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1
At the Battle of Thermopylae, what did Darius's slave say?
Master, remember the Romans!
Master, remember the Athenians!
Master, don't forget the Athenians!
Master, look at the Athenians!
2
What is a basic political unit of Greece that literally translates to city?
polis
acropolis
Athens
city-state
3
City-states in favor of oligarchy formed a league to protect against the advance of what?
monarchy
democracy
theocracy
authoritarianism
4
At the Battle of Salamis Bay, what Athenian leader sent a trusted slave to Xerxes to trick him?
Leonidas
Pericles
Aristotle
Thermosticles
5
Where was Alexander the Great from?
Sparta
Olympus
Athens
Macedonia
6
Who wrote about the history of the Peloponnesian War?
Aristophanes
Sophocles
Herodotus
Thucydides
7
Who created syllogism?
Aristotle
Pythgoras
Socrates
Alexander
8
Who proved the law of the lever by using geometric reasoning?
Archimedes
Eratosthenes
Euclid
Hippocrates
9
What word means "breakdown of government and order"?
oligarchy
anarchy
monarchy
terrorism
10
What word means "ruled by one"?
anarchy
oligarchy
anthroparchy
monarchy
11
Who is the father of History?
Sophocles
Herodotus
Aristophanes
Thucydides
12
What word means "complete control of the government gained by force"?
parliment
tyranny
autocracy
dictatorship
13
What war resulted in political disunity ?
Corinth
Trojan
Peloponnesian
Greco-Persian
14
What Macedonian king was the pupil of Aristotle?
Phillip V
Socrates
Plato
Alexander
15
Which of the following is a Greek column style?
Grecian
Ionic
Corinthian
Doric
16
What threatened Greek independence?
Council of Four Hundred
Pericles
Persian Wars
17
What city is the Minoan palace in?
Rome
Knossos
Athens
Atlantis
18
Alexander defeated the Persian Empire led by who?
Darius I
Xerxes
Darius II
Darius III
19
What was the leading commercial center of the early mainland Aegean civilization?
Macedonia
Knossos
Delos
Mycenae
20
Which Persian king burned Athens?
Xerxes
Cyrus
Cambyses
Darius
21
Who where the Olympic games held in honor of?
Athena
Homer
the city-states
Zeus
22
Who brought Athens closer to democracy after assuming the office of archon?
Solon
Alexander the Great
Plato
Leonidas
23
Who is the Father of Medicine?
Alexander
Hippocrates
Plato
Euclid
24
Who wrote Republic and created the analog of the cave and taught Aristotle?
Plato
Alexander
Pythagoras
Socrates
25
Who was in charge of the Peloponnesian league?
Rome
Crete
Corinth
Sparta
26
What caused the Peloponnesian war?
the conflict between Athens and Samos
the conflict between Egypt and Israel
the conflict between Athens and Sparta
the conflict between Rome and Philip V
27
What word means "rule of a few"?
oligarchy
monarchy
anarchy
anthroparchy
28
At what mountain-pass battle did a Spartan army fight to its death?
Volustana
Katara Pass
Thermoplae
Makaza
29
Who was the writer of tragedy for drama festivals?
Aristophanes
Sophocles
Thucydides
Herodotus
30
What does Hellenistic mean?
similar to gods
like the Greek
similar to Greek
having human attributes
31
Who created a militaristic state in fear of an uprising?
Dorians
Athens
Helots
Spartans
32
What Aegean civilization was on the island of Crete at about 2000 BC?
Minoan
Knossos
Mycenae
Cycladic
33
What does anthropomorphic mean?
shape shifting into a human
the history of humans
unlike humans
having human attributes
34
What brought to East and West together in learning, government, and trade?
Romantic Movement
Dark Ages
Hellenistic Age
Impressionism
35
What is considered the cradle of Western culture?
Minoan Civilization
Ancient Greece
Aegean Civilizations
Mycenae Civilization
36
Under ______'s leadership every adult male citizen gained the right to vote and hold office.
El Greco
Solon
Hippocrates
Pericles
37
Who said "know thyself"?
Socrates
Aristotle
Alexander
Plato
38
Who did the Spartans help escape to the island of Salamis?
other Spartans
Athenians
Romans
Israellites
39
What defensive alliance that protected from further Persian attacks?
Spartan League
League of Legends
Peloponnesean League
Delian League
40
Who was the writer of comedy for drama festivals?
Sophocles
Herodotus
Thucydides
Aristophanes
41
The goal of the Spartans was victory(at the Battle of Thermopylae)
False
True
42
How many Spartans where at the Battle of Thermopylae?
3000
2000
200
300
43
What king who was also Alexander's father united Macedonia?
Phillip IV
Phillip II
Phillip I
Phillip II
44
Who formulated the lines of latitude and longitude?
Archimedes
Euclid
Hippocrates
Eratosthenes
45
The Spartans held the pass allowing the army to escape and warn the city-states(Thermopylae)
True
False
46
Who is the Father of Geometry?
Archimedes
Hippocrates
Eratosthenes
Euclid
47
Who is the Father of Mythology that explained the universe's origin in natural terms?
Miletus of Thales
Thales of Miletus
Darius of Persia
Alexander of the Great
48
The Greek poet Homer wrote what epic poem?
Works and Days
Odyssey
Catalogue of Women
Illiad
49
What means "fortified top of the hill"?
Olympus
polis
Apollo
acropolis
