The

Ancient Greeks, Athens, and Spartans

Quiz
Key Version B

1) What is the key version?
a) A
b) B

2) What geographical circumstance most
likely led to the development of citystates in ancient Greece? (DO NOW
09/12/2016)
a) The fact that it mostly flat
b) Its closeness to Asia
c) An absence of rivers or coastlines
d) Its division into separate regions by
mountains

3) A direct democracy is one in which
(DO NOW 09/12/2016)
a) Representatives are elected by the
people to make laws.
b) All citizens participate in the lawmaking and governing process.
c) A few powerful leaders are voted in
by the people.
d) An electoral college elects a president.

4) In what way were Athens and Sparta
similar? (DO NOW 09/13/2016)
a) They were both democracies.
b) They were both military states.
c) They were both on the same side in
the Peloponnesian War.
d) They both resisted Persian advances
into Greece.

5) What was one result of Alexanders
conquest of the Mediterranean world?
(DO NOW 09/13/2016)
a) The collapse of Greek civilization
b) The rise of the Roman culture
c) The development of democratic
practices in all Greek city-states
d) The spread of Greek culture to distant
lands

6) Who was the king of Crete? (DO NOW

09/15/2016)
a) Agamemnon
b) Helen
c) Homer
d) Mino
e) Paris
7) What is a government ruled by a
single ruler? (DO NOW 09/19/2016)
a) Democracy
b) Oligarchy
c) Tyranny

8) What is a government in which most

political power is held by small
section of society? (DO NOW
09/19/2016)
a) Democracy
b) Oligarchy
c) Tyranny

9) Rule by the people large number of
people participate in government?
(DO NOW 09/19/2016)
a) Democracy
b) Oligarchy
c) Tyranny
10) Who started the Persian Empire? (DO
NOW 09/21/2016)
a) Alexander
b) Cyrus
c) Darius
d) Leonidas
e) Philip
11) Who built the Royal Road? (DO NOW
09/21/2016)
a) Alexander
b) Cyrus
c) Darius
d) Leonidas
e) Philip

12)What is a vocabulary word for land

surrounded on three sides by water?
a) Assembly
b) Citizen
c) Estate
d) Jury
e) Peninsula
13)What 3 seas surround the mainland of
Greece?
a) Aegean, Ionian, Mediterranean
b) Aegean, Arabian, Mediterranean
c) Arabian, Caspian, Red
d) Arabian, Caspian, Ionian
e) Caspian, Black, Red
14)How much of the land in Greece could
be used for farming?
a) 4/5 (80%)
b) 3/4 (75%)
c) 1/2 (50%)
d) 1/4 (25%)
e) 0 (None)
15)What did Greek farmers grow well?
a) Cotton and Grain
b) Cotton and Grapes
c) Grain and Olives
d) Grain and Grapes
e) Grapes and Olives

16)Where were the first Greek
civilizations?
a) Athens
b) Crete
c) Delphi
d) Sparta
e) Troy
17)What is a government led by kings and
queens?
a) Democracy
b) Military state
c) Monarchy
d) Oligarchy
e) Politics

18)What were the people of Crete known

as?
a) Athenians
b) Minoans
c) Persians
d) Spartans
e) Trojans
19)In Ancient Greece, what were small
independent communities known as?
a) Acropolis
b) Empires
c) Estates
d) City-states
e) United states
20) Who was the king of Mycenae?
a) Agamemnon
b) Cyrus
c) Mino
d) Paris
e) Philip

21) Who invaded and destroyed the

Mycenaean civilization?
a) Athenian
b) Dorian
c) Persian
d) Spartan
e) Trojan
22) What was it called when writing
disappeared and the Greeks did not
have a strong government?
a) Bronze Age
b) Dark Age
c) Ice Age
d) Golden Age
e) Stone Age

23) Who fought in the Trojan War?

a) Athens and Sparta
b) Athens and Delphi
c) Athens and Troy
d) Sparta and Delphi
e) Sparta and Troy

24) Who was the blind Greek poet that

wrote about the Trojan War?
a) Alexander
b) Bart
c) Darius
d) Homer
e) Simpson
25) What are the 2 most famous poems
about the Trojan War?
a) A Tale of Two Cities
b) Bible and Quran
c) Iliad and Odyssey
d) Hammurabis and Justinian Codes
e) Remus and Romulus
26) What government was used in
Sparta?
a) Democracy
b) Oligarchy
c) Tyranny

30) Who said, Education is the most

powerful weapon which you can use
to change the world?
a) Alexander the Great
b) King Agamemnon
c) King Philip
d) King Mino
e) Nelson Mandela

31) Where did Athenian soldiers force
Persians soldiers to retreat from
conquering Greece, and an Athenian
solider ran 26 miles to announce the
victory?
a) Athens
b) Marathon
c) Persepolis
d) Sparta
e) Troy

27) What government was used in
Athens?
a) Democracy
b) Oligarchy
c) Tyranny

28) When there was a shortage of land,

food, and other resources in Ancient
Greece who built their army to
conquer others?
a) Athens
b) Crete
c) Delphi
d) Sparta
e) None of the above
29) What is a vocabulary word for
formation of heavily armed soldiers
who move together as a unit?
a) Aristocrat
b) Citizen
c) Jury
d) Phalanx
e) Politics

32) Who was the Spartan king that led

300 Spartan soldiers and died fighting
the Persians at the Battle of
Thermopylae?
a) Alexander
b) Agamemnon
c) Leonidas
d) Mino
e) Philip

33) In the Peloponnesian War, who were
the supporters of Athens?
a) Delian League
b) Major League
c) National League
d) Peloponnesian League
e) Trojan League

34) Who won the Peloponnesian War?

a) Athens
b) Delphi
c) Macedonia
d) Sparta
e) Troy

35) Who was Alexander the Greats

father?
a) King Agamemnon
b) Cyrus the Great
c) Darius the Great
d) King Mino
e) King Philip
36) Who was Alexander the Greats
teacher?
a) Aristotle
b) Homer
c) Mr. Son
d) Odysseus
e) Paris
37) To discourage rebellions, what citystate did Alexander burn?
a) Alexandria
b) Athens
c) Sparta
d) Thebes
e) Troy
38) In 330 B.C., what was the capital of
the Persian Empire captured by
Alexander the Great?
a) Alexandria
b) Athens
c) Jerusalem
d) Persepolis
e) Sparta

39) What was the official language in

lands controlled by Alexander the
Great?
a) English
b) Greek
c) Latin
d) Persian
e) Spanish

40) The empire controlled by Alexander

the Great, which translates to Greeklike was known as what?
a) Athenian
b) Alexandria
c) Artisan
d) Hellenistic
e) Spartan