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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
Polis
B
Agora
C
Acropolis
D
Ostrakon
2) Who was the Greeks’ chief god?
A
Poseidan
B
Zeus
C
Hera
D
Athena
3) What was the name of the group that voted to determine government policy in ancient Athens?
A
Assembly
B
Senate
C
Symposium
D
Agora
4) Who could be a citizen of Athens?
A
Any male adult
B
Anyone who was born in Athens
C
Any male adult who was not a slave and had two Athenian parents
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
Aristotle
B
Symposium
C
Plato
D
Homer
6) Who was the main rival of Athens?
A
Sparta
B
Olympia
C
Carthage
D
Peloponnesia
7) What was most important to Sparta?
A
Ship building
B
Military skills
C
Debating skills
D
Artistic ability
8) How did the Olympic Games begin?
A
As punishment for captured enemies
B
As a funeral service for a king
C
As a way to avoid military service
D
As a religious festival to honor Zeus
9) What was an important Greek building; a temple to honor Athena, called?
A
Acropolis
B
Coliseum
C
Lyceum
D
Parthenon
10) What type of religious beliefs did the Greeks have?
A
Ancient Greeks believed in everything
B
Ancient Greeks were monotheistic
C
Ancient Greeks were polytheistic
D
Ancient Greeks were atheists
11) How did life differ in Athens and Sparta?
A
Sports were different Athens, but religion was the center of Sparta
B
Women held the highest positions in Athens, but men were in charge of Sparta
C
Athens was a center for the arts, but Spartan life centered around the army
D
Everyone votes in Athens, but in Sparta only the men were in charge of Sparta
12) Who was able to vote in Athens?
A
All men could vote in Athens
B
Every person was allowed to vote in Athens
C
Only citizens or men having both a mother and a father from Athens , could vote
D
Only women were allowed to vote in Athens
13) According to Greek legend, who created life on Earth?
A
Zeus and Hera
B
Athena and Ares
C
Apollo and Artemis
D
Gaia and Uranus
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
None of the above
B
He killed them.
C
He swallowed them.
D
He threw them in Tartarus
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