Foundations Of Greek Civilization Quiz

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40. Minoan civilization declined when they ran out of usuable water.

True

False

41. The fruit that caused the argument among the goddesses was called...

The forbidden Fruit

The Passion Fruit

The Apple of Discord

The Forbidden Apple

42. Although Troy was destroyed Achilles was defeated after he was pierced with by an arrow in which part of his body.

His heart

His ankle/heel

His head

His chest/lung

43. Why did Achilles fight in the Trojan War.

So that he could kill Ajax

So that his name would live forever

So that he could kill Agamemnon

So that he could marry Helen

44. What the the messenger's name?

Pheidippides

Colitis

Endocrinosis

Podiatrist

45. What famous event is named for the battle of Marathon?

An ancient festival

A foot race

An auto race

A religious holiday

46. Helen was the sister Menelaus.

True

False

47. Why did Achilles want to kill Hector?

Hector stole his lover

Hector killed his mother

Hector insulted his honor

Hector killed Patroclus

48. Complete this phrase that comes out of the Trojan War. "Beware of _________________ bearing gifts.

Horses

Greeks

Geeks

Hoplites

Friends

49. How did Hector eventually get proper burial rights?

Ajax stole his body back from Achilles

Priam begged Achilles for Hector's body

Paris killed Achilles before he could desecrate his body

The god's told Achilles to return the body

All of the above

50. Odysseus hatched a clever plan to use what to penetrate the walls of Troy.

Use nets to climb the walls

Hide inside a hollow horse

Dig under the walls to enter

Disguise themselves as Trojans and enter through the main gates

51. Achilles was very happy about fighting for Agamemnon.

True

False

52. Which type of war was this War?

A cold war

A limited war

A civil war

A global war

53. Why was Achilles so difficult to defeat in battle?

His skin was made of solid gold

He was dipped in the River Styx

He was surrounded by a warrior god

He was a necromancer

54. How long a journey did the messenger take to declare victory over Persia.

100 mi

50.5 mi

2.5 mi

26.2 mi

45 mi

55. Pericles believed that all male citizens, regardless of wealth or social class, should take part in government.

True

False

56. After Darius' son took over the Persian throne. What was his name?

Epimenedies

Xerxes

Remus

Sextus Tarquinius

57. Athens faced a serious geographic disadvantage from the start.
Sparta was located inland

True

False

58. What was the outcome of the war?

The Spartans captured Athens

The Spartans surrendered

The Spartans stripped Athens it of its fleet and empire

Both A&C

None of the above

59. Troy was most likely located in which modern day nation?

Iran

Rome

Iraq

Turkey

None of the above

60. The oracle told the King of Troy that this child would cause the downfall of Troy.

Achilles

Hector

Ajax

Paris

61. Complete the phrase: O faced that launched....

10.000 ships

5,000 ships

1,000 ships

100 armies

1,000 armies

62. Helen married Menelaus, the Spartan King.

True

False

63. Who was Patroclus?

Helen second husband

Priam's other son

Achilles's best friend

Hectors best friend

64. Who did the Ionians seek help from in their rebellion.

The Egyptians

The surviving Trojans

The Sumerians

Their fellow Greek city-states

65. Who was the king of Persia during the first war against the Greeks?

Agamemnon

Nebuchadnezzar

Darius

Xerxes

66. How did the Persian get behind enemy lines at Thermopylae?

One of the Greeks betrayed the Greek army and showed the the way

The Persians used elephants to climb over the mountain

The Persians dug a tunnel though the mountain

The Greek army fell asleep while the Persian army manuvewred around them

67. Why did the Greeks split into rival camps?

Many Greeks resented the Athenian domination

The Persian started to infiltrate Greek society and stir up trouble

Greek slaves revolted and started wars

The southern Greeks resented the northern Greeks for killing Pericles

68. To counter the Delian League, who formed the Peloponnesian League.

The Persians

The Romans

Sparta and other enemies of Athens

The Trojans

69. What was the name of the 27 year war that engulfed all of Greece?

The Crimean War

Peloponnesian War

The Punic War

The Trojan War

70. Which did the Poet Homer not write?

The Illiad

The Aeneid

The Odyssey

71. Who was Achilles mother?

Hera

Thetis

Athene

Helen

72. Helen was the wife of Priam.

True

False

73. Thermopylae was actually...

The name of the sea where the naval battle took place

A narrow mountain pass where 7,000 Greeks waited for the Persian army

The name of the Greek who betrayed his own army

The name of the city where the war ended

74. Who's wise and skillful leadership brought about a Golden age in Athens.

Homer

Hector

Delian

Pericles

75. What led to a plague in Athens during the war?

Overcrowding in the city

The Persians intentionally spread disease

The Spartans intentionally spread disease

A diseased cow was let into the city

76. Who was Troy's best fighter?

Hector

Achillies

Ajax

Priam

77. Which of the following was the king of Troy?

Priam

Menelaus

Agamemnon

Hector

78. Paris was promised Helen as the result of judging a beauty contest.

True

False

79. Who was Themistocles?

A Greek Ruler

A Persian Ruler

An Egyptian Ruler

A Roman Ruler

80. After Thermopylae, 800 Persian ships attacked the Athenian nave near which island.

Crete

Sicily

Corsica

Salamis

81. A Post Persian War leagued was formed and based in Athens. It was an alliance of other Greek city-states and called what?

