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Unit 1 World History (7th) IAVA Semester 2
Unit 1 World History (7th) IAVA Semester 2
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1
Satraps were appointed to govern the provinces in which civilization?
Persian Empire
Sparta
Egypt
Athens
2
What is the name for a government ruled by a king or queen?
oligarchy
anarchy
monarchy
democracy
3
What is a phalanx?
a soldier
a weapon of war
a military formation
a battlefield
4
What was the role of the chorus in Greek drama?
cheered during performances out of respect
act during the important scenes
sing, chant, and comment on the action of the play
played musical instruments
5
Which Greek historian wrote about the events of the 1st and 2nd Persian Wars?
Thucydides
Plato
Sophocles
Herodotus
6
Which Persian emperor was defeated by Athenian forces at the Battle of Marathon?
Xerxes
Darius
Solon
Leonidas
7
In which region on the map did Alexander the Great begin his empire?
Syria
Macedonia
Egypt
Thrace
8
What is the name for a government ruled by the people?
democracy
aristocracy
monarchy
oligarchy
9
What are the characteristics of classical Greek architecture?
construction in marble
stained glass windows
balance and symmetry
ordered columns
10
What is the name for a government with absence of any law and order?
democracy
anarchy
monarchy
oligarchy
11
Which area was never conquered by the Persians, even at the height of their empire?
Egypt
Assyria
Greece
Babylonia
12
What is the name for a government ruled by a small group?
monarchy
oligarchy
anarchy
democracy
13
Who was known as the "father of political science" and a teacher of Alexander the Great?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Pericles
14
Which Athenian leader established rule by assembly and courts with juries?
Croesus
Pericles
Plato
Solon
15
The Athenians relied on what to defeat Xerxes?
navy
air force
army
hoplites
16
A priestess who prophesied that Athens' navy would defeat Persia in which oracle?
Oracle of Dodona
Oracle of Delphi
Oracle of Zeus
Oracle of Apollo
17
Athens used force to keep city-states from withdrawing from which league?
Zeus League
Hercules League
Delian League
Greek League
18
Greek city-states surprised the Persians with their united effort in which war?
Punic War
Persian Wars
Trojan War
Peloponnesian War
19
Which Greek philosopher started a school called the Academy?
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Euripides
20
Who wrote a history of the war between Athens and Sparta?
Herodotus
Aristotle
Sophocles
Thucydides
21
Boys left home at age 7 for military training in which city-state?
Syracuse
Sparta
Athens
Corinth
22
Which name refers to the slaves who worked at hard labor in the city-state of Sparta?
hoplites
phalanx
warriors
helots
23
Which Greek city-state had a democratic form of government and openness to new ideas?
Corinth
Sparta
Athens
Syracuse
24
What events led to the end of Athens's power and greatest glory?
a famine
a plague
defeat by Sparta
defeat by the Persians
25
Which country lost a water battle called the Battle of Salamis?
Athens
Macedonia
Sparta
Persia
26
How did the ancient Greeks portray the human body in their art?
realistic
distorted
exaggerated
abstract
27
Who led the effort to rebuild Athens after the Persian Wars?
Pericles
Solon
Plato
Aristotle