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1
The Dorians built many large buildings and had complex arts and crafts.
True
False
2
What type of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
Warrior aristocracy
Agricultural democracy
Democracy
3
Who was Sir Arthur Evans?
Discovered Mycenae
None of the above.
Discovered Atlantis
Discovered the palace of Knossos
4
Which of the following was an effect of the Dorian Invasion?
Minoans migrated
Mycenaeans migrated
None of the above
Mycenaeans began to reinforce their cities better
5
What kind of stuff was the Council of 500 concerned with?
Decided who was on council
How to run Athens
Large decisions
Everyday business
6
Empedocles believed in ____ elements of the universe.
6
4
1
2
7
What is Arête?
Hubris
Excessive pride
The idea of excellence in what one does
The idea of warrior aristocracy
8
Who was Sparta fighting in the 2nd Messenian War?
Mycenaeans
Nobles
Helots
Athens
9
At the beginning of the 6th century, which group gena to gain control of a lot of Athenian land?
Aristocrats
Warrior
Nobles & Upperclass
Just Nobles
10
The Athens escaped which of these?
Spartan slave state
Dorian Invasion
2nd Messenian War
Aegean War
11
Sparta had an agricultural economy.
True
False
12
Heraclitus believed that opposites were unnecessary.
True
False
13
Which of these things did Pisistratus do?
Had the Iliad and Odyssey written down
Relieved farm debt
Created the Council of 500
Coined the term Ostracism
14
Who belonged to the Athenian Assembly?
Elder men and women
Adult male citizens who owned property
Adult citizens
Adult males
15
Mycenaeans had a _____ aristocracy.
Warrior
Patriarchal
Peaceful
16
Sparta had _____ power while Athens had ______ power.
None of the above, they both had aristocratic power.
Agricultural land, Commercial naval
Maritime commerce, farming
Commercial naval, agricultural land
17
Sparta was successful at which of these?
Discriminating against women
Being a weak city-state
Having walls made of men
Olympic games
18
The sewage system was only for royalty.
False
True
19
Solon required what of all adult male citizens?
Become members of Council of 500
Become members of Assembly
Own property
Participate in elections
20
Athenian education was only for the wealthy, who could pay for tutors.
True
False
21
Sparta was culturally ____, while Athens was culturally _____.
Fertile, Sterile
Sterile, Fertile
Neither city-state had a big culture.
22
People loved visiting Sparta, and Sparta loved having visitors.
True
False
23
Who was the 1st person to try invade Greece?
Darius the 1st
Themistocles
Darius the 2nd
Xerxes
24
Which of the following is/are achievement(s) of the Archaic Age?
Important woman (Oracle at Delphi)
Writing down law codes
Developing coins
The hoptile phalanx
25
The Mycenae were:
Pre-Greek
Post-Greek
Greek
26
Democritus believed what?
Atoms are solid & dense
Atoms are not solid
Atoms are solid & hollow
27
What were some reasons that colonization began in the Age of Colonization?
Trade
Overpopulation
Severe lack of food and water
More want for land
28
What was UNUSUAL about the Minoan’s main religion?
The lack of religion
Monotheistic
Matriarchal
Patriarchal
29
Who was Sappho?
Created the Island of Lesbos
A gay male poet
A poet who’s work purely focused on homosexuality and how it’s wrong
A woman poet who had same-sex attraction
30
Did women in Athens really have any rights?
They did not.
Absolutely not.
No.
Nope.
31
Tyrants in Athens were ALWAYS bad.
True
False
32
What did the palace have that was relatively unheard of at this point in history?
Developed language
A sewage system
War-like citizens and leadership
Advanced artwork
33
Anaximander believed in what?
Evolution from the sea
No afterlife
We become numbers when we die
No lying
34
Which Tyrant cancelled the farm debt, but didn’t fix the land distribution issue?
Draco
Cleisthenes
Solon
Pisistratus
35
Herodotus was the father of what?
War crimes
History
Philosophy
War tactics
36
What was one of the reasons the 2nd Messenian War started?
Sparta was getting tired of Helots
Helots demanded that the society of Sparta opened
Helots revolted
Non-nobles were demanding = rights
37
What were “The Polis”?
Countries
Small nations
City States
All of Greece
38
What kind of things were learned in Athens?
Music
Rhetoric
War Strategies
Geometry
39
Cleisthenes did NOT create the foundation for Athenian democracy.
False
True
40
The Minoan art was known to portray incredible violence and glorification of war.
False
True
41
What’s the difference between Linear A & Linear B?
B is translatable, A is not.
There is no difference.
A is translatable, B is not.
There was no B.
42
One of the results of ______ was making Sparta poor due to lack of trade.
Militarism
Imperialism
Individualism
Mercantilism
43
Sparta was suspicious of new ideas. What did this lead to?
None of the above.
Decreased tourism
A dislike of outsiders
No new technology
44
What kicked off the Dark Age of Greece?
Iliad Invasion
Dorian Invasion
Severe food shortage
The year becoming 1000BC
45
Darius the I was a Greek king.
True
False
46
The Dorians were less _____ than the Mycenaeans.
sophisticated
warrior-like
economically advanced
architectural
47
Sparta _____, not _____.
Conquered, colonized
Colonized, conquered
48
Pythagoras discovered the _______ and believed _____.
Atoms, things cant exist without an opposite
Pythagorean theorem, you become a # when you die
Apeirons, you become a # when you die
49
The city states of Greece were relatively peaceful and only fought on occasion.
