Ancient Greece Review #1

Question 1

What was Aspasia famous for teaching a lot of Athenian men?

Accepted Answer

Public Speaking

Question 2

Which group of Greek soldiers defeated Persia at the Battle of Marathon?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 3

What is a ruler who takes power by force known as?

Accepted Answer

Tyrant

Question 4

Why was it called the Peloponnesian War?

Accepted Answer

fought on the Peloponnesus peninsula

Question 5

What were Spartan women trained in to be healthy mothers?

Accepted Answer

Sports

Question 6

Who was the noble that freed all of the debt of the farmers and solved conflict?

Accepted Answer

Solon

Question 7

What type of government did Sparta have?

Accepted Answer

Oligarchy

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT one of the ways the Minoans could have disappeared?

Accepted Answer

Disease

Question 9

What year was the first Summer and Winter Olympic Games held?

Accepted Answer

1896, 1924

Question 10

What city did the Persians march to destroy after defeating the Spartans at Thermopylae?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 11

What kind of government did Athens have?

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 12

What grade do you think you would get on the test if you took it right now???

Accepted Answer

B, C, A, D

Question 13

What did the Greeks learn how to do with currency?

Accepted Answer

Mint coins

Question 14

What was the name of the Spartan leader at the Battle of Thermopylae?

Accepted Answer

Leonidas

Question 15

What continent is Greece located on?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 16

Pierre de Coubertin is said to be the...

Accepted Answer

father of the modern Olympics!

Question 17

The Spartans were defeated by Xerxes, and all 300 of then were killed at what battle?

Accepted Answer

Thermopylae

Question 18

What was the name of the war fought between Sparta and Athens?

Accepted Answer

Peloponnesian War

Question 19

What did the lives of the people in Sparta revolve around?

Accepted Answer

War

Question 20

What is a territory in another part of the world owned by a different country?

Accepted Answer

Colony

Question 21

How many years are there from Summer Games to Summer Games?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 22

Who could compete in the early Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Free men who spoke Greek

Question 23

"Win or Die Trying" was a motto of...

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 24

How old were Spartan boys when they entered the military school?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 25

What island did the Minoans live on?

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 26

Who did Sparta make an agreement with to win?

Accepted Answer

Persia (oh no they didn't!)

Question 27

Which of the following did NOT happen to the Greeks during the Dark Ages?

Accepted Answer

Did not have a government

Question 28

Where were the people of Athens during the war?

Accepted Answer

Inside city walls

Question 29

Which of the following was NOT one of the early Olympic events?

Accepted Answer

Swimming

Question 30

Which city-state was NOT a member of the Delian League? (not a shock...)

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 31

What was the name of the organization founded to protect Greece from Persia?

Accepted Answer

Delian League

Question 32

What city-state in Ancient Greece had the most people?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 33

What killed 1/3 of the people inside the walls?

Accepted Answer

Disease

Question 34

What was the name of the speech given by Pericles during the war?

Accepted Answer

Funeral Oration

Question 35

What means to bring in from another country?

Accepted Answer

Import

Question 36

What is land surrounded by water on 3 sides?

Accepted Answer

Peninsula

Question 37

Which Persian king was the son of Darius and wanted revenge (mwhahaha!!)

Accepted Answer

Xerxes

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