Download GREECE PRACTICE QUIZ 2016

NAME: _____________________
DATE:______________________
PERIOD:____________________
GREECE PRACTICE QUIZ
1. All the following are the claims to fame of the ancient Greeks EXCEPT:
Cradle of Western civilization
Realistic depiction of human body in sculpture
Oldest continuous civilization
Birthplace of democracy
Olympic games
Scientific thought
Belief in the worth of the individual
2. What is the oldest civilization in Europe, that developed the written language called “Linear
A”?
Mycenaean
Egyptian
Minoan
3. What is unusual about this early civilization?
It had no written language
It did not develop in a river valley
They did not have farming
4. Where might the Atlantis story have originated?
The island of Crete
The island of Cyprus
The island of Thera (Santorini)
The island of Sicily
5. Who were the Aryan invaders who took over and created “Linear B” writing?
Minoans
Turks
Mycenaeans
Sea Peoples
6. What do the people of Greece call themselves?
“Greeks”
“Middle Kingdom People”
“Hellenes”
“People of Baharat”
7. What is a peninsula?
An island
A bay
A piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
A mountain where the gods are supposed to live
8. What has Greece been called?
A maze within a maze
A peninsula made up of peninsulas
An island within an island
9. How much of Greece is mountainous?
20%
40%
60%
80%
10. How did the Greek alphabet develop?
From the Phoenician alphabet (Linear B was lost in the “Dark Ages”)
From the Mycenaean Linear B
MATCH THE GREEK DEITY WITH THE DESCRIPTION BELOW:
Poseidon
Artemis
Demeter
Zeus
Apollo
Dionysus
Athena
Asclepius
Hermes
11. Goddess of wisdom ______________________________
12. God of the sun __________________________________
13. God of wine and pleasure _________________________
14. Goddess of the harvest ____________________________
15. God of the sea __________________________________
16. Father /king of the gods ___________________________
17. Messenger of the gods ____________________________
18. God of healing __________________________________
19. Goddess of the hunt ______________________________
20. Who was Homer?
The first ruler of Athens
The author who wrote down the poems about the Trojan War
The most famous philosopher in ancient Greece
21. What was The Iliad?
The story of the hero Odysseus trying to find his way home
The story of the heroes of Greece as they fought the Trojan War
22. What is the Odyssey?
The story of the hero Odysseus trying to find his way home
The story of the heroes of Greece as they fought the Trojan War
23. What is the Acropolis?
The raised area high above the city of Athens
The temple of Athena, with a giant statue of the goddess inside
The giant Greek warships, with three levels of rowers
24. What is the Parthenon?
The raised area high above the city of Athens
The temple of Athena, with a giant statue of the goddess inside
25. Where can you find the world’s only full-scale replica of the Parthenon that looks the way
the building did during the Golden Age?
A. Seattle, Washington
B. New York, New York
C. Nashville, Tennessee
D. London, England
26. How were Greek states similar? (two answers)
They had the same language
They made war on each other
They had the same religion
They all spoke Latin
27. How were Greek states lacking cohesion? (one answer)
They had the same language
They made war on each other
They had the same religion
They all spoke Latin
28. What is “democracy”?
Government by the people
Government by a dictator
Government by the rich
29. What is an aristocracy?
Rich and powerful people
Merchants and craftsmen
Soldiers and sailors
30. How did the increased affluence (wealth) of the merchants and artisans affect their political
power?
A. With their wealth, they could afford horses and chariots, and maintain control of the
Greek city-states
B. With more wealth, they could afford armor, swords, and spears, and challenge the
aristocrats
31. What is a “tyrant”?
A democratically-elected leader of a city
A single ruler who takes power by force
32. What would you call something that is a trick to get inside your defenses?
A. Achilles’ Heel
B. Midas Touch
C. Zorba the Greek
D. Trojan horse
Match the city-state below with the descriptions:
Athens
Sparta
Both
33. Famous for its warrior culture ____________________________________________
34. Famous for its philosophers ______________________________________________
35. Forced conquered people to work the land like slaves __________________________
36. Had a democratic government ____________________________________________
37. Read the stories of Homer and idolized Achilles ______________________________
38. Made boys train as soldiers from the age of seven _____________________________
39. Believed that people should have a well-rounded education ______________________
40. Spoke the Greek language ________________________________________________
41. Left weak babies outside to die of exposure __________________________________
42. Had a famous temple of Athena ____________________________________________
43. Famous for its theater and plays ____________________________________________
44. Believed real men (citizens) could also be farmers ______________________________
45. Believed in Zeus, Apollo, Poseidon, etc. _____________________________________
46. What does “draconian” mean?
Very harsh or strict (referring to laws, punishments, etc.)
