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Persia and Greece
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Women had greater freedom where?
Sparta
Athens
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In Ancient Greece, who was Homer?
The founder of democracy
The first king of Sparta
The author of epic poems about donuts
The author of the Iliad and Odyssey
3
Alexandria was known for:
The first university
Old Town
The birthplace of Alexander the Great
The first democracy
4
A system where people participate directly in government decision making through mass meetings:
Oligarchy
Bureaucracy
Direct democracy
Representative democracy
5
Which of these is FALSE about Alexander the Great?
He is remembered for burning Alexandria down
He conquered Egypt, Persia and parts of India
He was tutored by Aristotle
He never lost a battle
6
This place is a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was the site of temples
Acropolis
Athens
Polis
Agora
7
The Persian War included:
Persia defeating the Greeks
The Battle of Thermopylae
Sparta versus Athens
The Macedonians
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This place is an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market
Plaza
Aldi
Agora
Acropolis
9
Who led Athens during their golden age?
Alexander the Great
Pericles
Homer
Cyrus
10
What was the name of the war between Sparta and Athens?
Spartan War
Pericles' War
Persian War
Peloponnesian War
11
The Trojan War was NOT:
Fought over a beautiful woman
A subject of The Iliad
A war between Greece and Persia
Written about by Homer
12
The Battle of Marathon was all of the following EXCEPT:
An example of Spartan military strength
Rememberd when people run 26.2 miles
A Greek underdog victory
The first major defeat for the Persian Empire
13
Greek art included all of the following EXCEPT:
Sculptures featuring realistic nude males
Tragedies such as Antigone
Pyramids and jade carvings
Architecture such as temples with massive columns
14
A rectangular formation w/ foot soldiers marching shoulder-to-shoulder making a wall of shields
Phalanx
Unit
Ephor
Squad
15
Greek geography features all of these EXCEPT:
Mountains
Peninsula
Islands
Rivers
16
What were foot soldiers in Ancient Greece called?
Pansies
Hoplites
Spartans
Corporals
17
A sacred shrine where a god/goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest/priestess:
Oracle
Olympus
Acropolis
Ziggurat
18
Athens developed the political system where the government is run by its citizens called a/an:
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
Aristocracy
19
After the Persian War, which of these did NOT occur
Athens became the unofficial capital of Greece
Pericles decided to rebuild Athens and built the Parthenon
Sparta formed the Peloponnesian League
Persia defeated Greece
20
Athenian lifestyle included which of the following?
Mandatory military service
Education that included the arts
Equal rights for women
No slaves
21
Spartan life did NOT include:
Expanded rights for women
Two kings
Required military service for all men
Democracy
22
Which of these historical figures was
NOT
a Greek philosopher?
Homer
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
23
Why did Greeks expand their territories?
The desire to explore new lands
A lack of resources
Greed
Manifest Destiny
24
A term for early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside
City
Town
Satrapie
Polis
25
Why was sea travel important to early Greece?
Sailing was one of the events in the original Olympic Games
Poseidon wasone of the most important Greek gods
The Greek mountainousterrain made it hard to travel by land
It showed aprivileged class status to be able to buy a ship
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Who founded the Persian Empire?
Darius
Alexander the Great
Cyrus
Pericles