Great Leaders
Where was Athens founded?
A) Roman Empire
B) Greece
C) Egypt
B) Greece
Zeus is the God of?
A) Lightening
B) The Sky
C) The Clouds
D) Beauty
B) The Sky
What was The Peloponnesian War?
A) The War between Athens and Sparta.
B) The War between Athens and Thebes.
C) The War between Athens and Corinth.
A) The War between Athens and Sparta.
What was a popular language used in Ancient Athens?
a) English
b) Greek
c) Italian
d) German
c) Greek
Who was allowed to participate in the ancient olympics?
a) Only Greek girls that were not criminals
b) only Greek boys that were not criminals
c) anyone who was Greek
b) only Greek boys that were not criminals
Who founded Ancient Athens?
a) Kodros
b) Crecops
c) Theseus
c) Theseus
Who was Athens Religious Leaders?
A) Pericles
B) The Gods
C) Their ancestors
D) They had no religious leaders
D) They had no religious leaders
How long did the Peloponnesian War go on for?
a) 10 years
b) 20 years
c) 30 years
d) 100 years
a) 10 years
Did people in Athens know English language well?
a) No, they weren't aloud to learn it.
b) Yes, children start learning it when they are young
c) Yes, but very few choose to learn it.
b) Yes, children start learning it when they are young
Were the Olympics important to ancient Greece
a) No, they just held it for pure entertainment for others
b) Yes, they believed that keeping fit is very important
c) Yes, it was very important only because everyone loved the sports
b) Yes, they believed that keeping fit is very important
Who was the first king of Ancient Athens
a) Theseus
b) Crecops
c) Cranaus
d) Kodros
b) Crecops
What Religion was Athens?
A) Monotheism
B) Pantheism
C) Judaism
D) Christianity
B) Pantheism
How did the war between Athens and Sparta end?
A) Athens defeated Sparta
B) Sparta defeated Athens
C) Athens surrendered
D) Sparta surrendered
C) Athens surrendered
Did the most powerful Cities in Greece (Sparta, Corinth and Athens) Speak the same language?
a) They all had there own languages that they made
b) They spoke the same language
c) They all spoke already existing languages
b) They spoke the same language
Was the ancient Olympics ever held in ancient Athens?
a) Yes, it was mostly held in Athens
b) No, it was in Olympia
c) No, it was only first held for the modern Olympics
c) No, it was only first held for the modern Olympics
Who was the last king of ancient Athens?
a) Melanthus
b) Kodros
c) Thymoetes
d) Apheidas
b) Kodros
Which of these Gods are not one of the main Greek Gods?
A) Hera
B) Aphrodite
C) Horus
D) Hephaestus
C) Horus
Who was Athens first invaded by?
A) Sparta
B) Thebes
C) Corinth
D) Persia
D) Persia
Is the Greek language still spoken today?
a) Yes, but its unpopular
b) Yes, and it is very important to our world
c) No, but is one of the most important extinct languages
c) No, but is one of the most important extinct languages
What was the most popular sport in Ancient Athens?
a) Running
b) Jumping
c) Wrestling
d) Boxing
a) Running
Which of the following was one of the kings that ruled before the flood of Deucalion.
a) Periphas
b) Amphictyon
c) Erichthonius
d) Erechtheus
a) Periphas
What is a myth that is important from Athens
A) People raise their hands and intone: "Hail Zeus."
B) Athena was born from Zeus' head because he swallowed his wife.
C) Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a spring sprang up.
B) Athena was born from Zeus' head because he swallowed his wife.
What happened after the Persian War?
a) Sparta immediatly attacked Athens
b) Sparta and Athens agreed to 30 years of peace
c) Athens immediatly attacked Sparta
d) Athens and Sparta did not have peace but they gave each other time to recover
b) Sparta and Athens agreed to 30 years of peace
If you traveled to Athens would you be able to easily learn there language?
a) Yes, its very easy if you study for a few months
b) No, it is one of the hardest languages to learn.
c) No, it is not easy, but its not hard.
b) No, it is one of the hardest languages to learn
Which of the following was not a sport in ancient Olympics?
a) Discus throw
b) Equestrian events
c) karate
d) Pankration
c) karate