Very relaxed and carefree
47. Who was Solon?
A ruler of Athens famous as the lawgiver who cancelled debts
A ruler of Athens famous for ruling during the “Golden Age of Athens”
48. Who was Pericles?
A ruler of Athens famous for cancelling debts
A ruler of Athens famous for ruling during the “Golden Age of Athens”
49. Who could take part in Athenian democracy?
Women
Slaves
Children
Foreigners
Adult Male Citizens
50. What is a “barbarian”?
A. an uncivilized person
C. a person who is a great warrior
B. a person who does not think deeply
51. Where does the word “barbarian” come from?
A. It is an Egyptian word that describes a tomb
B. It is a word that makes fun of the way speakers of non-Greek languages talk
C. It is a word that comes from Persian to Greek
Match the following people with the descriptions below:
Achilles
Midas
Icarus
Hades
Persephone
Socrates
Alexander
Plato
Aristotle
52. Beautiful girl who was forced to live in the underworld for seven months out of the year
________________________________________________________________________
53. The hero of the siege of Troy
________________________________________________________________________
54. Philosopher who sought truth and questioned everything. He believed truth could be found
through questions and answers, and said “know thyself”
______________________________________________________________________
55. The leader who conquered the Persian Empire and invaded India, then died at 33
________________________________________________________________________
56. The boy who flew too close to the sun and fell to his death
________________________________________________________________________
57. Philosopher who said the world around us is real, and that to know the truth, people should
study the real world objectively. His writings spurred the development of scientific thought
in the Middle Ages
________________________________________________________________________
58. Brother of Zeus, ruler of the underworld
________________________________________________________________________
59. Greedy king who wished he could turn everything he touched into gold
________________________________________________________________________
60. Philosopher who said the world may not be real, and that people should not trust their senses;
they should study math and geometry to find truth
________________________________________________________________________
61. What is an “agora”?
A temple to the gods
A square, marketplace, public forum
The government building
A giant gold statue
62. What is a “plague”?
A. a widespread disease
B. a swarm of insects
C. a weather disaster
Match the following battles / wars with the descriptions below:
Peloponnesian War
Salamis
Thermopylae
Marathon
Plataea
63. Where 300 Spartans famously held a pass against overwhelming Persian forces
_______________________________________________________________________
64. Where Athenian soldiers defeated a larger Persian invasion force on the beach. A race is run
to memorialize the battle and the heroic act of the messenger who ran all the way to Athens
to report news of the victory and then died of exhaustion
________________________________________________________________________
65. A naval battle where Athenian trireme ships destroyed the larger Persian fleet in a narrow
strait, forcing the Persian army to retreat
________________________________________________________________________
66. A war between Athens and Sparta after the Persian threat was gone. They fought largely in
Sicily, and the war ended when the Spartan surrounded Athens and forced them to surrender
after a long siege (and a plague broke out in the city)
________________________________________________________________________
67. The battle in which Athens and Sparta fought together to defeat the Persian invaders, finally
forcing the Persians to abandon their plans of conquest.
________________________________________________________________________
68. Alexander the Great was from ___________________.
A. Athens
C. Macedonia
B. Sparta
D. Corinth
69. Alexander can be said to have briefly controlled all of the following places completely
EXCEPT:
Greece
Egypt
India
Macedonia
Mesopotamia
Afghanistan
70. Alexander won his battles against the Persians _________________________.
because his armies were always bigger than theirs.
by striking through their weak points straight at their leaders.
71. Before the death of Alexander it was the ____________________ Age; after his death it was
the ____________________ Age.
A. Hellenistic; Hellenic
C. Age of Greece; Age of Rome
B. Hellenic; Hellenistic
D. Golden Age; Dark Age
72. Greeks were famous for the following achievements EXCEPT:
A. Simple steam engine
B. Archimedes’ Screw
C. Geometry
D. Determining the circumference of the earth
E. A 29-gear calculator
F. A giant tomb called a “mausoleum”
G. Water clocks
H. pulleys, levers, block and tackle
I. Solar-powered heat ray
J. A library of half a million scrolls
K. 450-foot-tall lighthouse
L. Silk production
M. Giant amphitheaters
N. Catapults, ballistas, and chain-drive repeating crossbows
O. Pumps, water organs
GOVERNMENT QUIZ
What conclusions can be drawn about the development of democracy from the
Greek experience:
1. - With regards to equality?
A. The more equality there is, the more easily a democracy can be created
B. The less equality there is, the more easily a democracy can be created
2. - With regards to trade?
A. Trade is a problem that prevents democracy
B. Trade is a benefit that helps democracy grow
3. - With regards to debt?
A. Debt is good for the growth of democracy
B. Democracy grows best when the debts of the people are forgiven
4. With regards to the amount of money in circulation?
A. The less money in circulation, the better for democracy
B. The more money in circulation, the better for democracy