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Ancient Egypt/Greece Exam
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Oracles would answer...
Complicated questions by going into a trance.
Complicated questions by studying weather or animal guts.
Simple questions by going into a trance.
Simple questions by studying weather or animal guts.
2
True or False? A city-state included the surrounding farms, villages and houses.
False
True
3
True or False? Most slaves in Ancient Greece were paid for much of the work they did.
False
True
4
A hoplon is...
A Greek helmet.
A Greek spear.
A Greek shield.
A Greek sword.
5
The Acropolis...
A temple in Athens.
Location of a famous battle.
Where the oracle would answer complicated questions.
High city in Athens.
6
Most important people. They had the most rights and could vote (if they were adult men.)
City-State
Citizen
Polis
Slave
7
Advantage Nerd! What is this character's name?
Emma
Louise
Elise
Rene
8
True or False? A scribe was paid a lot of money.
True
False
9
Ancient Greece consisted mainly of what two physical features?
Islands and Peninsulas
Oceans and Mountains
Mountains and Plains
Islands and Rivers
10
Who voted in Athens?
All citizens
Foreigners
Slaves
Women
11
Which of the following is NOT true of the Parthenon?
Dedicated to Athena.
Where Spartans trained for war.
Located in the Acropolis.
Main temple of Athens.
12
Another word for city-state.
Polis
Citizen
Democracy
Peplos
13
True or False? Poor workers could often not afford to take a day off of work to vote in Athens.
False
True
14
To be a citizen in Sparta, you had to be all of the following EXCEPT...
Born in Sparta
Educated
Adult Male
Rich
15
Why did Ancient Greece develop as city-states rather than one unified nation?
High mountains made travel difficult.
They were constantly fighting.
They competed for resources.
Narrow passes made Greece easier to defend.
16
All of the following groups could NOT vote in Athens EXCEPT....
Children
Women
Slaves
Adult Men
17
The Nile River helped Egyptians farm by...
Inspiring the Egyptians to invent the Shaduf.
Creating the first cities in Ancient Egypt.
Allowing Egyptians to trade with other cultures.
Flooding every year and pushing good soil up onto the banks.
18
Someone who could read and write in hieroglyphics.
Mummification
Xiphos
Scribe
Polis
19
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social pyramid?
Soldiers
Priests
Farmers
Pharaoh
20
Advantage Nerd! In the Lord of the Rings movies, what is Frodo doing in his first scene?
Making Cheese
Reading a Book
Stealing the Ring
Celebrating a Birthday
21
City famous for their army.
Sparta
Marathon
Delphi
Athens
22
A xiphos is...
A Greek spear.
A Greek sword.
A Greek shield.
A Greek helmet.
23
How did a person become a slave in Ancient Greece?
They were born as a slave.
They were shipwrecked in Greece.
They were captured in war.
They were sold by their parents.
24
In the United States, we have a...
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
25
Most Greek businesses were run...
By slaves.
Out of their homes.
Only in major city-states.
Only in smaller trading areas.
26
In a democracy...
People have few rights.
People make decisions by voting.
A king or queen makes all the decisions.
The army makes all the decisions.
27
Who took part in politics and legal affairs in Athens?
Children
Foreigners
All citizens
Women
28
In a representative democracy...
People cannot make decisions about politics and law.
Everyone votes for every law.
People have few rights.
People vote for representatives who make decisions for them.
29
The goal of Greek naval battles was to...
Board enemy ships and attack.
Sink their enemy's ships.
Block enemy ships from landing soldiers on land.
Greeks did not have naval battles.
30
King Menes of Egypt is remembered for...
Invading the Greeks.
Uniting upper and lower Egypt.
Defeating the Persians.
Building the Pyramids.
31
Why did the Greeks choose the pass of Thermopylae for their battle against Persia?
The Persians could not sail in the rough water.
The oracle told them to fight there.
The narrow pass made it easy to defend with fewer soldiers.
The mountains made it easier to ambush the Persians.
32
Drying and wrapping a body to preserve it after death...
Mummification
Burial
Jerky
Freeze-dry
33
Advantage Nerd! What is this character's name?
Mr. DNA
Curt the Cell
Dr. DNA
Marcos
34
How did Xerxes discover the pass around the Spartans at Thermopylae?
The Greeks abandoned the trail.
He heard a legend about the pass.
A Greek spy told him.
The Spartans told him by accident.
35
How many Greeks (total) fought on the last day at Thermopylae?
7,000
300
1,000
1,300
36
What happened to the Spartans at the end of the battle of Thermopylae?
They made all the other Greeks fight with them.
They defeated the Persians.
They all died.
They defended the pass.
37
Women's long tunics were called...
Chiton
Hoplon
Peplos
Xiphos
38
True or false? Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods.
True
False
39
True or False? Greek men and women shared living areas in their homes.
False
True
40
True or False? Greeks bathed using olive oil.
True
False
41
In ancient Egypt, a Shaduf was used for...
Irrigation
Planting Crops
Building Pyramids
Writing
42
Homer wrote...
The Soothsayer and Oracle.
Macbeth and Hamlet.
The Illiad and the Odyssey.
The Illiad and Thermopylae.
43
Soothsayers would answer...
Simple questions by going into a trance.
Complicated questions by studying weather or animal guts.
Simple questions by studying the weather or animal guts.
Complicated questions by going into a trance.
44
Advantage Nerd! In the sims, what do your sims do before they get in bed?
Fluff their pillows
Clean the floor
Answer their phone
Make the bed
45
Men's tunics were called....
Chiton
Polis
Xiphos
Peplos
46
How could a slave in Ancient Greece get their freedom?
They could never get their freedom.
They could run away.
They could win a court case.
They could buy their freedom.
47
The first major Greek poet.
Illiad
Homer
Leonides
Themistocles
48
Why did Egyptian Pharaohs build large tombs?
They wanted to take their treasures into the afterlife.
They wanted to be remembered.
They wanted to make people work hard.
They did not often build large tombs.
49
Greek houses were arranged around...
A courtyard.
The kitchen.
The bedrooms.
A temple.
50
Which of the following lists the top three layers of the Egyptian social pyramid in order?
Pharaoh- Priests- Scribes
Scribes- Pharaoh- Priests
Priests- Scribes- Pharaoh
Pharaoh- Priests- Soldiers
51
What kind of democracy was practiced in Athens?
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
52
Dramas were developed from...
Stories used to teach history to children.
Greek myths.
Earlier plays from Sumeria and Babylon.
Songs and dances to honor the gods.
53
In a direct democracy...
People elect representatives to make decisions for them.
Citizens have few rights.
Citizens elect a king or queen who make all the decisions.
Everyone votes for every law.
54
City of education and learning. Home to artists, philosophers and politicians.
Athens
Marathon
Sparta
Delphi
