Greece Unit Test Study Guide

Section 1: Mapping

Section II: Match the description to the gods

Word Bank:- Mediterranean Sea - Troy - Peloponnesian Peninsula - Aegean Sea - Sparta- Balkan Peninsula - Athens - Macedonia - Black Sea - Greece

Apollo _____ A) Goddess of love and beauty

Athena ______ B) Brother of Zeus and god of the seas

Zeus________ C) King of the gods

Aphrodite_______ D) God of the hunt and child-birth

Hera_______ E) Home of the gods

Artemis ________ F) Queen of the gods

Poseidon________ G) Goddess of wisdom

Mount Olympus________ H) God of the sun and music

Greece Unit Test Study Guide

Section III: Identify Greek Contributions using the descriptions and images below

1) _______ Euclid was a Greek mathematician and the father of-

2) _______ Wrote dramatic plays such as Oedipus Rex and Antigone.

3) _______ Epic poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey.

4) _______

5) _______ Father of modern medicine; wrote an oath that doctors still use today.

6) _______ Extended democracy in Athens and ruled during the Golden Age of Greek civilization

7) _______

8) _______ Father of History, exaggerated events to make Athens look good.

9) _______ Student of Socrates, believed only philosophers and highly educated should rule.

10 ______

11) ______

12) ______ Greek sculptor who built the Parthenon.

13) ______ First great philosopher of Greece; sentenced to death for treason.

14) ______ Study of Historian Herodotus, fought in and wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars.

15) ______ Greek scientist, developed a pump for water.

Answer Choices:A) Ionic D) Hippocrates G) Phidias J) Sophocles M) PlatoB) Parthenon E) Doric H) Herodotus K) Corinthian N) ArchimedesC) Geometry F) Homer I) Thucydides L) Pericles O) Socrates

Greece Unit Test Study Guide

Section IV: Persian or Peloponnesian War (determine whether each statement is a characteristic of the Persian or Peloponnesian War, write the answer in the blank)

1) Greek city-states fought for control of Greece ______________________

2) Athens leads the Delian League against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League ___________________

3) Athens, Sparta, and the Greek city-states preserve their independence ______________________

4) Battles of Marathon and Salamis ______________________

5) Sparta and Athens unite to fight against a common enemy ______________________

6) The result of the war was a weakening of political power in Greece and a halt in cultural advancements ______________________

7) Persian wanted control of Greece and the Aegean and Mediterranean Sea’s _____________________

Section V: Greek Development and Macedonian Invasion

1) Who was the son of Macedonian King Philip II and later went on to conquer and establish his own empire in Greece?

A) ArchimedesB) Alexander the GreatC) PericlesD) Draco

2) Which of the following was NOT a geographic feature of Greece?

A) Mountainous terrainB) The Aegean SeaC) The Balkan and Peloponnesian PeninsulasD) Fertile river valleys

3) Which of the following best explains the reasons for Greek colonization?

A) Search for new lucrative marketsB) Overpopulation and a lack of arable landC) The Greeks did not colonizeD) Greece was conquered by Persia and forced to develop colonies for survival

4) Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire stretched from Greece to-

A) As far east as ChinaB) As far west as Egypt and as far east as parts of IndiaC) Europe and parts of North AmericaD) None of the Above

5) The Hellenistic Age would best be described as-

A) A blending of Greek and oriental cultureB) A time period of Macedonian cultural dominanceC) A time of great peace and prosperity in GreeceD) All of the Above

6) Alexander the great was the student of-

A) PlatoB) HomerC) AristotleD) Hippocrates