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1
Athens was a direct democracy?
False
True
2
Who fought the Peloponnesian War?
Carthage vs. Rome
Athens vs. Thermopylae
Athens vs. Sparta
Peloponnesus vs. Persia
3
Where was the Trojan War fought?
Troy
Chalcis
Athens
Miletus
4
What was Athens?
A city-state that was intrusive to others
One of the most influential city-states in ancient Greece.
A city-state that worshipped jo momma
A city-state inspired by war
5
Sparta was unusual because it
Encouraged proper behavior
Had restaurants
Educated girls
Wanted complete control
6
The story of the Trojan War is found in the epic poem titled ______.
Hercules
The Iliad
The Odyssey
Jason and the Argonauts
7
Which country held the first Olympics?
Italy
Mesopotamia
Greece
China
8
What did Oedipus do?
Adopt a dog
Marry his mom
Defeat the hydra
Kill his dad
9
Who was Athena?
the world's first spider
wisdom and war
the god of wisdom and war
the goddess of wisdom and war
10
____ won the Peloponnesian War
Athens
Macedon
Thebes
Sparta
11
Which sentence best describes the relationship between the Minoans and Mycenaeans?
Minoan culture replaced Mycenaean culture.
The Minoans and the Mycenaeans were frequently at war.
Mycenaeans and Minoans built isolated city-states that had little contact.
Mycenaean culture was influenced by Minoan culture.
12
Who started the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Persia
Macedonia
Athens
13
What type of government was Sparta?
Tyranny
Monarchy
Democracy
Oligarchy
14
Who was the father of Alexander the Great ?
Plato
Mickey the Don
Philip II of Macedon
Solon
15
Who was Alexander the Great?
from Macedonia in northern Greece
defeated the Persians and conquered Egypt
young king
all of the above
16
What would a Spartan like to see?
Athens
see everybody smilling
See their enemies fall
see you fall
17
Greece put an emphasis on what?
making vehicles
tree's
pursuit of excellence
teaching religion
18
Socrates was
a pharoah
a philosopher
a philospher and teacher
lived in Greece
19
How did the Trojan War end?
The Trojans gave up because to many warriors died.
The Greeks gave Troy a wooden horse filled with their finest warriors.
The Greeks killed the Troy king.
20
Sparta was a city-state
False
True
21
How did the Trojan War start?
The city of Troy and the Greeks had an argument
An argument between, Athena, Aphrodite & Hera
Queen Helen was stolen by the prince of Troy
Helen was murdered
22
What accomplishment did Alexander the Great achieve?
He lead the Persians to war
He built one of the world’s largest empires
He built the temple of Zeus
He built the parathon
23
The Olympics were originally held every...
Four years
Six years
Three years
Two years
24
Greece is bordered in the south by the:
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Biscay
25
What was Zeus's power in Greek mythology?
sky band ground
thunder
sky and thunder
lightning
26
Why is Alexander called "The Great?"
He conquered a vast empire
He was Greek
He created a new form of writing
He developed democracy
27
Oedipus was
King of Thebes
A Greek playwright
Thane of Cawdor
A Greek God
28
Why is Athens considered to be the world’s first democracy?
All residents of Athens had equal political rights.
Athens was the first city-state to reject rule by a monarch.
Citizens elected representatives to make political decisions.
All male citizens participated in its decision-making body.
29
Was Greece made up of small Islands and a peninsula?
True
False
30
Who caused the Trojan War?
Euridyce
Helen
Psyche
Pandora
31
Who competed in the Olympics?
Kids
Men
Women
Men and women
32
The philosophy of Greek thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle was based on belief in
a shared mythology.
the reasoning power of the mind.
the Greek concept of citizenship.
the ideals and practices of democracy.
33
Who won the Trojan War?
Europe
Gods
Greeks
Troy
34
Both Athens and Sparta
gave citizens the right to vote
wanted to rule all Greece
gave women had many rights
believed army skills were most important
35
How long was the Trojan War?
