Name: _______________________________

Date: ________________________________

Greece Study Guide

Instructions: You have a test tomorrow (11/16) regarding the whole unit about Greece and the

different cities within. This study guide is a review of that unit. Please complete the study guide.

Part One: Connect the Person/Place!

People/Place Bank:
Polis Phalanx Xerxes
Pythagoras Euclid

1. Who developed the basis of modern geometry? _________________________________

2. Who was the king of Persia later in the Persian War? ____________________________

3. Who derived the formula of right triangles? ____________________________________

4. Who had a massive Greek military of heavily armed soldiers? _____________________

5. Which one is a Greek city state? _____________________________________________

Part Two: Multiple Choice

6. Where was the first Greek civilization located?

A. Crete

B. Italy

C. Sicily

D. Athens
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7. Who wrote the epic poem The Iliad and the Odyssey?

A. Homer

B. Bart

C. Marge

D. Lisa

8. Who does the Parthenon Temple honor?

A. Zeus

B. Aphrodite

C. Apollo

D. Athena

9. Where does the modern day ‘marathon’ come from?

A. Phidippides running miles to declare victory

B. Spartans marching into war

C. Athenians marching in celebration

D. None of the above

10. _________ fought against __________ in the Peloponnesian War

A. Rome & Greece

B. Greece & Italy

C. Athens & Macedonia

D. Athens & Sparta

11. Which one is the most famous city in the Hellenistic Empire?

A. Cairo

B. Athens
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C. Sparta

D. Alexandria

12. Most of what we know about the Trojan War comes from where?

A. History

B. The Iliad of the Odyssey

C. The Aeneid

D. Writings of Themistocles

13. The Golden Age of Athens was under which ruler?

A. Themistocles

B. Plato

C. Pericles

D. Thucydides

14. What is the reason that Greek city states never united?

A. They did not have a common religion

B. Mountainous terrain

C. They believed it would anger the gods

D. The different cities simply did not like each other

Part Three: Quick Write!

15. What was the connection between Socrates, Plato and Aristotle? What were each of their

views? Please list them below.

Socrates: ______________________________________________________________

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Plato:__________________________________________________________________

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Aristotle:_______________________________________________________________

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