1. What were the main city-states in ancient Greece?
a) Athens and Sparta
b) Corinth and Thebes
c) Troy and Mycenae
d) Delphi and Knossos
2. Who was known as the "Father of History" for his work on the Persian Wars?
a) Homer
b) Thucydides
c) Herodotus
d) Aristophanes
3. What type of government did Athens have?
a) Monarchy
b) Oligarchy
c) Democracy
d) Tyranny
4. What were the three main orders of Greek architecture?
a) Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
b) Ionic, Corinthian, Aeolic
c) Doric, Aeolic, Corinthian
d) Corinthian, Doric, Ionic
5. What was the name of the war fought between Athens and Sparta?
a) Trojan War
b) Peloponnesian War
c) Persian War
d) Punic War
6. Who was the famous philosopher and student of Socrates who wrote The Republic?
a) Plato
b) Aristotle
c) Sophocles
d) Euripides
7. What was the name of the athletic competition held in Olympia every four years in ancient Greece?
a) Panathenaic Games
b) Pythian Games
c) Nemean Games
d) Olympic Games
8. Who was the great military leader who conquered much of the known world, including Persia?
a) Alexander the Great
b) Julius Caesar
c) Hannibal
d) Pericles
9. What was the name of the temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on the Acropolis in Athens?
a) Parthenon
b) Temple of Zeus
c) Temple of Artemis
d) Temple of Hera
10. What was the name of the system where citizens voted directly on laws and policies in ancient Athens?
a) Monarchy
b) Oligarchy
c) Democracy
d) Tyranny
Unit 4 Ancient Greece test
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