TEST H/V: Ancient Greece

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TEST Ancient Greece

1. Drag the six places to the correct locations in the map.

Athens

1

Mount Olympus

2

Knossos (Crete)

3

Sparta

4

Troy

5

Olympia

6

2a. Write down 2 factors that show that
Ancient Greece was a united country

2b. Write down 2 factors that show that
Ancient Greece was NOT a united country

3. Explain how the geography of Greece was a
cause for the development of different city-states
instead of a unified country.

4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a Greek god?

1. immortal
2. special powers
3. lives in a temple
4. human appearance

5. Drag the Greek gods to their symbols

Athena

Poseidon

Hera

Zeus

Apollo

Artemis

6. To which god(dess) would these Greeks (A-F) offer a gift at a temple?

Drag the letters A-F to the correct god(des).

a general on the eve of an important battle

A

a fisherman who is going to sail across the Aegean 

B

a boy who is madly in love with a beautiful girl 

C

a father who is about to give away his daughter in marriage 

D

a woman who has lost her husband in a sea battle

E

an athlete who must do the pentathlon in the Olympic Games

F

7. Which of these answers best describes being a "citizen" of a Greek city-state?

1. free men and women whose parents were born in that city-state
2. free men whose parents were born in that city-state
3. all free men born in Greece
4. men and boys whose parents were born in that city-state

8. Match the various activities in ancient Greece with the correct people.

Watching over the slaves

A

Working on the land or in the mines

B

Defend the polis as a soldier

C

Head of the family

D

Managing money

E

Politics

F

Organizing housework 

G

9. What does the word "democracy" mean?

1. republic rule
2. everybody equal
3. elected government
4. rule by the people

10. Who were allowed to vote in the Athenian democracy?

1. men
2. women
3. slaves
4. foreigners

Athenian democracy

modern democracy

11. drag & drop 

direct

indirect

political parties

parliament

ostracism

women

elections

12. Explain why Athens was not only a wealthy city-state,
but also very powerful.

13a. Which of the
following words
would fit the
picture best?

1. monarchy
2. ostracism
3. mythology
4. hellenism

13b. Explain your answer to the previous question

14. The name of the person who came up most in an ostracism....

1. was sent to prison for 10 years
2. was killed immediately
3. was banished from Athens for 10 years
4. was never allowed to enter Athens again

15. Finish the sentences

was a long spear, he also carried a sword

1

against their powerful neighbours, the Persians.

2

a helmet, a shield, a breastplate, and greaves.

3

but some Greek states would ally with Persia.

4

often fought wars against each other.

5

who fought in close formation.

6

and to fight together as a unit.

7

with their shields together like a wall.

8

16a. What type of source is this for a historian who studies Alexander the Great?

The Alexander Mosaic, dating from circa 100 BC, is a Roman floor mosaic originally from a villa in the Roman city Pompeii. It depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia and measures 2.72 by 5.13 metres. The original is preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. The mosaic is believed to be a copy of an early 3rd-century BC Hellenistic painting.

1. primary + written
2. primary + non-written
3. secondary + written
4. secondary + non-written

16b. What type of source is this for a historian who studies the Roman city Pompeii?

The Alexander Mosaic, dating from circa 100 BC, is a Roman floor mosaic originally from a villa in the Roman city Pompeii. It depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia and measures 2.72 by 5.13 metres. The original is preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. The mosaic is believed to be a copy of an early 3rd-century BC Hellenistic painting.

1. primary + written
2. primary + non-written
3. secondary + written
4. secondary + non-written

18. Hellenistic is a mixture of

1. Greek and Persian culture
2. Macedonian and Greek culture
3. Greek and Hellas culture
4. Spartan and Athenian culture

19. Which of these sports were NOT played during
the Olympic Games in ancient Greece?

1. skating
2. wrestling
3. javelin throwing
4. running

20a. In the 4th century AD the Olympic Games were abolished.
Who abolished them?

1. the Greek king
2. Alexander the Great
3. the Roman emperor
4. the Athenian assembly

20b. In the 4th century AD the Olympic Games were abolished.
Why were they abolished?

1. the games did not fit in the Christian religion
2. because Greece was taken over by the Romans
3. the city of Olympia was destroyed by the Roman army
4. nobody worshipped Zeus anymore

21. Drag three of the four names of the building styles to the correct column

Corinthian

Minoan

Ionic

Doric

22. Drag the events into the red boxes so they are in the correct order.

The oldest event must be at the top.

Homer writes "The Ilias"

First Olympic Games

Rome conquers Greece

Alexander the Great

The Trojan War

the Minoan culture

The Persian Wars

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