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This document contains a 3-part exam on Ancient Greece. Part 1 is 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key people, places, events and concepts from Ancient Greek civilization. Part 2 is a blank map where the student must write in the correct locations corresponding to questions about places in Greece and the Aegean region. Part 3 provides an essay prompt for students to compare and contrast the city-states of Athens and Sparta across several factors in a take-home response. The exam tests a student's understanding of the core historical developments, geographical features, and sociopolitical structures of Ancient Greece.

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Ancient Greece Exam Part 1: Test #

This document contains a 3-part exam on Ancient Greece. Part 1 is 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key people, places, events and concepts from Ancient Greek civilization. Part 2 is a blank map where the student must write in the correct locations corresponding to questions about places in Greece and the Aegean region. Part 3 provides an essay prompt for students to compare and contrast the city-states of Athens and Sparta across several factors in a take-home response. The exam tests a student's understanding of the core historical developments, geographical features, and sociopolitical structures of Ancient Greece.

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Ancient Greece Exam Part 1 Test #

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Do Not Write on this Test. Fill in answers on the Scan Tron Sheet

Multiple Choice (2 points each)

1. The name of the sea around which Greek civilization developed is the
a. Red c. Adriatic
b. Aegean d. Black

2. The largest island near the Greek mainland is


a. Thebes c. Crete
b. Troy d. Minos

3. Minoan civilization arose on the island of


a. Athens c. Crete
b. Sparta d. Sicily

4. The large palace of King Minos was called


a. Knoidea c. The White House
b. Knossos d. Acropolis

5. The Greek ideal of excellence was


a. arete c. acropolis
b. agora d. avacado

6. In Greece, the political unit of which people were citizens was called
a. Greek empire c. Greater Greece
b. Greek nation d. A city state, the polis

7. The Greek battle formation invented by Philip was


a. Polis c. Agora
b. Helot d. Phalanx

8. The type of government developed in Athens, with citizens taking part, is


known as
a. democracy c. aristocracy
b. monarchy d. tyranny

9. Who won the Peloponnesian Wars


a. The Allies c. The North
b. Sparta d. Athens

10. The author of the History of the Peloponnesian War was named
a. Solon c. Pericles
b. Thucydides d. Socrates
11. The culture that spread to lands conquered by Alexander the Great was
a. Alexandrian c. Greek
b. Roman d. Hellenism

12. The blind poet that wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey was
a. Homer c. Sophocles
b. Bart d. Antigone

13. The reformer whose new economic and political laws helped strengthen
Athenian democracy was
a. Socrates c. Clovis
b. Nero d. Solon

14. The hero Pheidippedes ran to Athens with word of victory, then died, after
what battle?
a. Marathon c. Persia
b. Issus d. Peloponnessia

15. A thinker who loves wisdom is called


a. boring c. a teacher
b. a philosopher d. Mr. Naylor

16. The public meeting place of the Athenians was called


a. The Acropolis c. The Agora
b. The Theater d. The Market

17. A form of government in which the people make decisions


a. autocracy c. oligarchy
b. democracy d. theocracy

18. Sparta was a


a. autocracy c. oligarchy
b. democracy d. theocracy

19. Athens was a


a. autocracy c. oligarchy
b. democracy d. theocracy

20. These two parallel walls protected the path from Athens to Piraeus
a. The Middle Corridor c. The Long Walls
b. The Long Walk d. The Appian Way

21. Athens was the leader of the


a. Peloponnesian League c. Delian League
b. Justice League d. Athenian League

22. Sparta was the leader of


a. Peloponnesian League c. Delian League
b. Justice League d. Spartanian League

23. In Athens, the dirty work was done by


a. women c. Helots
b. slaves d. students

24. In Sparta, the dirty work was done by


a. women c. Helots
b. slaves d. students

25. All of the following were other Greek city states except
a. Thebes c. Turkos
b. Delos d. Argos
Name ________
Ancient Greece Exam Part 2 Map

Write in the place that corresponds with each of the following questions. Use the list of place
names below the questions to help you remember the answers.

26. Phillip II was from this region


27. The name of this body of water
28. City-state famous for its navy
29. Island where Knossos was located
30. City-state famous for its army
31. Peninsula on which Athens was located
32. Peninsula on which Sparta was located
33. The other great Greek city-state
34. Site of the Iliad
35. Large sea where the Mycenaens probably came from

(Black Sea, Macedonia, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Athens, Thessaly,


Sparta, Crete, Peloponnesus, Attica, Thebes, Troy, Sea of Marmara,
Hellespont, )

Ancient Greece Exam Part 3… Take Home


Essay
On a separate sheet of plain notebook paper, answer the following question:

Compare and Contrast the city-states of Athens and Sparta. Consider geography, government,
quality of life, economics, and treatment of non-citizens in your response.

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