Ancient Greece Test Review

Question 1

Socrates was concerned with living our best life.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

How old was Alexander when his father was murdered?

Accepted Answer

20

Question 3

This was the first city-state.

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 4

What did the Greeks add to the Phoenician alphabet?

Accepted Answer

vowels

Question 5

Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world at that time.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

On what peninsula is Greece located?

Accepted Answer

Balkan Peninsula

Question 7

Philip II was king of what country?

Accepted Answer

Macedonia

Question 8

What was a phalanx?

Accepted Answer

heavily armored soldiers

Question 9

Greatest cultural center of ancient Greece.

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 10

Alexander never led an army before he became King.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Plato taught that...

Accepted Answer

philosophers should rule the world

Question 12

What is democracy?

Accepted Answer

"rule of the people"

Question 13

Who was the most famous ancient Greek inventor?

Accepted Answer

Archimedes

Question 14

Did not tolerate weakness.

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 15

What is Greece's largest island?

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 16

What was the ancient Greek marketplace called?

Accepted Answer

agora

Question 17

Which body of water splits the country of Greece?

Accepted Answer

Gulf of Corinth

Question 18

Alexander the Great can be described as...

Accepted Answer

strong and fearless

Question 19

Pythagoras gave us important information about atoms.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

What is a bard?

Accepted Answer

A singing poet

Question 21

What was the acropolis?

Accepted Answer

the "upper city"

Question 22

Who were the first people to live on the island of Crete?

Accepted Answer

Minoans

Question 23

Who were the first people to live on the mainland of Greece.

Accepted Answer

Mycenaeans

Question 24

How did Alexander the Great die?

Accepted Answer

He got sick

Question 25

Democritus gave us important information about mathematics.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

In what city were the first Olympic games held?

Accepted Answer

Olympia

Question 27

Dedicated to war and fighting.

Accepted Answer

Sparta

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