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A quiz designed to help World History students study for their assessment on Classical Greece
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1
You wanna be a doctor? You better treat all your patients and follow his oath:
Hipparchus
Archimedes
Hippocrates
Euclid
2
This ten year war started because Paris of Troy kidnapped Helen
Peloponnesian War
Trojan War
Lamian War
Dorian War
3
What Battle is this scene depicting?
Issus
Gaugamela
Alexandria
Waterloo
4
Type of poem celebrating heroic deeds that Homer wrote:
myth
acrostic
haiku
epic
5
What kind of government did Athens have during its Golden Age (all citizens could vote)?
Representative Democracy
Theocracy
Direct Democracy
Oligarchy
6
Fighting formation in which soldiers hold a spear in one hand shield in the other, stand side-by-side
phalanx
tyrant
helot
flank
7
What is NOT true about Alexander the Great?
He came from Macedonia
His horse was killed while fighting near India
He was taught by Socrates
He founded and renamed many cities, Alexandria
8
This woman from the island of Lesbos wrote Lyric poetry about life, marriage, love & relationships
Athena
Lysistrata
Demeter
Sappho
9
What type of Pottery is this?
Jar
Amphora
Lekythos
Krater
10
What tragedy playwriter wrote Oedipus Rex and Antigone?
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Aristophanes
Euripides
11
This geographer computed the circumference of the earth - almost accurately
Eratosthenes
Euclid
Zeno
Archimedes
12
What group conquered the Mycenaeans and led Greece into a "Dark Age" with no written records
Ionians
Minoans
Dorians
Persians
13
What type of Greek Column is this?
Corinthian
Macedonian
Ionic
Dorian
14
This type of pottery was used to store liquids and bulky supplies
Kylix
Lekythos
Krater
amphora
15
Who shouted "Nike"! after the Greeks won a Victory against the Persians at Marathon?
Themistocles
Cleisthenes
Pheidippides
Pericles
16
What type of columns are these?
Fancy
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
17
What term blends Greek with the culture in the Persian Empire = "to imitate the Greeks"?
Dorian
Hellenistic
Indus
Minoan
18
The Persian War was won by
Macedonia
Sparta
Athens
Persia
19
Who was considered the greatest historian of Greek world? (scientific historian who wrote about the Peloponnesian War)
Hercules
Herodotus
Thucydides
Archimedes
20
A government ruled by a few (Sparta was ruled by 2 kings & 5 ephors)
a polis
a democracy
a monarchy
an oligarchy
21
What playwriter is called the Father of Comedy & wrote Lysistrata and women who tricked their men to end the war?
Euripides
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
22
A Naval Battle fought in 480 BC against Persia - the Greeks won because they had smaller and more maneuverable ships
Salamis
Thermopylae
Marathon
Issus
23
Why was sailing so important to the ancient Greeks?
to establish colonies
for trade
for travel
all the above
24
Who was the son of Philip II of Macedonia who conquered the Persian world?
Darius III
Narmer
Ptolemy
Alexander the Great
25
What was the name of Homer’s epic poem AFTER the Trojan War?
The Odyssey
The Tale Of The Heike
The Illiad
The Epic of Gilgamesh
26
Which group settled on the island of Crete and build a beautiful palace and art at Knossos?
Dorians
Ionians
Minoans
Mycenaeans
27
Which polis and it's allies won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Athens
Troy
Corinth
28
During the Peloponnesian War, more than 1/3rd of the Athenians, including Pericles, died as a result of
battle wounds
plague
a devastating fire
starvation
29
A city-state in Greece was called a
polis
province
satrap
metropolis
30
What impact did mountains have on the early development of Greek communities?
they relied on each other for support
they were able to grow grapes, olives & grain
city-states developed isolated of each other and were independent
they unified into one nation
31
Who was the leader of Athens during its Golden Age?
Aristotle
Herodotus
Xerxes
Pericles
32
A typical drinking cup in Greece was known as this
Amphora
Krater
Kylix
lekythos
33
One of the most famous sculptures of
Diskobolus
or
The Discus Thrower
, sculpted by
Myron
Marvin
Mark
Miletus
34
Which philosopher wrote
The Republic
and created the Academy?
Pericles
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
35
Cleisthenes laid the foundation of what type of government in Athens
a democracy
a polis
an empire
a dynasty
36
How did Alexander the Great's rule end?
He was betrayed by his generals
He got a fever and died
He lost the Battle of Issus
The Greeks overthrew him
37
Theater honored which god of wine and fertility?
Dionysus
Mr. Appel
Zeus
Poseidon
38
What philosopher said, "An unexamined life is not worth living" and "corrupted the youth of Athens"?
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Epicurus
39
The Olympics honored which Greek god?
Hermes
Dionysus
Poseidon
Zeus
40
Which philosopher was condemned to death for "corrupting the youth of Athens"?
Pericles
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
41
A polis that built an educated state where people excelled in art and philosophy; ruled democratically
Troy
Athens
Sparta
Corinth
42
A fortified hilltop where temples were located and citizens went for protection was called
an acropolis
a metropolis
a phalanx
a stadium
43
An actor today is named after the 1st Greek actor named
Aristotle
Euclid
Thespis
Ptolemy
44
Who was the Macedonian king who conquered Greek city states in 338BC?
Demosthenes
Alexander the Great
Phillip II
Aristotle
45
True or False - Athens women had considerable freedom, while Spartan women had to stay home most of the time.
True
False
46
City named after Alexander the Great in modern day Egypt:
Alexandria
Issus
Athens
Chaeronea
