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Chapter 8 - Ancient Greece Assessment

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Geographically, what is Greece like?
Greece is made up of islands and peninsulas.
Greece is made up of mountains and forests.
Greece is made up of islands and open fields.
Greece is made up of plains and deserts.
What is a "citizen"?
An official member of a military.
An official ruler of a country.
An unofficial member of a country.
An official member of a country.
Select below responsibilities of a citizen.
Going to church on the sabbath.
Joining the military or supporting the state in times of war.
Voting in elections.
Guarding yours's and your neighbor's property.
Participating in jury duty.
Volunteering to pick up trash.
What is Direct Democracy?
Direct Democracy is when citizens can directly participate in the government.
Direct Democracy is when citizens follow the rule of rich nobles.
Direct Democracy is when citizens follow the rule of a king or queen.
Direct Democracy is when citizens vote for others to run the government for them.
Select below examples of Direct Democracy.
Helping to make decisions about war and foreign policy.
Fighting in the military.
Voting for laws.
Going to court.
Giving an opinion at an assembly.
Directly electing public officials.
Serving elected officials.
Voting for public officials to run the government for you.
What happened during the Dark Ages of Greece?
There were no written records made during this time. It is believed that trade stopped and people suffered.
There were no written records made during this time. It was a great time to be alive in Greece.
Democracy was invented as a governing idea during this time.
Countless poems and stories were written during this time, heralding a great time for writing.
Who was the "king" of the Greek gods?
Zeus
Hera
Ares
Poseidon
Who was the "queen" of the Greek gods?
Poseidon
Zeus
Ares
Hera
What did the Greeks call their family of gods?
The Heavenly Heroes
The Parthenon
The Greats
The Olympians
What is philosophy?
A branch of knowledge that records and explains past events.
Knowledge of nature tested through scientific method.
The pursuit of wisdom and values by speculation rather than observational means.
The words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community.
What happened during the Golden Age of Greece?
A period of time during which Athens grew rich from silver and trade and made important cultural achievements. The people of Greece were busy developing their philosophy, religion, art, and architecture.
A period of time during which all of Greece grew rich from silver and trade and made important cultural achievements. The people of Greece were busy developing their philosophy, religion, art, and architecture.
There were no written records made during this time. It is believed that trade stopped and people suffered.
A period of time during which Sparta grew rich from silver and trade and made important cultural achievements. The people of Greece were busy developing their philosophy, religion, art, and architecture.
What is a polis?
A polis was a Greek democracy, which was usually led by the citizens of the country.
A polis was a Greek city-state, which was usually led by aristocrats and military rulers.
A polis was a Greek monarchy, which was usually led by a king.
A polis was a Greek dictatorship, which was usually led by an emperor.
Select the three major playwrights of Ancient Greece whose stories still effect us today.
Julius
Aeschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
Shakesphere
Hamilton
Select below locations the ancient Persian Empire had conquered.
Rome
China
All of Arabia
The Indus Valley up to the Himalayas
India
All of Greece
Egypt
Iran
Mesopotamia
Central Asia
What was the result of the Greco-Persian Wars?
The Greeks killed the Persians out of Anatolia.
The Persians conquered all of Greece.
The Greeks and the Persians choose not to wage war against each other anymore, both prospering as a result.
The Spartans came to dominate the Greek city-states.
What was the result of the Peloponnesian Wars?
The Persians took advantage of the situation to aid the Spartans.
Rome conquered them all.
The Athenians dominated the Greek city-states.
The Spartans beat the Athenians but they were both so weak from the war that the Macedonians conquered them both 46 years later.
How did Alexander "the Great" earn his name?
By conquering what archeologists call the Cradle of Civilizations, from Greece, to Israel, to Egypt, to Mesopotamia, Iran, all the way to the Indus River Valley.
By having the best wife and the most boyfriends. Don't be jealous.
By being the best at fightning, even soloing the king of Sparta in hand to hand combat.
By doing what his father could not and uniting all of Greece, even the Greek colonies in Italy.
Match the famous Greek philosopher to what they are known for.
Aristotle
Inventing the Socratic Method, a way of thinking by asking questions instead of just accepting what you know to be true.
Socrates
Wrote a book called the Republic. Believed society should be divided into workers, soldiers, and educated rulers.
Plato
Founded the school, the Lyceum. He helped to define categories of logic, such as biology and physics. He invented the basis for studying plants and animals we still use today.
Drag and drop the attributes of the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta to the society the belong to.
Promoted the arts, philosophy, and culture.
Had a warrior culture where only the strongest survived, and the weak were made into slave labor.
Was incredibly wealthy thanks to trade throughout the Mediterranean Sea.
Government was ruled by voting citizens in a Direct Democracy.
Promoted the physical sports especially those relating to combat.
Government was ruled by a Monarchy.
Athenian
Spartan
Separate the major achievements of ancient Greek civilization into different categories.
Invented concept of citizenship.
Greek playwrights created tragedies and comedies that are still performed.
Invented concept of Direct Democracy.
Greek culture invented the Olympic Games, a tournament of skill now participated in by nations across the world today.
Alexander the Great’s conquests spread Greek culture, language, and ideas across the Western World.
Homer’s epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey still influence story writing today.
Greek architecture and art heavily influence western styles.
Greek philosophy serves as the basis for modern western philosophy.
Government and Civics
Literature and Stories
Philosophy and Ideas
Arts and Sports