The League of Nations

The Delian League

The Major League

The League of City-States

82. What was so horrible about the way Achilles killed hector?

He refused to treat him with the respect a noble warrior deserved

He refused him proper burial rights

He determined that Hector should wander in the underworld blind, deaf and dumb

He wanted Hector to be mocked in the underworld as the man who thought he killed Achilles.

All of the above

83. Why did Persia attack Greece in the first war?

They were angry that the Greeks assisted the Ionians

They want their idols and women

They wanted to treasures of Minos

They desired their grapes and olives

Darius wanted to marry Bucephalus

84. As a result of the Persian Wars which is true?

The Greek sense of uniqueness was increased

Athens emerged as the most powerful city-state in Greece

The Persian were removed from the face of the earth

Both A&B

Both B&C

85. What served to undermine the Democratic Government of Athens?

The Persian spies

The Spartan spies

Internal struggles

An Egyptian conspiracy in revenge for stealing the pendant of Isis

86. As a baby, Priam sent Paris out to die.

True

False

87. The Ionian rebellion was very successful.

True

False

88. Who took charge of the Greek Army during Thermopylae?

The Egyptians

The Athenians

The Ionians

The Spartans

The Etruscans

89. After the Persian Wars, where was the Greek treasury moved.

Sparta

Alexandria

Athens

Troy

90. Under Pericles, how many assembly member were required in order to take a vote?

120

60

6,000

3

91. Who did the Spartans form an alliance with in order to defeat Athens

Persia

India

Troy

Rome

92. Sparta was eventually defeated by which Greek city-state

Athens

Troy

Thebes

Iona

93. As a result of the war what happened to Greek cultural development?

It was arrested (stopped)

It advanced very rapidly

It grew into a more peaceful era

It was transferred to Egypt

94. Darius' fleet was to large and to fast for the Greek navy and quickly wiped them out.

True

False

95. The beginnings of hostilities between the Greeks and the Persian can be attributed to what.

The Persian theft of Greek gold

The Persian colonization of the Ionians

The Persian domination of Greek religion

Persian anger over the defeat of Troy

96. Although the Spartans were defeated in their brave stand, they did manage to do what?

Allow time for the Athenians to evacuate the city

Kill the Prince of Persia

KIill the king of Persia

Force the King of Persia to make peace

Allow time for the Athenians to guard their homes and temples

97. How many ships did Darius send to fight the Greeks

1,000

10,000

1,000,000

600

6,000

98. How many Persian ships were used in the battle of Thermopylae?

1,000

10,000

6,000

600

100

99. Upon arrival the messenger proclaimed .......

We have fought the good fight, we have run the race, we have finished the course

Rejoice we conquer

Adidas

Nike

We have only begun to fight

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100. What happened to the messenger after he deliver this message of victory.

The people stoned hm

He was made a prince

He was made a king

He collapsed and died

None of the above

101. What problem did the Persian Navy have as they attacked the Athenian Navy?

Their ships could not maneuver in the water and were destroyed by the smaller Greek ships

Their crew mutinied and joined the Greeks

Their ships experienced engine failure and began to be blown by the into the nearby rocks

The Greeks had developed and early for of the submarine and attacked the Persians form below

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Foundations Of Greek Civilization Quiz

1. The letter C on this maps represents which body of water?

2. The letter B on this maps represents which body of water?

3. A small strip of land, with water on both sides, that connects two larger areas of land is a called an...

4. A sheltered place with deep water close to shore is called a

5. A large fighting ship used by the Ancient Greeks and others beginning in the late 6th century B.C. is called a

6. Greece is located on the __________________ Peninsula in southern Europe.

7. The southern part of Greece is the ________________________ and is connected to the mainland by an isthmus.

8. About _________________ islands in the surrounding seas were part of Greece. The largest island was ______________, southeast of the mainland.

9. ¾ of the Greek land is covered by __________________

10. The __________________ _______________ runs north and south through the center of Greece.

11. Greek rivers often dried up making _______________ impossible

12. Mt. __________________ was thought to be the home of Zeus – the most powerful of the gods.

13. Conflicts with other nations over trade and and colonization made it necessary for Greece to develop ______________ skills and ships.

