SAQR AMERICAN BRITISH SCHOOL

FINAL TERM EXAMINATION OF 1st semester 2020/2021 session

CLASS: GRADE: 8 SUBJECT: History TIME ALLOWED:

TEACHERS NAME: Ms.Taqwa Taweel DATE: 17th NOV 2020 TOTAL MARKS: 40

Khalifa fadel
Q1/ True or false : ( 13 Marks )
1. Plato was the first Greek doctor ( f )
2. The Greeks loved to ask questions about life and nature ( T )
3. Aristotle founded a school in Athens ( T )
4. Year by year the legend of Alexander has grown ( T )
5. Alexander founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt ( F )
6. The Greeks loved having pots of different shapes and sizes ( T )
7. Young Spartan boys were kept with no food and were forced to steal ( F )
8. It was said that Spartans never turned their upon the enemy ( T )
9. Greeks think that there is only one god for everything ( F )
10.Greeks never enjoyed a year of self rule ( F )
11.After school, Greek boys start working in shops ( F )
12.Few races loved conversation as much as the Greeks ( T )
13.Pericles helped in organizing the rebuilding work ( F )

Q2/ Fill in the gaps : ( 5 Marks )

1. While digging at Knossos, Evan found thousands of …poetries………………………….. with

symbols and signs curved on them
2. Myceanians were well armed with ……good roads……………………….. and …assembled …
enormous enmies………………………
3. most war prisoner and outsiders made slaves and called ……………………………………
4. The Greek’s year was full of ………festivals………………………….
5. Every ……2…………………. Years sportsmen from all around Greece meet in Olympia for
the Olympic games
6. In marathon battle, ……3000……………… died from the Persians while only ……
250…………. Died from the Greeks
7. ……Sparta……………… is the city which led Greeks
8. Greece has a ……sunny…………. and ……dry…………… climate
 9. The greek actor should shout …I weep……………………… to show that he is in tears .
10.The ……Olympic games……………… were festivals of sport

Q3/ Answer the following questions : ( 22 Marks )

1. Why did king Aegeus throw himself in the sea ?
……because he thought that his son was dead [he saw the black sail coming]
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What are the beautiful things In Athens ?
The Eurechtum ,the foot of Acropolis ,the statue of Athena
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. How did the ( Mardonius ) Persian leader die?
…A spartan smashed his head with one blow
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. What does Thermopylae mean ?
…Hot…
springs…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. When was the Persian empire found ? who founded it ?
…In…500…BC……
Cyrus………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. What did the Mycenaeans print on their walls ?
…they…printed…thier…war…
scenes………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. What does the period of ( the golden age ) refer to?
…to…an…age…of…
peace………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. What is philosophy ?
…is…the…questioning…about…the…true…meaning…of…
things…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. To what is referred as “the kingdom of the whole world” ?
 Persia…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………
10.Why Socrates god accused ?
………He…was…acused…because…he…led…people…to…be…astray…with…his…
talks……………………………………………………………………………………………
11.Who was the most famous Greek leader at the golden age period? what was his
wish ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………