Who Am I? Ancient Greece
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Determine which famous Greek is most likely to say each statement.
- 1.
![I am the Father of Democracy! - ProProfs]( "I am the Father of Democracy!")
I am the Father of Democracy!- A.
Pericles
- B.
Themistocles
- C.
Cleisthenes
- D.
Zeus
- 2.
![I hired artists and made them beautify Athens! - ProProfs]( "I hired artists and made them beautify Athens!")
I hired artists and made them beautify Athens!- A.
Themistocles
- B.
Pericles
- C.
Socrates
- D.
Sophocles
- 3.
![I am the poet who told the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey. - ProProfs]( "I am the poet who told the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey.")
I am the poet who told the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey.- A.
Pericles
- B.
Zeus
- C.
Sophocles
- D.
Homer
- 4.
![I was the King of Persia during the 2nd Persian War. - ProProfs]( "I was the King of Persia during the 2nd Persian War.")
I was the King of Persia during the 2nd Persian War.- A.
Darius
- B.
Themistocles
- C.
Pericles
- D.
Xerxes
- 5.
![I was the super star of writing tragedies. Oedipus Rex and Antigone were among my best! - ProProfs]( "I was the super star of writing tragedies. Oedipus Rex and Antigone were among my best!")
I was the super star of writing tragedies. Oedipus Rex and Antigone were among my best!- A.
Socrates
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Sophocles
- D.
Hippocrates
- 6.I died of the plague during the Peloponnesian War, leaving Athens without a leader.
- A.
Alcibiades
- B.
Themistocles
- C.
Pericles
- D.
Socrates
- 7.
![I was executed for corrupting the youth of Athens! - ProProfs]( "I was executed for corrupting the youth of Athens!")
I was executed for corrupting the youth of Athens!- A.
Plato
- B.
Socrates
- C.
Sophocles
- D.
Herodotus
- 8.
![I convinced the people of Athens to build ships to defeat the Persians! - ProProfs]( "I convinced the people of Athens to build ships to defeat the Persians!")
I convinced the people of Athens to build ships to defeat the Persians!- A.
Pericles
- B.
Solon
- C.
Draco
- D.
Themistocles
- 9.
![I made harsh laws for the Athenians to follow before they created a democracy! - ProProfs]( "I made harsh laws for the Athenians to follow before they created a democracy!")
I made harsh laws for the Athenians to follow before they created a democracy!- A.
Solon
- B.
Themistocles
- C.
Herodotus
- D.
Draco
- 10.
![I wrote the first histories, writing events and their causes rather than trying to glorify any king! - ProProfs]( "I wrote the first histories, writing events and their causes rather than trying to glorify any king!")
I wrote the first histories, writing events and their causes rather than trying to glorify any king!- A.
Hippocrates
- B.
Herodotus
- C.
Homer
- D.
Helen of Troy
- 11.
![I believed that diseases had natural causes and that in healing people, doctors should use gentle treatments. My ideas on medicine lead to an oath that doctors must take today! - ProProfs]( "I believed that diseases had natural causes and that in healing people, doctors should use gentle treatments. My ideas on medicine lead to an oath that doctors must take today!")
I believed that diseases had natural causes and that in healing people, doctors should use gentle treatments. My ideas on medicine lead to an oath that doctors must take today!- A.
Hippocrates
- B.
Herodotus
- C.
Socrates
- D.
Aristotle
- 12.
![I created new reforms to help the Athenian poor! - ProProfs]( "I created new reforms to help the Athenian poor!")
I created new reforms to help the Athenian poor!- A.
Draco
- B.
Cliesthenes
- C.
Homer
- D.
Solon
- 13.
![I realized that in order to have a tue democracy, that government workers must be paid. - ProProfs]( "I realized that in order to have a tue democracy, that government workers must be paid.")
I realized that in order to have a tue democracy, that government workers must be paid.- A.
Themistocles
- B.
Pericles
- C.
Solon
- D.
Draco
- 14.I was the student of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great!
- A.
Socrates
- B.
Phillip II
- C.
Aristotle
- D.
Aristarchus
- 15.I hypothesized that we lived in a heliocentric solar system, but I couldn't prove it.
- A.
Aristarchus
- B.
Anaximander
- C.
Aristotle
- D.
Archimedes
- 16.I hypothesized that the Earth was once covered in water and that we evolved from fish!
- A.
Anaximander
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Alexander the Great
- D.
Aristarchus
- 17.I am credited with coming up with the formula for finding the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
- A.
Anaximander
- B.
Pythagorus
- C.
Archimedes
- D.
Euclid
- 18.I compiled "The Elements" which was used by scientists for 100s of years!
- A.
Anaximander
- B.
Pythagorus
- C.
Archimedes
- D.
Euclid
- 19.Although I did not create levers and pulleys, I saw their potential in moving large loads. I also created a device used to transport water from a level of lower elevation to a level of higher elevation easily.
- A.
Anaximander
- B.
Pythagorus
- C.
Archimedes
- D.
Euclid
- 20.I had the Parthenon built.
- A.
Themistocles
- B.
Pericles
- C.
Aristotle
- D.
Alcibiades
- 21.I convinced the Athenians that the key to defeating the Persians were the triremes and not the walls of the city.
- A.
Themistocles
- B.
Pericles
- C.
Aristotle
- D.
Alcibiades
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