Socials Exam Practice Quiz 2
17 Questions
| Total Attempts: 35
Grade 7 @ st georges. Read the questions carefully.
Questions and Answers
- 1.The peak of Athens was 479-431 AD
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.The agora was known as the High City
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Athens laid the basis for modern European civilization
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.______ was at the heart of Athens, was an open area and common meeting place, and was surrounded by buildings called stoae
- 5.The acropolis was chosen by the first Atheniand because of its nice view
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Artemis was the patron godess of Athens
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.__________ was designed by Ictinus
- 8.Looking at the Parthenon from a bird's eye view can play tricks on the eye
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Greek architects designed their columns to bulge slightly _________
- 10.The Parthenon was constructed of white granite
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The statue of Athene Parthenos was 12 feet high
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.The statue of Athene Parthenos was made with pure gold robes and a body of wood and ________
- 13.What statue cost more than the building it was in?
- 14._________ had statues of her all over the acropolis
- 15.The sculptures outside the Parthenon were designed by a different person than the one who designed the Parthenon itself.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16._________ was one of the greatest artists of the 5th century BC and made the sculptures outside the Acropolis
- 17.Choose all the answers that are right. What were shown on the friezes on the Parthenon?
- A.
Scenes from Athene's life
- B.
The struggle between the persians and the Athenians
- C.
The struggle between good and evil
- D.
Scenes from Greek legends
- E.
Scenes from the battle between Athene and Poseidon for the naming of Athens
- F.
Scenes from everyday Greek life
- G.
All the Greek gods
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