50 years
9 years
6000 days
12 months
36
The land in Ancient Greece was flat.
True
False
37
Teacher of Alexander the Great
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
38
The terrain (land) of Greece has...
lots of hills and mountains
lots of plains and plateaus
rocky and dry deserts
a giant, tropical basin
39
What did women do in Sparta?
They were trained to do housework by their mothers and so on
They were forced to do manual labor in Sparta
Girls attended an educational program and lived life free
Spartan women could do whatever they wanted
40
Was the Trojan War real?
Maybe
Yes
No
All of the above
41
Who was Athens named after?
Zeus
Olive Trees
Athena
Poseiden
42
Communities in Ancient Greece were
separated by rugged mountains and valleys
separated by deserts and mountains
separated by valleys and rivers
seperated by rivers and deserts
43
Who is Zeus' wife?
Ares
Athena
Hestia
Hera
44
Athens and Sparta were almost always ___________.
trading partners
enemies
feared by all the other city-states
allies
45
What did we inherit from Greece?
Democracy
Architecture
Alphabet
Geography
46
Wife of Zeus and Queen of the Gods:
Hera
Apollo
Aphrodite
Athena
47
Why did the ancient Greeks depend on the sea for much of their food?
Water from the sea was used to irrigate farms along the Greek coast.
The mountainous terrain of Greece limited the amount of farmland.
Fishing required less time and effort than farming.
he Greek peninsula had a cold climate with very little rainfall.
48
Athens had what type of government?
Oligarchy
Empire
Democracy
Dynasty
49
Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades were known as..
The Three Pioneers.
Weren't they called all of the above?
The Huge Trio.
The Big Three.
50
The people of Greece traded -
On the Niger River
On the Mediterranean Sea
On the Pacific Ocean
On the Nile River
51
Sparta is remembered for____________________
It's military and oligarchy
food and wine
An elite navy
Education and literature
52
What is Zeus the god of?
Sky
stars
Love
Sea
53
Who was allowed to be a citizen in Athens?
Native-born men
Foreign men
Slaves
Women
54
What is one way that government in Sparta differed from government in Athens?
Athens was a democracy, while Sparta was a tyranny.
Women could serve on the ruling council in Athens but not in Sparta.
Athenian citizens had a more direct role in government than Spartans.
The oligarchy had more power in Athens than in Sparta.
55
What did Sparta do to weak babies?
Put them in orphanage
Left them alone on mountains
Murdered them
Provided for their needs until they were strong
56
What was the goal of schools in Athens?
Continue the oligarchy
Create well-rounded citizens
Create a strong military
Have fair education for boys and girls
57
"Sparta" is spelt like this
True
False
58
Alexander the Great conquered Persia.
False
True
59
What was the barrier of Greece?
the seas
Mountains
Rivers
People
60
Hades is the god of what?
death
Sea
forest
underworld
61
What was the weather like in Ancient Greece?
Hot
Warm
Cold
Snowing
62
Athenians went to ______ for answers from the gods?
Athena
Mrs.Long
Oracle of Delphi
Social Studies
63
What did Archemedes discover ?
E=mc2
Pi ( 3.1415...)
Movement of planets
area and perimeter
64
Woman in Sparta had rights?
False
True
65
The people of Athens were very religious.
False
True
66
You could only become a citizen in Athens if you were born in Athens
False
True
67
Zeus defeated ___; Cronus defeated ___
Gaea; Uranus
Uranus; Tartarus
Cronus; Uranus
Tartarus; Gaea
68
Did A mosquito kill Alexander the Great by giving him malaria?
False
True
69
Who's the brother of Hades and Zeus ?
Posseidon
Apollo
Athena
Athena
70
Which continent is Greece lcated on?
Europe
Asia
North America
Africa
71
Why did Athens and Sparta go to war?
Sparta was growing afraid of Athens' power over Greece
Athens broke a truce with Sparta
Sparta sank Athens' boats
Athens called Sparta basic
72
This is Athena
False
True
