Greece Quiz

Question 1

What is the name of the bard who supposedly created the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Answer 1

Homer

Question 2

Did Pericles bring Athens to the height of power?

Answer 2

YES

Question 3

Who created the Council of Five Hundred in Athens?

Answer 3

Cleisthenes

Question 4

Did Ptolemy rule Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great?

Answer 4

YES

Question 5

Did Athens win the Peloponnesian War

Answer 5

NO

Question 6

Did the Spartans defeat a Per4sian army at the Battle of Marathon?

Answer 6

NO

Question 7

What is the term for long poems about heroes and adventures?

Answer 7

Epics

Question 8

What was the largest palace complex on Crete?

Answer 8

Knossos

Question 9

Who was executed for corrupting the youth of Athens?

Answer 9

Socrates

Question 10

What is the Greek term for a city and the surrounding countryside?

Answer 10

Polis

Question 11

Who studied under the guidance of Artistotle?

Answer 11

Alexander the Great

Question 12

Did Themistocles defeat the Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis?

Answer 12

YES

Question 13

Who led an invasion of Greece?

Answer 13

Darius
Xerxes
Philip II

Question 14

Did women enjoy more freedom after the Mycenaeans conquered Crete?

Answer 14

NO

Question 15

What region rebelled against Persian rule in 499BC?

Answer 15

Ionia

Question 16

What is the term for slaves owned by Spartan citizens?

Answer 16

Helots

Question 17

What are the measures that were proposed by Solon in Athens?

Answer 17

Debt slavery was outlawed
Any citizen could bring charges in court for any victim
Assembly was open to all citizens

Question 18

Who accurately calculated the circumference of the Earth while studying in Alexandria?

Answer 18

Eratosthenes

Question 19

Who established the Persian Empire by defeating the Medes around 550 BC?

Answer 19

Cyrus the Great

Question 20

Did the Olympic Games allow make athletes to demonstrate military skills?

Answer 20

YES

Question 21

What alliance was led by Athens during the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 21

Delian League

Question 22

Is a patriarchal society controlled by women?

Answer 22

NO

Question 23

Did Athens elect thirty tyrants to defend the city against the Persians?

Answer 23

NO

Question 24

Was Alexander the Great assassinated at a wedding feast?

Answer 24

NO

Question 25

Who became the “father of history” by writing about the Persian Wars?

Answer 25

Herodotus

Question 26

What civilization developed on the island of Crete around 2000BC?

Answer 26

Minoan

Question 27

Were strong women VALUES in Sparta?

Answer 27

YES

Question 28

Did Greek culture begin to emphasize individualism during the Greek Dark Age?

Answer 28

YES

Question 29

Did Thucydides write about the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 29

YES

Question 30

What civilization on the Greek mainland conquered the island of Crete around 1400BC?

Answer 30

Mycenae