Ancient Greece Practice Test

This 20 year-old Macedonian leader was the first to conquer most of the known world in his day

• Alexander

• Philip

• Cyrus

• Ares

Alexander the Great’s conquests of Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and Persia led to:

• the spread of Islamic culture throughout Europe

• the establishment of a representative democracy

• the spread of Hellenistic culture

• the adoption of a feudal system

The Hellenistic Era produced a large number of achievements in the following subjects:

• Science and Math

• Art and Architecture

• Literature and Philosophy

• All of the choices

Alexander’s plan to unite a great empire didn’t last because

• The Persians reconquered their lost lands

• His generals divided the kingdom after his death

• His armies grew weak from lack of supplies

• The Romans rose to power and conquered his weakened empire

This Egyptian city was created by Alexander the Great and featured a lighthouse, a zoo, a botanical garden and the largest library collection in the known world

• Alexandria

• Jerusalem

• Cairo

• Babylonia

Homer’s epic, the Iliad, is about

• Alexander the Great

• Gilgamesh

• the Oracle of Delphi

• The Trojan War

Archimedes created what type of geometry that involved 3d shapes?

• Plane Geometry

• Solid Geometry

• Persian-Arabic Geometry

• All of the above

Classical Greek style in art and architecture expresses the ideas of

• science and politics

• reason, balance and harmony

• religion and philosophy

• warfare

The original Olympic Games were held

• for Ares to make the people stronger in war.

• for the greater glory of Zeus (king of the Gods)

• to appease the god Poseidon

• to honor the Egyptian goddess Aphrodite

Pythagoras is best known for creating the Pythagorean Theorem, which is

• a mathematical concept used to determine the length of the sides of a triangle

• a set of rules on how to treat patients

• a way of writing history exploring causes and effects

• a method of teaching where a teacher asks students questions instead of lecturing