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What city-state in ancient Greece was the birthplace of democracy?
a) Sparta
b) Athens
c) Miletus
d) Smyrna

Greece is found on which continent?
a) Europe
b) Asia
c) North America
d) Australia

What was the main focus of culture in Sparta?
a) Farming
b) Military training
c) Music and dance
d) Fishing

What was the main focus of culture in Athens?
a) Military training
b) Music and dance
c) Art and education
d) Athletics

What philosopher founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western World?
a) Plato
b) Aristotle
c) Socrates
d) Confucius

Who was the goddess of wisdom and war and crafts?
a) Ares
b) Athena
c) Hermes
d) Demeter

What were the central marketplaces in ancient Greece called?
a) Polis
b) Archon
c) Acropolis
d) Agora

Who was the god of blacksmiths?
a) Zeus
b) Poseidon
c) Cyclops
d) Hephaestus

What major war was fought between Athens and Sparta?
a) The Persian Wars
b) The Lelantine War
c) The Syrian War
d) The Peloponnesian War

Dating back to 776 B.C.E., what series of athletic competitions were held in honor of Zeus?
a) Nemean Games
b) Pythian Games
c) Olympic Games
d) Athenian Games

Who were the two kings of Persia during the Persian Wars?
a) Miltiades and Xerxes
b) Darius and Leonidas
c) Darius and Xerxes
d) Cyrus and Xerxes

Which sea does NOT border Greece?
a) Mediterranean
b) Tyrrhenian
c) Aegean
d) Ionian

What is the term given to the age that Alexander created in which Greek culture was blended with with cultures of the places he conquered?
a) Alexandrian Age
b) Hellenistic Age
c) Greek Age
d) Macedonian Age

Who was the famous Greek runner who ran from Athens to Sparta to Marathon to Athens, and then died?
a) Miltiades
b) Fastides
c) Phidippides
d) Marathonus

What ancient fortress is found on a high fortified hill above Athens?
a) Acropolis
b) Acra
c) Acrocorinth
d) Agora

What large outdoor space was used by the ancient Greeks to perform tragedies and comedies?
a) Colosseum
b) The Arena
c) The Circus Maximus
d) Amphitheatre

What prevented the ancient Greek city-states from uniting to form a single nation?
a) Mountainous geography of the region
b) Lack of a common language
c) Size of the desert regions
d) Cold, hostile climate

Who was tried and sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens?
a) Dionysus
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) Socrates

What former temple on the Athenian Acropolis was dedicated to the goddess Athena?
a) Erechtheion
b) Mycenae
c) Pantheon
d) Parthenon

What major civilization cam soon after the Greeks and was greatly influenced by Greek culture?
a) Egyptians
b) Romans
c) Persians
d) Assyrians

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