Ancient Greek And Roman History Quiz
9 Questions
| Total Attempts: 128
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Why did Greek city-states developed in their own ways?
- A.
They were separated by mountains
- B.
They were hostile to each other
- C.
They had different gods
- D.
They traded with different countries
- 2.What was in the new constitution that Athens wrote up in 508 B.C.E.?
- A.
Women could vote
- B.
Slaves were made free
- C.
It was illegal to own land
- D.
All free men were citizens
- 3.What happened to end the Persian Wars in 480 B.C.E.?
- A.
Darius I conquered the Greeks at Marathon.
- B.
Xerxes burned Athens.
- C.
The Athenian navy defeated the Persians at Salamis.
- D.
Xerxes defeated the Spartans at Thermopylae.
- 4.Why did the Peloponnesian War start?
- A.
Darius I attacked Lydia
- B.
Sparta did not like how Athens was growing
- C.
Athens attacked Sparta
- D.
Pericles died of the plague
- 5.The Olympic games
- A.
Were held every year
- B.
Gave gold medals as prizes
- C.
Were held in Sparta
- D.
Were open to athletes from all over the Greek city-states
- 6.Governance that gives its people the ruling power:
- 7.In the battle of _____, the Greek navy conquered the Persians.
- 8.The temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens:
- 9.A cruel ruler who has complete power over his/her people:
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