Ancient Greece Test Review

Most of Greece is located on the continent of ________.

• Africa

• Europe

• North America

• Asia

Why did the Greeks form city-states instead of one big country?

• The mountains in Greece made it hard for them to communicate and work together.

• The seas separated them from each other.

• The Persian Empire took over all of Greece and would not allow the Greeks to unite.

• The Greeks did form a big country and there were no city-states in ancient Greece.

What is a city-state?

• A temporary camp for nomadic people.

• A small country.

• A city and its surrounding territory that forms an independent state.

• The capital of ancient Greece.

What form of government allows the citizens to make decisions?

• Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

Identify the statement that is true.

• The Spartans fought the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.

• The Battle of Marathon was fought during the Peloponnesian War.

• The Athenians fought against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.

• The Battle of Marathon happened after the Battle at Thermopylae.

Identify the city-states that fought against each other during the Peloponnesian War.

• Sparta and Athens

• Athens and Persia

• Persia and Sparta

• Troy and Sparta

What city-state is the Parthenon in and who was it built for?

• Sparta & Zeus

• Sparta & Ares.

• Athens & Athena

• Athens & Poseidon

Which of these BEST describes the immediate outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens gained control of the entire Balkan Peninsula.

• The United States gained Texas.

• Sparta replaced Athens as the leading city-state in Greece.

• The Persians were forced to retreat back to Asia Minor.

Alexander the Great was king of what kingdom?

• Macedonia

• Spain

• Persian Empire

• Athens

What makes much of Greece a peninsula?

• The lack of large rivers

• The water on three sides

• The steep mountain slopes

• The large number of islands