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End of First Term: History Grade 7 Total Mark Total %:

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Name: ________________________________________ Date _____/ _____ / 2025

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INSTRUCTIONS

Circle the correct answer in section A

Fill in the blank spaces for section B
Use a sharpened pencil and pen were necessary
Erase with a rubber where you make errors

SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The Greeks believed in __________ gods.

A. 2 B. 10 C. many

2. The first age of Greece was the __________________ age.

A. Bronze B. Dark C. Archaic

3. A ____________ is a group of soldiers who fight while riding horses.

A. cavalry B. belt C. ritual

4. Greece is in which continent?

A. Europe B. Asia C. America

5. The ancient Greeks lived in many different City __________________.

A. Town B. States C. country

6. The Greeks traded minerals for ________________________.

A. war B. food C. gold

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7. Macedonia was kingdom _______________ of Greece.

A. south B. west C. north

8. The two most powerful alliances were the _________________________ and the
__________________________.

A. Knossos and the Spartan B. Athenian and the Olympus C. Spartan and
the Athenian League.

9. Evolve means ________________________

A. Remain the same B. change C. get smaller

10. Troy was in the _______________ league.

A. Spartan B. Athenian C. Apemania

11. These were major Greek cities except?

A. Rome B. Sparta C. Troy

12. The second Age of Greece was called the __________________________ age.

A. Hunter gatherer B. Bronze C. Dark

13. Prehistoric means _________________________________________________

A. Before history B. after history C. during history

14. All together the history of Greece can be put into _______ ages.

A. 6 B. 8 C. 9

15. Democracy in Athens in 507 BC was begun by __________________________.

A. Myceneans B. Cleisthenes C. Archimedes

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 16. The Iliad and the Odyssey epics were written by __________________________.
A. Zeus B. Plato C. Homer

17. ____________ said that Greek City States were ‘like frogs round a pond.’
A. Plato B. Homer C. Aesop

18. The Greeks believed the 12 most important gods lived on Mount _______________.
A. Corinth B. Olympus C. Spartan

19. ________________ was a lawyer and Athens’s great public speaker.

A. Demosthenes B. Philip C. Menand

20. Alexander’s hero was called _____________.

A. Troy B. Achilles C. Philip

SECTION: B

1.List any six city states of ancient Greece. [6]

a. ___________________________________

b. ___________________________________

c. ___________________________________

d. ___________________________________

e. ___________________________________

f. ____________________________________

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2. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer from the box below. [10]

barracks andron stylus chitons

wax peplos courtyard symposium

gymnasium mosaics

When they were five, boys in Athens went to local school known as __________________.

The boys would write what they heard on __________ tablets using a _____________, and

then memorize everything. In Sparta all boys lived together in ___________________.

When the weather was cold, a long woolen garment called a _____________________

was worn. Greek men and women wore linen ________________ (pronounced ky-ton).

The rooms of Greek homes were built around a central _____________________. The

most important room was the ____________, or dining room, where only men would attend

_____________________, (drinking parties). Their floors were often decorated with

________________ made of pebbles.

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The Greek City States

Just as the city states fought each other, so different political ideas were fought over

within the city states. Each was ruled in a different way. People talked about different

sorts of government and argued over which was the best, so Greek city states often

changed the person who was in charge and the way the state was run. Among the

different methods were aristocracy, and democracy.

3.Match the correct word with the correct method of running the city state. Draw a

straight line to match the two. [6]

Oligarchy when a king or queen rules

Monarchy when a few people rule

Aristocracy rule by the rich

Democracy rule by the people born into ‘ruling class’

Timocracy the strongest person rules

Tyranny adult male citizens rule by casting a vote.

Greek poems and stories are some of the oldest in the Western world. Many writers have

used ideas from these old stories, like England’s William Shakespeare. The earliest Greek

stories were called epics. Epics are long poems about heroes and their brave deeds.

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Homer wrote two great Greek epics: the Iliad and the Odyssey. Fables, Epics and Oral

tradition, Drama and Tragedy, are believed to have started in Greece.

4.Group the most appropriate facts under the correct epic name, from the list below.

[6]

a. Written about 700 BC

b. Story of a war between the Greeks and the people of Troy

c. Story of the hero Odysseus

d. Adventures of Odysseus going home from the Trojan war

e. Troy won the war using a wooden horse

f. Written about 700BC

THE ILIAD THE ODYSSEY

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5. List three kinds of writing that were started by the ancient Greeks. [3]

a. __________________________________________________

b. __________________________________________________

c. __________________________________________________

6.Give any 4 minerals, metals or foods in ancient Greece. [4]

_____________________________

_____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________

The Ancient Greeks lived in many different city states. Each state traded with its neighbors,

and many distant countries. The two most powerful alliances were the Athenian League

and the Spartan Alliances. Just as the city states fought each other, so different political

ideas were fought over within the city states. Each was ruled in a different way.

Laws decided by citizens votes. No full time army, trade with other city states and countries.

The city is more important than the individual. Intelligence, thought and ideas are best. All

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males from 7-30 serve in the army all year round. Trade forbidden, strict laws made by the

kings. The other was landlocked, inward looking, nervous. The other was near the sea,

outward looking adventurous.

7.Write all the similarities and differences between the two most powerful city states

in ancient Greece. [10]

SPARTA ATHENS