The history of the religious practices followed by the Ancient Greek, Roman And Egyptian involves belief in Gods and Goddesses. We have covered the different gods and what they were associated with in the three civilizations. Take up the quiz below and check if you understood the topic fully. All the best!
Heavily armed infantryman or foot soldier
A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation
A citizen of Sparta
Soldiers who fought on horseback
Hoplites
Phalanx
Spartans
Cavalry
The process for temporarily banning ambitious politicians from the city by popular vote
The practice by which a somebody seizes power by force from aristocrats to become the leader and gains support from the newly rich and the poor and maintains power by using hired soldiers and fighting tactics
"the rule of many," government by the people, either directly or through their elected representatives
Engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict
Ostracism
Tyranny
Democracy
Warfare
Oracle
Delphi
Festival
Temple
A sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess
One of the most important religious sanctuaries of the ancient Greek world
A day or period of celebration, typically a religious commemoration
A building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence
An organized system of thought
Written works, esp. those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit
The art of writing and producing plays
The abstract science of number, quantity, and space
Philosophy
Literature
Theatre
Mathematics
The physical geography
The political differences
The different religious beliefs
The cultural differences
It helped to make their city-states fiercely independent.
It encouraged them to focus on truth and beauty.
It was one of the factors that made them fierce, skilled warriors.
It prevented contact with other civilizations.
Sparta
Athens
Persia
Minoan
Mycenae
Macedonia
A city-state that valued alliances with other cultures
A Macedonian democracy
A strict society run by helots
A military state focused on the art of war
They created the foundation for democracy in Athens.
They began to practice ostracism.
Greece became the first even monarchy.
Greeks became interested in philosophy and theatre.
By giving the Athenian assembly a central political role
By declaring war on Sparta
By giving aristocrats' land to the poor
By discouraging the study of the arts
They set aside their differences and became allies.
They fled Greece.
They battled Persia AND each other in a big four-way war.
They welcomed the Persians into their homes.
The threat of the Persian Empire
Their common values, beliefs, and culture
The movement of the Delian League to Athens
The Great Peloponnesian War
Philip II of Macedonia
The Delian League
Women in all three societies
Pericles of Athens
King of ancient Macedonia
King of ancient Greece
One of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers
He conquered Persia, Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, Bactria, and the Punjab
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Alexander the Great
He defined the subject of logic.
He developed the Pythagorean theorem.
He designed the Parthenon, the greatest example of the classical Greek temple.
He is considered the greatest historian of the ancient world.
One of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers
Pupil of Plato
Teacher of Alexander the Great
ALL OF THESE!!!
NONE OF THESE!!!
The father of Greek tragic drama
A great archaeologist who constructed the Parthenon
Ancient Greece's greatest philosopher
Philip II's son, ruler of ancient Macedonia
The second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived
The greatest archaeologist of ancient times
An ancient mathematician
ALL!!!
They wrote tragedies.
They developed mathematical proofs.
The studied under Plato.
They were gifted historians.