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Greco TEST PREP 2012: ANSWERS
Geography.... the answer blanks correspond with the number on the map. Use the word bank below to write the
correct answer into the blank spot.
BLACK SEA
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SEA
OF
MARMARA
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Word Bank:
AN
K
HELLESPONT
L
BA
•Aegean Sea
•Athens
•Atlantic Ocean
•Balkan Peninsula
AEGEAN
•Black Sea
• Hellespont
•Ionian Sea
• Italy
IONIAN
ATH
•Mediterranean
ENS
•Pelopennesian
• Sea of Marmara
•Sparta
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MEDITERRANEAN
do these matching questions...
THE STRAIGHT BOXES ARE
BODIES OF WATER.
The crooked boxes are one
peninsula and two cities.
11. B Thermopylae
12. H Illiad
13. J
Acropolis
14. D Olympus
15. E Crete
16. G Democracy
17. I
Persia
10. TRUE
18. C Marathon
The Greeks were very
beautiful people.
19. K philosophy
E
G
PA
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A. TRUE
B. Absolutely
20. A Parthenon
A: Greece’s greatest temple
B: Hot gates where Leonides
fought Xerxes.
C: Battle that stopped the
Persians and saved Athens.
D. Where the gods lived
E: Island where Greek civilization started.
F: Naval battle where Themosticles tricked the Persians.
G: Athenian government.
H: 1st famous book written by
Homer...involved a horse.
I: Country defeated by the Greeks at Marathon.
J: The city’s highest hill.
K: The study of how we view
our lives.
.
A B G
Put the correct letter next
to the column style
“N”
below. Put a
if none of these pillars
describe the answer.
21. N Thebian
22. B Ionic
23. A Doric
24. G Corinthian
25. N Athenian
Fill in these __X__’s...
26. Phillip the Great’s father’s name was __X__.
He was murdered, so it wasn’t Zeus.
27. Aristotle teacher’s name was __X__.
28. Oracle
Alexander consulted the __X__
at Delphi? The Greeks believed she could predict the
future.
29. Darius
__X__.
was opposed by Perisan Empire king
30. Cavalry The horsemen and chariots were
called the __X__. Infantry are the foot soliders. A
phalynx is a tight military formation used by the Macedonians and Greeks.
31. Issus They met at a great Battle called _X_.
Though outnumbered 40,000 to 140,000, he was able to
defeat the Persians by getting Darius to flee the battle.
32. . Tyre wanted to conquer Egypt, but to do this,
he had to defeat the city of __X__, which was on an
island.
33. Persian Darius, leader of the __X__ Empire, had reassembled an army and wanted to fight
again.
34. Gaugamela
knew to conquer Asia, he
had to conquer Darius one more time. They met at
the Battle of __X__.
WORD BANK: , Bucephalus, , , Granicus, , , Hellespont, Macedonia, , , ,
Socrates, .
Two will not be used.
IN THE BOX BELOW, DIAGRAM
HOW ALEXANDER WAS ABLE TO
DEFEAT DARIUS AT THE BATTLE
OF GAUGAMELA.
Answer the following matching quesitons...
Answer the following matching questions...
B
38. Little Greek children learn their...
A) ABDs
B) ABGs
C) ABCs
D) ABZs
D
44. Greece is at the tip of what peninsula?
A) Caspian
B) Delipithian
C) Andean
D) Balkan
D
39. The name of the first Greek letter is....
A) Ach
B) Aardvark
C) Aaaa.
D) Alpha.
E) Beta
E
45. What god or goddess did the Athenians
believe protected them?
A) Aries
B) Hephestus
C) Zeus
D) Apollo
E) Athena
E
40. What Roman letter does this
A)T
B)Z
C)A
D)E
E)S
S Greek let
D
41. What Roman letter does this
A)S
B)T
C)Z
D)A
E)E
A Greek let
E
42. What city is described below....
The Parthenon in Athens
A)Corinth
B)Megara
C)Sparta
D)Argos
E)Athens
E
43. What city is described below....
Tough like a Spartan.
A)Athens
B)Argos
c)Corinth
d)Megara
e)Sparta
B
46. How did the Spartans get into Troy?
A) Starved them out (siege) by surrounding
them.
B) Fooled them by faking them somehow.
C) by using big ships to ram them.
D) Storming their gates by ladder.
E
47. Who was the goddes of love? She was
pretty.
A) Artemis
B) Diana
C) Hera
D) Athena
E) Aphrodite
48. What festival honored the Olympian Gods?
A) Olympics
B) Zeus Day
C) Delphistius
D) Ides of March
B
49. What city seemed to always lie, cheat, and
steal at the Olympics?
A) Megaria
B) Sparta
C) Athens
D) Corinth
E
G
PA
A
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