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Ancient Greek Test
Multiple Choice. Circle the best answer. 2 points each.
_____ 1. All of the following are reasons the ancient Greeks turned to sea transport for
trade, except:
a. many natural harbors
b. boats are a cheap and fast way to transport bulky loads.
c. slave labor to row the boats was also cheap
d. mountainous landforms in much of the Greek mainland.
_____ 2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The main crops of ancient Greece were grain, grapes, and:
olives
papyrus
wheat
corn
_____ 3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
At the top of the acropolis was:
an agora
a temple
a polis
all of the above
_____ 4.
Greece?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which of the following people could be a citizen in a typical polis in ancient
the wife of an aristocrat
a slave given his freedom who was an excellent shoemaker
a priestess (female) who came from Egypt
a farmer who owned his own farm.
_____ 5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
All of the of these were rights of Greek citizens except
freedom of speech
vote
speak for themselves in court
own property/land
______ 6. Greek city-states were never all united but they did share a common:
a. language and religion
b. religion and currency
c. currency and language
d. nothing
_____ 7.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Greek city-states founded colonies because they could not:
grow enough vegetables
mine enough ore for weapons
grow enough grain
find room for their growing population
_____ 8. Which of the following is not true.
a. Kings lost power to aristocrats because aristocrats provided cavalry which the
kings needed for their armies
b. Later farmers became more valuable to the king than aristocrats because they
made up the phalanx
c. Slaves were used in the front lines of battles because their lives could be lost
and it wouldn’t hurt the city-state very much.
d. All of the above
_____ 9. How were Greek deities different from the gods of other ancient cultures?
a. no written records were made of the ancient Greek gods
b. Greek gods had human forms and human characteristics
c. Greek gods were often in the forms of monsters
d. none of the above.
_____ 10. Which of the following are Greek contributions to our culture?
a. theater
b. democracy
c. architecture
d. all of the above
_____ 11. All of the following were Greek values taught by the Iliad except
a. love for nature
b. loyalty between friends
c. husband/wife love is important
d. democracy is the best form of government
_____ 12. What led to the Spartans becoming so militaristic?
a. Athens defeated them
b. Persia defeated them
c. they fought a 30 year war against their helots
d. they militaristic from the beginning
_____ 13. The Athenian Council of 500 was chosen by lottery because:
a. every citizen had a responsibility to serve in government
b. voting might favor the rich who had more education
c. every citizen was able to serve in government.
d. all of the above
_____ 14. Sparta needed no walls for protection. Instead they depended on
a. its soldiers
b. friendly neighbors
c. the sea
d. none of these – they actually had walls
_____ 15. Why were Athenian families expected to educate their sons?
a. so they would be good military leaders
b. to get them ready for their career in business
c. to prepare them for a possible career as a priest
d. so they would govern well
_____ 16. Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?
a. Homer
b. Socrates
c. Herodotus
d. Leonidas
_____ 17. The Iliad is the story of
a. the Greek gods
b. Odysseus’ journey home after the Trojan War
c. the Greeks’ attempt to get back Helen, Queen of Sparta
d. the Dark Ages of Greece, during the Minoan civilization
_____ 18. From The Iliad and The Odyssey, Greeks learned
a. their history
b. their values
c. both of the above
d. none of the above
_____ 19. Today, an Achilles heel refers to
a. a weakness
b. a reason to start a war
c. gift with a hidden danger
d. a part of the knee
_____ 20. Today, a Trojan horse is
a. a weakness
b. a reason to start a war
c. a gift with a hidden danger
d. a breed of horse only found on the Ionian plain
_____ 21. The Greeks united to defeat the Persians in the Persian War. What was the
major result of the Persian War?
a. Persia became the major power
b. Sparta became the major city state
c. Athens became the major city-state
d. None of the above
_____ 22. Athens (Delian League) fought against Sparta (Peloponnesian League) in the
Peloponnesian War. How did Sparta win?
a. A plague hit Athens
b. Some of Athens’ allies changed sides
c. Sparta made a deal with the Persians to get money to build ships
d. All of the above
_____ 23. Why did even the winners become losers after the Peloponnesian War?
a. a lot of farmland was destroyed, so food production went down
b. men had trouble finding jobs
c. the Greeks were all weakened by the war, and could not fight off Macedonian
invaders
d. all of the above
_____ 24. This is the king of gods; worshipped by all Greeks
a. Zeus
b. Apollo
c. Poseidon
d. Hera
_____ 25. She is the goddess of love and beauty.
a. Mrs. Rafferty
b. Aphrodite
c. Hera
d. Demeter
_____ 26. Who was the wife of Zeus and protected women and marriage?
a. Demeter
b. Hera
c. Aphrodite
d. Mrs. Adams
_____ 27. This person is a ruler of Athens who wrote laws with very harsh punishments.
a. Xerxes
b. Pericles
c. Draco
d. Helen
_____ 28. He was a philosopher who taught by asking questions.
a. Homer
b. Socrates
c. Sophocles
d. Herodotus
_____ 29. He is considered the “father of medicine” and today’s doctors take an oath
named after him.
a. Sophocles
b. Pericles
c. Herodotus
d. Hippocrates
_____ 30. He is the military and political leader who rebuilt Athens after the Persians
defeated them. He led Athens through their Golden Age.
a. Xerxes
b. Pericles
c. Themistocles
d. Leonidas
31-40. Fill in the letter from the word bank below that corresponds to the word that
would best fit in the blank. 2 points each.
_____ 31. My government is described as a ___________. I rule by myself and keep
power by force.
_____ 32. Our enemy faced us with a number of foot soldiers standing so their shields
would overlap. They are a ___________.
_____ 33. Be careful how you speak to me! I am a(n) _________ (member of the
nobility).
_____ 34. Our leaders decided we needed to establish a(n) _________ outside our
homeland. I hope they remain loyal to the parent city-state!
_____ 35. The slaves/helots tried to __________ against the Spartans.
_____ 36. Members of the council thought things might be done a little better so they
decided to _________ a change to the leader.
_____ 37. Many students would like to ________ the dress code policy.
_____ 38. New citizens take a(n) _____ of loyalty to the U.S.
_____ 39. In a process called ________, citizens could be kicked out of a city-state.
_____ 40. We are described as _____ because we are people who will live and die.
A. polis
E. tyranny
I. colony
M. propose
Q. debtors
U. mortal
B. city-state
F. phalanx
J. metropolis
N. supreme
R. oath
V. immortal
C. democracy
G cavalry
K. descendant
O. currency
S. helots
W. council
D.
H.
L.
P.
T.
X.
oligarchy
aristocrat
revolt
reform
ostracism
mercenary
Athens or Sparta? Which city-state is best described by each of the sentences? Write the
name in the blank. 1 point each.
_____ 41. Our citizens were better educated in the arts and sciences.
_____ 42. We allowed more freedom for women (they could own land, run own
household, do business).
_____ 43. Trade led to new ideas and greater prosperity for our city-state.
_____ 44. This city-state has a better navy.
Essay. 10 points.
How was Athens’ democracy like and different from the democracy in the U.S.?
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