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ANCIENT GREECE
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  • 1. What were the two main city states of Ancient Greece?
A) Sparta and Athens
B) Roma and Alexandria
C) Corinth and Olympia
D) Thebes and Argos
  • 2. What major civilization that came soon after the Greeks was greatly influenced by the Greek culture?
A) Romans
B) Persians
C) Assryians
D) Egyptians
  • 3. What was the primary focus of much of the culture of the city of Sparta?
A) Music and literature
B) Fishing and farming
C) Painting and sculpture
D) War and fighting
  • 4. What was the primary focus of much of the culture of the city of Athens?
A) Food and Drink
B) Athletics and competition
C) Art and Education
D) Power and Conquest
  • 5. What toy was invented by the Greeks that many children still play with today?
A) Kites
B) Marbles
C) Slinky
D) Yo-yo
  • 6. What were the main two Greek city-states that were fighting during the Peloponnesian War?
A) Corinth and Thebes
B) Sparta and Argos
C) Rhodes and Athens
D) Athens and Sparta
  • 7. What happened that weakened Athens during the First Peloponnesian War?
A) Many of their soldiers deserted to go to the Olympic Games
B) There was a plague in the city that killed many people including their leader
C) Much of the wall protecting the city collapsed due to poor construction
D) They were attacked by the Persians
  • 8. Which of the following best describes the war strategy of Athens?
A) To meet the Spartans head on and destroy them in a ground battle
B) To lay siege to Sparta and eventually starve them out of their city
C) To remain inside the walls of their city and use their superior ships to win the war
  • 9. What former enemy did Sparta turn to for help during the Second Peloponnesian War?
A) Carthage
B) Athens
C) Persia
D) Egypt
  • 10. Who was Pericles?
A) A famous warrior from Corinth
B) The king of Sparta
C) A Greek philosopher who was against all war
D) A great general and leader of Athens
  • 11. Who was the leader of the Greek gods?
A) Athena
B) Zeus
C) Hera
D) Apollo
  • 12. Who were the Titans?
A) all other answers
B) The parents of the Zeus
C) The first Greek gods
D) Twelve gods that were overthrown by the Olympians
  • 13. What powerful god lived in the Underworld rather than on Mount Olympus?
A) Athena
B) Hephaestus
C) Hades
D) Demeter
  • 14. Which description below best describes the god Poseidon?
A) God of commerce and thieves, he was the messenger to the rest of the gods
B) God or archery and music, his symbol was the bow and arrow
C) God of war, his symbols were the spear and shield
D) God of the ocean and horses, his symbol was a trident
  • 15. What Greek hero was a son of Zeus and was required to perform many labors for the gods?
A) Perseus
B) Odysseus
C) Achilles
D) Hercules
  • 16. Using Glossary and Terms, to describe who Plato was and his significance?
  • 17. Using Glossary and Terms, to describe who Socrates was and his significance?
  • 18. Using Glossary and Terms, to describe who Aristotle was and his significance?
  • 19. Using Glossary and Terms, to describe who Homer was and his significance?
  • 20. Using Glossary and Terms, to describe who Alexander the Great was and his significance?
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