Ancient Greece - Multiple Choice Test

Civilization in the eastern Mediterranean began
1. on Crete
2. with Alexander the Great
3. in Mycenae
4. in Sparta
Dorians and Ionians started to create
1. city states
2. democratic republics
3. states for slaves
4. trading villages
The most powerful city state was
1. Sparta
2. Athens
3. Crete
4. Mycenae
At about 500 B.C. Greece was attacked by
1. the Persians
2. Pericles
3. Alexander
4. the Ionians
Athens lost the war against Sparta because
1. a plague killed a large part of its population
2. Sparta had more soldiers
3. Thebes was its partner state
4. it concentrated too much on religion and the arts
Alexander came from
1. the kingdom of Macedonia
2. Crete
3. a Spartan family
4. Persia
Alexander's empire broke apart because
1. there wasn't a successor
2. the Romans defeated him
3. his father didn't give him enough power
4. the Spartans were too strong
Serfs were
1. people who worked on land that did not belong to them
2. slaves from other countries
3. Greek noblemen
4. Greek landowners
Spartan education focused on
1. boys becoming good soldiers
2. general education subjects
3. boys and girls getting the same education
4. the arts and philosophy
Socrates was sentenced to death because
1. he did not believe in Greek gods
2. he wanted to overthrow the government
3. he was married to a slave
4. he did not want to join the military
Gods and goddesses
1. spoke to the people through oracles
2. lived on Mount Olympus
3. were without feelings
4. took part in wars
in Athens 500 citizens were chosen each year
1. to help run the city
2. to get into contact with the gods
3. to organize the army
4. to serve on a jury

Ancient Greece - Multiple Choice Test

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