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History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Ancient Greek Inventions (Questions)

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High school history children will look at the culture of Ancient Greece. One aspect of this is the Ancient Greek inventions and customs that are still in use today.

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Ancient Greek inventions were new devices from around 2,500 years ago. Some of their ideas and inventions are still in use today. Did you know that the watermill was invented by Greek engineers somewhere between the 3rd and 1st century BC? Or that democracy began in ancient Athens? Or that theater has its origins in Ancient Greece? Ancient Greek customs are still with us too. The Olympics began 2,500 years ago in Ancient Olympia in Greece and it was revived as the modern Olympic Games in the 19th Century.

How much do you know about Ancient Greek Inventions and customs still in use today? Play this quiz to find out.

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When was the first Olympic Games held in Ancient Greece?

[ ]	3000 BCE
[ ]	776 BCE
[ ]	776 CE
[ ]	1896 CE

Who were the Olympic Games held in honor of?

[ ]	Aphrodite
[ ]	Athena
[ ]	Hercules
[ ]	Zeus

Which word is derived from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?

[ ]	Alpha Male
[ ]	Alphabet
[ ]	Numerals
[ ]	Letters

What kind of entertainment venue originates from Ancient Greece?

[ ]	Theatre
[ ]	Cinema
[ ]	Ballroom
[ ]	Discotheque

Which of these is NOT a Greek architectural style?

[ ]	Corinthian
[ ]	Ionic
[ ]	Rococo
[ ]	Doric

What is a common feature of Ancient Greek architecture?

[ ]	Column
[ ]	Pointed arch
[ ]	Dome
[ ]	Minaret

Which Greek taught us about triangles?

[ ]	Socrates
[ ]	Pythagoras
[ ]	Plato
[ ]	Archimedes

Which political system was first developed in Ancient Greece?

[ ]	Feudalism
[ ]	Democracy
[ ]	Communist
[ ]	Dictatorship

Which of these also originated in Ancient Greece?

[ ]	Courts and juries
[ ]	Police force
[ ]	Prisons
[ ]	Solicitors

10.

A 'screw' used to pump water and some solids is named after which Greek who invented it?

[ ]	Socrates
[ ]	Pythagoras
[ ]	Plato
[ ]	Archimedes

History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Ancient Greek Inventions (Answers)

When was the first Olympic Games held in Ancient Greece?

[ ]	3000 BCE
[x]	776 BCE
[ ]	776 CE
[ ]	1896 CE

The games were held to honor the King of the Greek gods and they were banned in 394 AD when the Roman Emperor wanted to impose Christianity as the state religion

Who were the Olympic Games held in honor of?

[ ]	Aphrodite
[ ]	Athena
[ ]	Hercules
[x]	Zeus

Zeus was the king of the gods

Which word is derived from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?

[ ]	Alpha Male
[x]	Alphabet
[ ]	Numerals
[ ]	Letters

Alpha and Beta are the first two letters of the Greek alphabet

What kind of entertainment venue originates from Ancient Greece?

[x]	Theatre
[ ]	Cinema
[ ]	Ballroom
[ ]	Discotheque

The Greek plays were either comedy (funny) or tragedy (sad and serious)

Which of these is NOT a Greek architectural style?

[ ]	Corinthian
[ ]	Ionic
[x]	Rococo
[ ]	Doric

Rococo came in the 18th Century - 2,000 years later!

What is a common feature of Ancient Greek architecture?

[x]	Column
[ ]	Pointed arch
[ ]	Dome
[ ]	Minaret

Greek columns were copied by the Romans and Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries

Which Greek taught us about triangles?

[ ]	Socrates
[x]	Pythagoras
[ ]	Plato
[ ]	Archimedes

Pythagoras worked out new formulas for mathematics - which you will learn at secondary school!

Which political system was first developed in Ancient Greece?

[ ]	Feudalism
[x]	Democracy
[ ]	Communist
[ ]	Dictatorship

Athens was the first democracy in 500 BC

Which of these also originated in Ancient Greece?

[x]	Courts and juries
[ ]	Police force
[ ]	Prisons
[ ]	Solicitors

The juries in Ancient Greece would put a disk in one of two jars - one for guilty and one for not guilty

10.

A 'screw' used to pump water and some solids is named after which Greek who invented it?

[ ]	Socrates
[ ]	Pythagoras
[ ]	Plato
[x]	Archimedes

Archimedes also invented a heat ray which was used to burn enemy ships by focussing the light of the sun on them!