14. Greece had thin soil and a ______ climate.

15. Adapting customs from one culture for use in another is called __________________ ________________.

16. A long story-poem is known as an_______________.

17. Minoans lived on the island of _______________ .

18. British archaeologist, Arthur Evans, discovered the ruins of the ancient kingdom. He called it the Minoan civilization in honor of the legendary king of Crete called _______________ .

19. Minoans built huge ____________________ that may have been the center for governing and for religion.

20. The remains of four Minoan palaces have been found. The largest is called Knossos and probably stood at least 3 stories high. It probably covered an area as large as _________ football fields. As many as 12,000 people may have lived there.

21. Paintings of _________________ scenes decorated the walls of Minoan palaces.

22. The art showed that the Minoans loved __________, ________________, and __________________.

23. The Minoans mixed metals to form_________________ and used to make bowls, axes, and other items.

24. Minoans developed a system of writing.The only remaining records were written on ______________ tablets.

25. Mycenaeans lived in Mycenae, a city near the coast of _______________________ .

26. The Mycenaeans changed ____________________ art styles to make them more warlike.

27. Mycenaeans eventually controlled _______________ .

28. No one knows why this civilization weakened. Some believe the ____________________ marched through burning villages and palaces.

29. _____________ is the author of two of the greatest Greek epics.

30. The Iliad – a story about a great war- possibly the _____________ ________________ .

31. The Odyssey – the story of ___________________ and his ten-year journey home.

32. A ___________________ is a city-state in ancient Greece-a city and the farms, towns, and villages around it.

33. An a walled fort built on a hill is called an ________________________.

34. An __________________ an open-air market and gathering place in Greek city-states

35. A __________ is a story passed from generation to generation that usually tells about an ancient god or hero.

36. ____________________ is a system in which a small group controls the government

37. ___________________________ is rule by the people

38. A Small Spartan force of about 300 men commanded by __________ ________________, guarded the mountain pass of Thermopylae.

39. The letter A on this maps represents which body of water?

40. Minoan civilization declined when they ran out of usuable water.

41. The fruit that caused the argument among the goddesses was called...

42. Although Troy was destroyed Achilles was defeated after he was pierced with by an arrow in which part of his body.

43. Why did Achilles fight in the Trojan War.

44. What the the messenger's name?

45. What famous event is named for the battle of Marathon?

46. Helen was the sister Menelaus.

47. Why did Achilles want to kill Hector?

48. Complete this phrase that comes out of the Trojan War. "Beware of _________________ bearing gifts.

49. How did Hector eventually get proper burial rights?

50. Odysseus hatched a clever plan to use what to penetrate the walls of Troy.

51. Achilles was very happy about fighting for Agamemnon.

52. Which type of war was this War?

53. Why was Achilles so difficult to defeat in battle?

54. How long a journey did the messenger take to declare victory over Persia.

55. Pericles believed that all male citizens, regardless of wealth or social class, should take part in government.

56. After Darius' son took over the Persian throne. What was his name?

57. Athens faced a serious geographic disadvantage from the start.Sparta was located inland

58. What was the outcome of the war?

59. Troy was most likely located in which modern day nation?

60. The oracle told the King of Troy that this child would cause the downfall of Troy.

61. Complete the phrase: O faced that launched....

62. Helen married Menelaus, the Spartan King.

63. Who was Patroclus?

64. Who did the Ionians seek help from in their rebellion.

65. Who was the king of Persia during the first war against the Greeks?

66. How did the Persian get behind enemy lines at Thermopylae?

67. Why did the Greeks split into rival camps?

68. To counter the Delian League, who formed the Peloponnesian League.

69. What was the name of the 27 year war that engulfed all of Greece?

70. Which did the Poet Homer not write?

71. Who was Achilles mother?

72. Helen was the wife of Priam.

73. Thermopylae was actually...

74. Who's wise and skillful leadership brought about a Golden age in Athens.

75. What led to a plague in Athens during the war?

76. Who was Troy's best fighter?

77. Which of the following was the king of Troy?

78. Paris was promised Helen as the result of judging a beauty contest.

79. Who was Themistocles?

8. About ___ islands in the surrounding seas were part of Greece. The largest island was , southeast of the mainland.

10. The ____ _ runs north and south through the center of Greece.

15. Adapting customs from one culture for use in another is called __ .

22. The art showed that the Minoans loved ,
, and ________.

23. The Minoans mixed metals to form_________________ and used to
make bowls, axes, and other items.

30. The Iliad – a story about a great war- possibly the _ ____ .

38. A Small Spartan force of about 300 men commanded by ______, guarded the mountain pass of Thermopylae.

57. Athens faced a serious geographic disadvantage from the start.
Sparta was located inland