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Greek Knowledge Challenge
Submitted by
C. Stephen Ingraham
2013
Greek Knowledge Challenge
What was the Geography of Ancient Greece?
a) Many swift rivers which provide fertile soil
b) Vast mountain ranges & thin rocky soil
c) Vast deserts & little rain
d) Vast jungle rain forests & wet climate.
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Why was trade nearly impossible in ancient Greece
a) It was hard to cross the swift rivers
b) Mountain ranges made trade difficult
c) The vast deserts prevented the movement of goods
d) The ancient Greeks did not have anything to trade
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The people of Crete who built the palace at Knossos were
know as?
a) Persians
b) Mycenaeans
c) Minoans
d) Dorians.
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What is a tyrant?
a) A wealthy ruling class
b) Rule by the people
c) A story about a hero or god
d) A Greek ruler who governs alone
e) Rule by a small group of lawmakers.
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What is a myth?
a) A wealthy ruling class
b) Rule by the people
c) A story about a hero or god
d) A Greek ruler who governs alone
e) Rule by a small group of lawmakers.
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What is an oligarchy?
a) A wealthy ruling class
b) Rule by the people
c) A story about a hero or god
d) A Greek ruler who governs alone
e) Rule by a small group of lawmakers.
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What is an aristocracy?
a) A wealthy ruling class
b) Rule by the people
c) A story about a hero or god
d) A Greek ruler who governs alone
e) Rule by a small group of lawmakers.
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What is a democracy?
a) A wealthy ruling class
b) Rule by the people
c) A story about a hero or god
d) A Greek ruler who governs alone
e) Rule by a small group of lawmakers.
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Another term for a Greek city-state is?
a) Agora
b) Acropolis
c) Polis
d) Demagogue
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Most of our knowledge about the Mycenaeans comes from?
a) The writings of Pericles
b) The epics of Homer
c) The writings of Herodotus
d) The libraries built by Alexander.
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Another term for a Greek leader is?
a) Emperor
b) King
c) Pharaoh
d) Tyrant
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The Mycenaeans borrowed their art styles, pottery designs,
and writing from the?
a) Dorians
b) Minoans
c) Spartans
d) Trojans.
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In many Greek city-states, an assembly?
a) Oversaw religious ceremonies
b) Made the laws
c) Built fortresses to protect the people from invaders
d) Controlled all trade.
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Which of these Greek city-states had a military culture?
a) Argos
b) Sparta
c) Athens
d) Aegina.
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Which of these Greek city-states had an assembly called the
Ecclesia?
a) Argos
b) Sparta
c) Athens
d) Aegina.
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These features are common to all Greek city-states except?
a) Acropolis
b) Tyrants
c) Aegean Sea
d) Agora
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These features are common to all Greek city-states except?
a) Craft shops
b) Farmland
c) Harbor
d) Standing Army
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These are the things that gave all Greeks the feeling of a
“cultural identity” except?
a) Fierce Independence
b) Religion
c) Olympics
d) Language & Alphabet
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In the Ecclesia all decisions were made by?
a) women
b) Consulting oracle bones
c) Majority rule
d) The Athenian leader, Cleisthenes.
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The soldiers and sailors from Athens, Sparta, and other Greek
city-states banded together to defeat the invading?
a) Persians
b) Chinese
c) Kushites
d) Phoenicians.
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The leader of Athens during the Golden Age was?
a) Pericles
b) Homer
c) Herodotus
d) Alexander.
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Another term for a bad leader is?
a) Agora
b) Acropolis
c) Polis
d) Demagogue
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Pericles provide government support for?
a) The Spartan soldiers
b) The Spartan navy
c) Women and children
d) Government officials and Jurors.
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Pericles provide government support for?
a) The arts and science
b) The Athenian army & navy
c) Lawyers and doctors
d) Builders and architects.
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The Golden Age of Athens was ended by?
a) An underwater earthquake
b) The conquest of Greece by Alexander
c) An order of the Council of 500
d) The Peloponnesian War.
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The leader of Macedonia who united the Greek city-states and
brought peace to Greece was?
a) Confucius
b) Plato
c) Philip
d) Alexander
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The Goal of Alexander the Great was?
a) To help the Persians capture Greece
b) To unite the Greek City-states
c) Spread the Minoan culture throughout the world
d) Rule the known world.
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The Greek who thought that philosophers would be the best
leaders was?
a) Confucius
b) Plato
c) Philip
d) Aristotle
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The Greek philosopher who studied law, economics,
astronomy, and sports and taught Alexander the Great?
a) Confucius
b) Plato
c) Socrates
d) Aristotle
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The Greek philosopher who taught students by asking
questions?
a) Confucius
b) Plato
c) Socrates
d) Aristotle
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The Leader who freed the Greek colonies from Persian rule
was?
a) Pericles
b) Homer
c) Herodotus
d) Alexander.
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The Leader who finally conquered Persia was?
a) Pericles
b) Homer
c) Herodotus
d) Alexander.
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The blind Greek poet who wrote the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey”
was?
a) Pericles
b) Homer
c) Herodotus
d) Alexander.
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The military leader who was crowned Pharaoh of Egypt was?
a) Pericles
b) Philip
c) Herodotus
d) Alexander.
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All are features of the city-state of Sparta except?
A) This City-State had two kings who had power in time of war.
B) In this City-State men served in the army until the age of sixty.
C) This City-State took 7 year-olds children from their parents
D) In this City-State women could not own land.
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All are features of the city-state of Athens except?
A) In This City-State free men became citizens at the age of twenty
B) This City-State had had an assembly called the Ecclesia.
C) In this City-State women could own land.
D) In This City-State men only served in the army in time of war
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All are features of the city-state of Sparta except?
A) This City-State had an assembly of five wealthy land owners.
B) This City-State’s government was a democracy.
C) In This City-State free men became citizens at the age of thirty.
D) This City-State’s government was an oligarchy.
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Locate The Balkan Peninsula?
A
C
D
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
B
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Locate The Asia?
A
C
D
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
B
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Locate The Mountainous Peloponnesus?
A
C
D
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
B
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Locate The Island of Crete?
A
C
D
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
B
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Locate The City-state of Athens?
G.
B.
A.
E.
F.
D.
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
C.
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Locate The City-state of Mycenae?
G.
B.
A.
E.
F.
D.
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
C.
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Locate The City-state of Sparta?
G.
B.
A.
E.
F.
D.
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
C.
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Locate The City-state of Knossos?
G.
B.
A.
E.
F.
D.
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
C.
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