False
True
50
Greece was much like Sparta when it came to their rights given to women.
False
True
51
Other Greek city-states began to surrender to the attacking forces. Who did not?
Darius
Athens
Themistocles
Sparta
52
Pisistratus hated the Arts, and did not put any effort into preserving them.
True
False
53
Unlike the _____, Mycenaeans had a ______ religion.
Minoans, patriarchal
Minoans, matriarchal
Spartans, monotheistic
Athen people, polytheistic
54
What was the result of colonization?
Greek culture prevailed in the Mediterranean
Greece took over the entire Mediterranean
None of the above
Greek culture virtually disappeared
55
Which Tyrant is considered the “Father of Athenian Democracy” & created the Council of 500?
Solon
Draco
Cleisthenes
Pisistratus
56
Hubris means striving for excellence.
False
True
57
Greece never fought within itself.
True
False
58
Spartan women were:
Very weak, fragile, and subordinate
Strong, active in public life, could own property
Could fight, but had no other rights
Neutral
59
Who was elected to the Assembly?
Elders
Helots
Ephors
Upper class men and women
60
Who was Thales?
Held the belief that we evolved from sea creatures
Greek philosopher who believed everything was made of water.
“Father of philosophy”
Spartan philosopher
61
Which archeologist found Mycenae?
Heinrich Schliemann
Howard Carter
It’s unknown how it was found exactly
Arête
62
Oral poetry had a lot of _____ in Greece.
Glorification of warriors
Warrior stories
Epics
Peaceful stories
63
Sex was incredibly taboo in Sparta, so it was never available.
False
True
64
Linear A was translated with ease among archeologists.
True
False
65
What did scholars memorize in Athens?
Iliad
Odyssey
Torah
Bible
66
Who was Parmenides?
Greek philosopher who believed atoms were solid
Greek king
Greek philosopher who believed arguments should lack contradictions
67
Sparta was an open society.
True
False
68
Which Tyrant redistributed the land from the rich to the poor & improved infrastructure?
Solon
Draco
Pisistratus
Cleisthenes
69
Who won the Marathon battle?
Persia
Sparta
Athens
Greece
70
The Helots were descendants of what people?
No direct ancestry
Minoans
Myceneans
Sumerians
71
Sparta had a closed society while Athens had an open one.
False
True
72
What reappears in this age?
Advanced agriculture techniques
Maritime trade
Writing
Irrigation systems
73
The Helots never revolted.
False
True
74
_____ commonly committed Eugenics, primarily through _____.
Ephors, prolicide
Helots, infanticide
Helots, prolicide
Ephors, infanticide
75
What made the Mycenaeans so successful?
Their fortification
Their trade
The Mycenaeans were not successful.
Their artwork
76
Early greek art only had naked men, no naked women.
True
False
77
Greece specialized in _____ commerce.
Land
Maritime
78
What is a helot?
A slave
A slave-owner
An upper class person
79
Sparta had ___ king(s) that acted more like (a) _____.
1, Pharaoh
2, Pharaohs
1, General
2, Generals
80
What were the Draconian codes written in?
Blood
Clay
Ink
An early pencil
81
Which of the following peoples are pre-Greek?
None of the above
Late-Greece
Minoan Cretes
Romans
82
What was the theme of the Iliad?
Human responsibility
Fate
Return of Odysseus
Triumph of Arête
83
Which Tyrant had a very harsh law code, and imposed slavery upon debt-owers?
Solon
Draco
Cleisthenes
Pisistratus
84
_____ was imperialistic while _____ was an isolationist.
Sparta, Athens
Athens, Sparta
85
What happened to Helots annually?
War was declared on them
They were beaten
Nothing, they farmed all year.
They went to school
86
How did the Minoans fall?
Lack of food
It is unknown
Conquered by Assyrians
Economic collapse
87
Sparta did not value the ______, while Athens did.
Assembly
Warrior spirit
Individual
Economic spirit
88
Where was Sparta located?
Along the Aegean Sea
Along the Mediterranean
Along the Greek peninsula
Peloponnesus Peninsula
89
Athenians were descendants of what group?
Dorians
Spartans
Minoans
Mycenaeans
90
Choose one of the following characteristics that belonged to the Minoans.
Palace civilization
Fortified city
Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann
Linear B writing
91
The Assembly is comparable to what modern American political system?
Senate
House of Reps
Supreme court
Executive branch
92
Who was the general who belonged to Persia first, then belonged to Athens?
Themistocles
Plataea
Mitiades
Xerxes
93
Helots were primarily used for _____, so Spartan citizens could _____.
fighting, fight
farming, fight
farming, farm
fighting, farm
94
Athens had a democracy in the way(s) that:
Everyone got to vote
Representatives were elected
Citizens voted directly
Some percent of the population participated in voting
95
Prostitution was legal and common in Athens.
False
True
96
Why were Minoan women a rarity in history?
They were treated with respect
They weren’t made to stay in the home
They could participate in sporting events, i.e bull run
Could sit with men
97
Women were far more free in Athens than they were in Sparta.
True
False
98
What kind of state did Sparta become following the helot revolt?
Agricultural state
Slave-based state
Free state
Military state
99
The Mycenaeans, unlike the rest of Greece, had no fortified cities.
True
False
100
What does Ostracism mean?
To be kicked out of office
To be disrespected & excluded by youre peers
Banished from society
