NAME: ____Jacalyn McCarthy_________

GREECE QUESTION SHEET!

1) How did the geography of Greece affect Greek history?
a) Greece’s coastal environment provided them with fish to eat, they were
traders, and they were sailors. The mountains provided fresh water running
down creeks for growing crops.
b) Greece’s desert environment provided them with challenges to grow crops;
hence, they had to conquer many around them to survive.
c) Greece was landlocked, and hence did not develop a strong navy to develop
strong trade routes like the Romans later did.

2) Early Greece was made up of the Minoans (2000 – 1400 BC) and later the Mycenae. Although
the Mycenae were successful warriors who used stone weapons and had a developed culture,
they were overrun by the: _____The Dorians.________. These people did not have a written
language. Hence, we know very little about them, other than that they were fierce warriors and
ushered in the Greek ‘Dark Ages’.

3) During the Greek Dark Ages, _____STORYTELLERS___________, who spoke Greek, went from
town to town telling stories. These common stories eventually lead to these once disparate
people to have a common language, history, heroes, and religion, and united the Greeks against
the hated Dorians. The Greeks began to organize themselves into city states.

4) THE GREEK ARCHAIC PERIOD, or THE RISE OF THE GREEK CITY STATES, after groups of villages
banded together. There were at least a hundred city states, large and small. Each city-state had
its own form of government, and its own army or navy, but they all spoke the same language
and believed in the same gods. TRUE OR FALSE?
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
5) Name two examples of Greek city-states (one point for each):

1) ________Athens________________

2) _________Sparta________________

6) In the new world of Greek city-states, war became an integral part of the Greek way of life.
They were highly trained soldiers with inventive weaponry. TRUE OR FALSE

a) TRUE

b) FALSE
7) This modern sporting tradition, held every four years, began in Greece in about 776 BC:
THE OYLMPICS
8) This Greek city-state was a military state made up of warriors who expanded their territory
by capturing neighboring lands. Boys left their homes at around age 7 to train full time as
warriors; women were encouraged to be physically fit and strong.
SPARTA
9) Which Greek city-state was considered the ‘heart of ancient Greek civilization’ and ‘the
birthplace of democracy’?
ATHENS
10) TRUE OR FALSE: Ancient Athens was the bright intellectual, educational and cultural center
of all Greece. The whole city was a large school, a large temple, a large workshop of art.

a) TRUE
b) FALSE
11) The basic educational system of ancient Athens consisted of three basic courses. These
were:

Grammata (Reading, Writing, Arithmetic), Music, and Physical Education.

12) This picture below is an example of:

 GREEK ALPHABET

13) TRUE OR FALSE: Greek Religion: Greeks believed in only one god. It was illegal to believe in
more than one god.

a) TRUE

b) FALSE

14) Zeus, Athena, Apollo, and Artemis are examples of:

TRADITIONAL GREEK GODS

15) These examples of Greek architecture are still used in modern western buildings today.
What are these (pictured below):

DORIC, IONIC, AND CORITHIAN

COLUMNS

16) TRUE OR FALSE: Greek art and architecture had a significant influence over western art for
thousands of years to come. Much of Roman art and architecture was borrowed from the
Greeks. Later, the artists of the Renaissance were inspired by the work of Greek artists.

a) TRUE
b) FALSE
17) What is pictured below? Where is it located?

THE PARTHONON IN ATHENS

18) GREEK PHILOSOPHY: Ancient Greek philosophy is dominated by three very famous men. Who
were they:
SOCRATES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE

19) The 200-year period in Greek history lasting from the 5th through 4th centuries BC, which
saw the annexation of much of modern day Greece by the Persian Empire, when much of the
modern Western politics, artistic thought (architecture, sculpture), and scientific achievements
were realized, and Athens reached its cultural height is called:

GREEK CLASSICAL PERIOD

20) The Persian Wars were three war campaigns fought between 499-449BC. Who fought in the
Persian Wars?
THE GREEKS AND THE PERSIANS

21) Who won the Persian Wars?

THE GREEKS

22) The war that occurred between 431 – 404BC between the Delian League (led by Athens)
and the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) were called:

THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR

23) Who won the above war mentioned in #22?
PELOPONNESIA ( SPARTA)
24) Due to the weakening of Greece and its surroundings after the Persian and Peloponnesian
Wars, Macedonia invaded Greece, Persia, and Egypt. This ‘Era’ lasted from 323 BC – 31 BC, and
ended when Rome conquered its lands. What was the name of this ‘Era’ and who was its
famous leader, considered to be one of the most famous military leaders of all time (he died in
323BC)
HELLENISTIC ERA AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT