __________ and physical appearances.

Accepted Answer

Emotions

Question 24

Who turned Medusa into a monster?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 25

What continent is Greece located on?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 26

This group of people lived on Crete from

Accepted Answer

2500 BCE - 1450 BCE

Question 27

Sparta had a democracy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

The Olympians came before the Titans.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What was Athens' economy focused on?

Accepted Answer

Farming

Question 30

Greek mythology came from Theogony.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

When did the Peloponnesian War begin?

Accepted Answer

431 BC

Question 32

Hera's symbols include the...

Accepted Answer

Cow and peacock.

Question 33

Which had a better navy... Athens or Sparta?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 34

Which group fought against the Trojans in the Trojan War?

Accepted Answer

Myceneans

Question 35

What were the two main forms of Greek dramas?

Accepted Answer

Comedy and Tragedy

Question 36

Battle of Marathon was the first battle of the Persian War.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

Accepted Answer

Epic

Question 39

In Athens, people cared more about having a strong mind rather than a strong body.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Which of the following was Sparta not concerned with?

Accepted Answer

Education

Question 41

Who led the first Persian Invasion? Who led the second Persian invasion?

Accepted Answer

Darias; Xerxes

Question 42

Sparta acquired Athens when they won the Peloponnesian War, but who ultimately conquered that territory in 371 BCE?

Accepted Answer

Thebes

Question 43

Sparta won the Peloponnesian War.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

Who was the Greek Goddess of wisdom and battle?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 45

Who was the Greek Goddess of love and beauty?

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 46

Which group lived through Greece's Dark Ages?

Accepted Answer

Dorians

Question 47

Spartan women could own land.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

Sparta produced __________ and Athens produced ____________.

Accepted Answer

Warriors; scholars

Question 49

Spartans were full citizens at the age of 20.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 50

Created to stop Athens from growing stronger

Accepted Answer

Peloponnesian League

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