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The ruler of the Greek gods is called:
a) Ares
b) Athena
c) Prometheus
d) Zeus

The Greeks believed the gods lived
a) in Athens
b) in Cyprus
c) on Mt Olympus
d) on Mt Etna

The stories that portray Greek gods and goddesses are called
a) essays
b) fables
c) myths
d) histories

The games held every four years to honor Zeus were called
a) Goodwill games
b) Olympics
c) Marathons
d) Triathalons

The Iliad and The Odyssey were written by:
a) Pericles
b) Homer
c) Ares
d) Solon

A short story that teaches a moral lesson, and often uses animals, is called a:
a) Fable
b) Myth
c) Epic Poem
d) Agora

In Greek, the word for a city-state was
a) Civitas
b) Barricks
c) Polis
d) Democracy

A government ruled by a few people is a(n)
a) oligarchy
b) monarchy
c) democracy
d) tyranny

The upper class in Greece was called the
a) Tyranny
b) Monarchy
c) Oligarchy
d) Aristocracy

Someone who took power in an illegal way was a(n)
a) Tyrant
b) Monarch
c) Senator
d) Oligarch

A government in which citizens make the decisions is a(n)
a) Aristocracy
b) Monarchy
c) Democracy
d) Oligarchy

Athens’ main rival was the city-state of
a) Marathon
b) Anatolia
c) Thermopylae
d) Sparta

Spartan boys lived in military houses called
a) Stoas
b) Agoras
c) Barracks
d) Acropolises

The Iliad is about
a) A boy who flew to close to the sun
b) A footrace to win the heart of a woman
c) The journey that Odysseus made
d) The attack on Troy by the Greeks

The center of city life in Greece which contained a marketplace was the
a) Acropolis
b) Agora
c) Senate
d) Peninsula

Many Greek city states formed the __________ for mutual protection
a) Acropolis
b) Delian League
c) Persian Compact
d) Parthenon

In which war did Athens and Sparta fight together against a common enemy?
a) Persian War
b) Peloponnesian War
c) Trojan War
d) Grecian War

In which war did Athens and Sparta fight against each other?
a) Grecian War
b) Persian War
c) Peloponnesian War
d) Trojan War

The Macedonian ruler who created a great Greek Empire was
a) Pericles
b) Alexander the Great
c) Solon
d) Sophocles

_________ was NOT one of the major Greek philosophers
a) Aristotle
b) Plato
c) Socrates
d) Herodotus

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