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How was the land politically divided in the ancient Greek civilizations?
a) city-states
b) countries
c) nation-states
d) continents
Which characteristic of the people of ancient Greece may be explained by the geography of the country?
a) small independent city-states
b) a common language
c) a common religion
d) a common language
Which group was considered to be citizens in Athens and allowed to participate in their form of government?
a) Athens born male over the age of 18
b) any male over age 7
c) women over the age of 18
d) Soldiers and Artisans
Which type of government was created and used in Ancient Athens?
a) democracy
b) oligarchy
c) monarchy
d) dictatorship
What famous poet wrote two poems about the Trojan War called the Iliad and the Odyssey?
a) Homer
b) Archimedes
c) Socrates
d) Aristotle
The Greeks uses comedies and tragedies in ______________ for entertainment.
a) theators
b) agoras
c) religious festivals
d) gladiator fights
What started the Peloponnesian War?
a) Athens spending the Delian League money
b) Sparta spending the Delian League money
c) Athen's navy attacked
d) Persia attacking Athens
Which philosopher taught people to think by asking questions?
a) Socrates
b) Aristotle
c) Plato
d) Archimedes
Which philosopher did not believe in democracy, instead preferred oligarchy?
a) Plato
b) Socrates
c) Aristotle
d) Archimedes
Which philosopher wrote more than 170 books and established universities?
a) Aristotle
b) Plato
c) Socrates
d) Archimedes
Which of the following people is often called the 'father of medicine'?
a) Hippocrates
b) Herodotus
c) Socrates
d) Archimedes
Which of the following people invented the first simple machines?
a) Archimedes
b) Herodotus
c) Hippocrates
d) Pythagoras
Philip II of Macedonia is credited as being the first person to do which of the following?
a) Unify the Greek city states
b) Conquer the city-state of Sparta
c) Conquer the Persian Empire
d) open a school in Athens
Which of the following people is known for conquering the Persian Empire and controlling an empire on THREE continents?
a) Alexander the Great
b) Cyrus II
c) King Philip
d) Pericles
Which of the following correctly describes the Hellenistic Age?
a) the blending of Greek culture in lands Alexander conquerered
b) the Macedonian culture spreading into Greece
c) the Greek culture stayed in Greece
d) the end of the Greek culture in lands Alex conquered.
How would you describe religion in Greece?
a) polytheistic
b) monotheistic
c) Buddhist
d) belief in harmony with nature.
What tries to explain nature using a story where a god/goddess is usually present?
a) Myth
b) Epic
c) Legend
d) Poem
Which tells the story of a great hero and their deeds?
a) Legend
b) Poem
c) Epic
d) Myth
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