Ancient Greece Test Review

Athens had a strong _______, and became wealthy because city-states paid them for protection.

• king

• navy

• army

• acropolis

Who fought in the Peloponnesian Wars?

• Persia and Athens

• Sparta and Persia

• Sparta and Athens

• Persia and Greece

Who fought against each other in the Trojan War?

• Minoans and Mycenaeans

• Trojans and Minoans

• Athens and Sparta

• Mycenaeans and Trojans

Which of the following was not a battle fought during the Persian Wars?

• Battle of Salamis

• Battle of Persia

• Battle of Thermopylae

• Battle of Marathon

Athens and Sparta are both examples of a _______________.

• country

• democracy

• polis

• empire

Which civilization was ended by a tsunami?

• Minoan

• Mycenaean

• Spartan

• Persian

The famous city of Alexandria is located in _____________.

• Greece

• Persia

• Macedonia

• Egypt

Which sea does not surround Greece?

• Mediterranean

• Black

• Ionian

• Aegean

Why did the Greeks build villages along the Mediterranean Sea?

• The climate in Greece was bad.

• The Greeks could not get along with each other.

• The Greeks knew they would create a large empire, so they wanted to expand their territory along the sea.

• There was too little farmland to grow things inland because Greece is a mountainous country.

The Macedonian king who conquered Greece and spread Greek culture was:

• A. Alexander the Great

• B. Darius

• C. Aristotle

• D. Leonidas