World History Practice Test: Ancient Greece
- Ancient Greece
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
Ten questions on ancient Greece from the city-states to the Hellenistic world. Tip: keep Athens and Sparta apart by thinking about what each city valued most.
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Question 1
What was the Greek word for an independent city-state with its own government, laws and army?
Correct answer: B
A polis was a city and its surrounding land. The agora was the marketplace inside it, and the acropolis was its fortified hill.
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Question 2
How did the geography of Greece shape its political history?
Correct answer: D
Rugged mountains and many islands kept Greek communities apart, so they never formed one kingdom. The sea also made the Greeks active traders.
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Question 3
Which city-state trained boys for the army from about age seven and built its society around military discipline?
Correct answer: C
Spartan boys entered a harsh state training system called the agoge. Athens put more weight on public debate, the arts and trade.
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Question 4
Who was allowed to vote in the assembly of Athenian democracy in the 400s BCE?
Correct answer: A
Athenian democracy was direct but limited: women, enslaved people and foreign residents (metics) could not vote. Athens had no king at that time.
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Question 5
In 490 BCE an Athenian army defeated an invading Persian force in a famous land battle. Where did this battle take place?
Correct answer: D
The victory at Marathon came in 490 BCE. Thermopylae and Salamis were fought ten years later, in 480 BCE, and Salamis was a sea battle.
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Question 6
How did the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) end?
Correct answer: B
After a long war and a plague, Athens surrendered in 404 BCE. The war weakened the city-states, which later helped Macedonia take control.
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Question 7
Which philosopher taught by asking probing questions and was sentenced to death by an Athenian jury in 399 BCE?
Correct answer: A
Socrates left no writings; his student Plato recorded his question-and-answer method. Aristotle was Plato's student and lived later.
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Question 8
The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia in honor of which god?
Correct answer: C
The games were a religious festival for Zeus, whose great temple stood at Olympia. Apollo was honored at Delphi.
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Question 9
The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens was built in the 400s BCE as a temple to which goddess?
Correct answer: D
Athena was the patron goddess of Athens, and the city is named after her. The Parthenon held a huge statue of her.
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Question 10
After Alexander the Great's conquests, Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian and Indian cultures. What is this blended culture called?
Correct answer: A
Hellenistic culture spread through cities such as Alexandria in Egypt. Minoan culture on Crete was much older than Alexander.
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