Ancient Greece Review #1

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

7

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

4

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 4

Who did Sparta make an agreement with to win?

Accepted Answer

Persia (oh no they didn't!)

Question 5

Who could compete in the early Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Free men who spoke Greek

Question 6

What island did the Minoans live on?

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Leonidas

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Did not have a government

Question 9

What means to bring in from another country?

Accepted Answer

Import

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Colony

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Public Speaking

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Swimming

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 14

What continent is Greece located on?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Disease

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 17

Where were the people of Athens during the war?

Accepted Answer

Inside city walls

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Solon

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Delian League

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Thermopylae

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

Tyrant

Question 22

What did the Greeks learn how to do with currency?

Accepted Answer

Mint coins

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

Funeral Oration

Question 24

What type of government did Sparta have?

Accepted Answer

Oligarchy

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

1896, 1924

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

Disease

Question 28

What kind of government did Athens have?

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 29

What were Spartan women trained in to be healthy mothers?

Accepted Answer

Sports

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

Xerxes

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

War

Question 32

What is land surrounded by water on 3 sides?

Accepted Answer

Peninsula

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

Peloponnesian War

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 35

Why was it called the Peloponnesian War?

Accepted Answer

fought on the Peloponnesus peninsula

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

B, D, C, A

Question 37

Pierre de Coubertin is said to be the...

Accepted Answer

father of the modern Olympics!

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