Ancient Greece

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Objective: answer at least 14 questions correctly. Only answer each question once or it will be counted as a mistake. JavaScript required!

1. A landmass that is surrounded by water on three sides is called ______.

an island
a continent
a strait
a peninsula

2. Long poems, such as Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey are called ______.

oracles
epics
philosophy
dramas

3. An independent city-state in ancient Greece was called a ______.

polis
mosaic
ziggurat
citadel

4. The central marketplace of an Athenian city was called the ______.

agora
colony
assembly
acropolis

5. A government that is ruled by a few rich, powerful people is ______.

a monarchy
an oligarchy
a democracy
a tyranny

6. In the Egyptian city of Alexandria, Alexander established the world's first ______.

libraries
schools
theaters
dynasty

7. Which ancient Greek city-state was famous for its military way of life?

Athens
Thermopylae
Sparta
Marathon

8. Alexander the great extended the legacy of Greek culture by ______.

rebuilding Athens
blending it with other cultures
establishing city-state
permitting no other cultures

9. Ancient Greece developed links with other societies through ______.

overland roads
sea travel
island bridges
myths

10. Around 500 B.C., the city-state of Athens and Sparta temporarily untied because the ______.

Spartans grew to admire Athens
Athenians conquered the Sparta
Spartans grew weary of war
Persians invaded Greece

11. Because they believed in justice and fairness, the Greeks developed a system of government in which citizens ______.

made their own laws
worshiped their ruler
had no responsibilities
were paid for their votes

12. The largest islands in Aegean Sea are ______.

Attica and Peloponnesus
Phoenicia and Macedonia
Salamis and Marathon
Crete and Rhodes

13. Which Greek philosopher taught Alexander the Great to love philosophy and Greek ways?

Pericles
Aristotle
Socrates
Thucydides

14. Plato's Academy in Athens was the world's first ______.

theater
university
temple
marketplace

15. Among the great cultural legacies of ancient Greece are the tragedies of ______.

Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Socrates
Phoenicians

16. The two major seas of the "Aegean World" are the Aegean and the ______.

Arabian
Caspian
Philippine
Mediterranean

17. After the decline of Athens, Greek culture was preserved by the ______.

Macedonians
Spartan
Phoenicians
Babylonians

18. Unlike modern American democracy, the Athenian government gave voting rights only to its ______.

athletes
philosophers
male citizens
assembly leaders

19. The tradition of the Olympic games originated as a ______.

form of theater
war between rival city-states
debate among philosophers
festival to the god Zeus

20. To strengthen Athenian democracy, Pericles passed laws that ______.

freed all slaves over the age of 18
were similar to the Code of Hammurabi
established the right to a trail by jury
encouraged new customs and dress

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