Reading Quiz Chapter 8 Section 3

Written work performed by actors:

• Drama

• Pediment

• troupe

• Academy

What famous philosopher was sentenced to die by the Athenian people?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Aristophanes

Nike was the goddess of this:

• Running

• Victory

• Sneakers

• Sparta

What was the most important element of Greek buildings?

• Doors

• Sculptures

• Columns

• Color

These were the two forms of drama in Classical Greece:

• cartoon and drama

• tragedy and comedy

• action and thriller

• movies and plays

What important school of higher learning did Plato start?

• Astronomy

• The Academy

• The city-state

• Democracy

What was the simplest of the three types of columns found in this chapter?

• Ionic

• Doric

• Corinthian

• Pediment

Who wrote a history about the Persian Wars and was known as the Father of History?

• Herodotus

• Socrates

• Eratosthenes

• Hypatia

Who was the sculptor that made the statue of Athena and helped with creating the Parthenon?

• King Philip

• Alexander

• Zeus

• Phidias

This is not one of areas in which the Greeks have influenced the U.S. today:

• Olympics

• Architecture

• Jury System

• Caste System