Ancient Greece

What process did the ancient Greeks invent about 2,500 years ago?

• Philosophy

• Art

• Voting

• city-states

What was the acropolis in ancient Greek city-states?

• A marketplace

• A type of government

• A form of art

• A fortress on a hill

Which city-state was the cultural center of Greece after the defeat of Persia?

• Thebes

• Athens

• Corinth

• Sparta

Who was the leader that supported the arts in Athens during the 400s BC?

• Socrates

• Plato

• Pericles

• Aristotle

What type of government was established in Athens?

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

Which three philosophers are mentioned as influential in ancient Greece?

• Pythagoras, Euclid, and Archimedes

• Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

• Homer, Hesiod, and Thucydides

• Herodotus, Xenophon, and Cicero

What did the ancient Greeks contribute to world literature?

• The first novels

• The first plays

• The first newspapers

• The first biographies

What caused the decline of the Greek city-states?

• Invasion by Persia

• War between Athens and Sparta

• Economic collapse

• Natural disasters

Who conquered all of Greece in the 330s BC?

• Philip II

• Julius Caesar

• Alexander the Great

• Hannibal

What did Alexander the Great want to spread throughout his empire?

• Egyptian culture

• Greek culture

• Persian culture

• Roman culture