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Ancient Greece Test
Test Description: 6th grade test on Ancient Greece
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was the ancient Greek word for city-state?
A
Agora
B
Polis
C
Acropolis
D
Ostrakon
2) Who was the Greeks’ chief god?
A
Hera
B
Athena
C
Zeus
D
Poseidan
3) What was the name of the group that voted to determine government policy in ancient Athens?
A
Symposium
B
Senate
C
Assembly
D
Agora
4) Who could be a citizen of Athens?
A
Any male adult
B
Any male adult who was not a slave and had two Athenian parents
C
Anyone who was born in Athens
D
Any male or female adult who had at least one Athenian parent
5) The Greek epic poems the Iliad and Odyssey were supposedly written by
A
Symposium
B
Plato
C
Aristotle
D
Homer
6) Who was the main rival of Athens?
A
Peloponnesia
B
Olympia
C
Carthage
D
Sparta
7) What was most important to Sparta?
A
Debating skills
B
Ship building
C
Military skills
D
Artistic ability
8) How did the Olympic Games begin?
A
As a way to avoid military service
B
As a religious festival to honor Zeus
C
As punishment for captured enemies
D
As a funeral service for a king
9) What was an important Greek building; a temple to honor Athena, called?
A
Parthenon
B
Acropolis
C
Coliseum
D
Lyceum
10) What type of religious beliefs did the Greeks have?
A
Ancient Greeks were monotheistic
B
Ancient Greeks were atheists
C
Ancient Greeks believed in everything
D
Ancient Greeks were polytheistic
11) How did life differ in Athens and Sparta?
A
Everyone votes in Athens, but in Sparta only the men were in charge of Sparta
B
Women held the highest positions in Athens, but men were in charge of Sparta
C
Sports were different Athens, but religion was the center of Sparta
D
Athens was a center for the arts, but Spartan life centered around the army
12) Who was able to vote in Athens?
A
Only citizens or men having both a mother and a father from Athens , could vote
B
Every person was allowed to vote in Athens
C
Only women were allowed to vote in Athens
D
All men could vote in Athens
13) According to Greek legend, who created life on Earth?
A
Apollo and Artemis
B
Zeus and Hera
C
Gaia and Uranus
D
Athena and Ares
14) Myths tell stores of gods and goddesses. They may also explain something in nature.
A
False
B
True
15) What did Cronus do when his children were born?
A
He threw them in Tartarus
B
He swallowed them.
C
He killed them.
D
None of the above
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