6th Grade - Greek test
Matching
Match each item with the correct statement below.
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a commander in the army at 16 and a king at 20
a traditional story about gods and heroes
Greek city state who’s government was the first democracy in the world
Persian King who vowed revenge against the Greeks and started the Persian War to get it.
Greece’s northern neighbor
taught that happiness came from reason and doing one’s duty
shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess
War in which Sparta defeated Athens
mountain believed to be where the Greek god Zeus lived
a time when Greek culture spread throughout the non-Greek world
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Slim and graceful Greek columns are called
____ 12. Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece?
Herodotus’s History
Xerxes addresses the Persians: “I have found out a way whereby we may at once win glory,
and likewise get possession of a land which is as large and as rich as our own . . . while at the
same time we obtain satisfaction and revenge. . . . My intent is to . . . march an army through
Europe against Greece, that thereby I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians from the
wrongs committed by them against the Persians and against my father.”
—Herodotus
The Persian Wars, Book VII
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What was Xerxes planning to do?
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If Xerxes’ plan is successful, what will he gain?
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Who committed wrongs against the Persians?
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The History of the Persian Wars was written by
17. In a direct democracy, who decides government matters?
18. The Minoans made their living as
19. The Delian League began as an alliance to
“‘. . . I may and must pray to the gods that my departure hence be a fortunate one; so I offer
this prayer and may it be granted.’ With these words he [Socrates] raised the cup to his lips
and very cheerfully drained it. Up to that time most of us had been able to restrain our tears
fairly well, but when we . . . saw that he had drunk the poison, we could do so no longer. . . .
It was not for him that I wept, but for my own misfortune in being deprived of such a
friend. . . . Such was the end . . . of our friend, who was, as we may say, of all of his time
whom we have known, the best and wisest and most righteous man.”
—Plato, as quoted in Eyewitness to History
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When did those around Socrates begin to cry?
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What words tell you that Socrates faced death bravely?
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What do Epicureanism and Stoicism have in common?
23. Who thought that governments should be headed by philosopher-kings?
24. Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor from Persian rule?
25. This Macedonian king loved Greek culture and planned to conquer Persia.
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Who did Greeks call the god of the underworld?
27. Who wrote the Odyssey?
28. The Hellenistic Era produced a great body of
29. Who was sentenced to death for his teachings?
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Alexander’s empire extended to which river in the east?
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Which city of Alexander’s empire was in Egypt?