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The art of applying paint to freshly applied plaster
relief
mural
fresco
sculpture
2
776 BC was the year of the first:
Persian battle
Olympic Games
Pelopponesian battle
Delian League
3
We get the modern English name for the country from:
the Greeks, Hellas
the Egyptians, Thebes
the Romans, Graecia
the Persians, Yunan
4
Name the famous Athenian structure:
Theater
Acropolis
Erechtheion
Parthenon
5
The famous hero who slayed the minotaur
Theseus
Odysseus
Pericles
Heracles
6
Identify the artifact:
Mask of Agamemnon
The Golden Ratio
The Golden Snitch
Mask of Apollo
7
He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Heracles
Homer
Socrates
Plato
8
Identify the following:
The Golden Fleece
The Fibonacci Spiral
The Golden Ratio
The Canon of Polykleitos
9
The Greeks defeated them at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC
Egyptians
Persians
Romans
Achaemenids
10
Which of the following was
NOT
a Greek polis
Athens
Thebes
Sparta
Persepolis
11
Identify the structure:
The Palace at Knossos
The Acropolis
The Parthenon
The Lion Gate
12
The famous minotaur is named after him
Theseus
King Midas
Odysseus
King Minos
13
Identify the style of container:
amphora
lost-wax casting
krater
kouros
14
Identify the structure
stadium
amphitheater
hippodrome
theater
15
Name the Greek order
Corinthian
Tuscan
Doric
Ionic
16
The "Greeks" called themselves:
Ionia
Hellas
Aegea
Graecia
17
The Minoans were based out of this city on the island of Crete
Sparta
Athens
Knossos
Pergamon
18
Her death signals the end of Greek culture dominance at 30 BC
Nike
Cleopatra
Venus
Athena
19
Which of the following was not a famous Greek philosopher?
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander
Socrates
20
The famous Greek military formation
companions
trireme
phalanx
hoplite
21
The famous league of Aegean city-states led by Athens
Justice League
Delian League
Peloponessian League
Hellenistic League
22
Name the famous sculpture:
Aphrodite of Knidos
Venus de MIlo
Death of Cleopatra
Victory of Samothrace
23
The influential Greek philosopher Protagoras famously said:
I have found it!
If
I know one thing, that I know nothing
Man is the measure of all things
24
Name the sculpture:
Victory of Samothrace
Aphrodite of Knidos
Venus de Milo
Death of Cleopatra
25
Which of the following was not developed by the Greeks?
black figure
red figure
black-ground
white-ground
26
Famous Aegean sea vessels
sarissa
trireme
hoplite
phalanx
27
Archaic Greek statues of ideal young men were called:
trireme
kore
hoplite
kouros
28
Greek currency was called:
cuneiform
drachma
demotic
shekel
29
The Minoans were based off of this Mediterranean island
Crete
Rhodes
Cyprus
Greece
30
Name the Greek order
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
Tuscan
31
Name the famous Athenian location:
Theater
Acropolis
Trireme
Parthenon
32
A carving of a female figure used as a column
Kore
Ionic
Doric
Caryatid
33
Identify the asymmetrical arrangement of the figure
contrapposto
kouros
cyclopean
kore
34
The Father of History
Socrates
Vazquez
Herodotus
Aristotle
35
Which is one of the first important Aegean cultures?
Hellas
Minoans
Greeks
Myceneans
36
Name the Greek order
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
Tuscan
37
The famous Greek soldiers
maniple
hoplite
phalanx
sarissa
38
Name the famous sculpture
Death of Cleopatra
Aphrodite of Knidos
Venus de Milo
Victory of Samothrace
39
Spartan response to Phillip of Macedon's threat:
You shall fail
Never
If
Try it
40
The famous Greek civil wars between rival allied city-states
Peloponessian Wars
Greco-Persian Wars
Macedonian Wars
Aegean Wars
41
His Canon and sculptures are considered some of the most influential in Classical Greece
Praxiteles
Polykleitos
Myron
Phidias
42
Identify the structure:
Acropolis
Treasury of Atreus
Altar of Pergamon
Parthenon
43
This structure was dedicated to:
Heracles
Athena
Poseidon
Pericles
44
The protector of Athens was:
Pericles
Athena
Poseidon
Heracles
45
Identify the statue:
Spear Bearer
Warrior
Kritios Boy
kore
46
Identify the relief:
Athena & Nike Slaying the Giant
Athena vs Poseidon
Nike Just do It
Athena Nike Adjusting her Sandal
47
She helped predict future events for many:
Athena
Athena Nike
Oracle at Delphi
Cleopatra
48
They invade Greece in 146 BC
Egyptians
Achaemenids
Persians
Romans
49
Name this triangular section of a Greek building
capital
pediment
entablature
cornice
50
He conquered this, with zero losses
Alexander the Great
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus the Great
Sargon the Great