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Review quiz for Unit 2: Ancient Greece
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1
How did colonies affect ancient Greece?
they forced settlers to lose their rights as Greeks
they contributed key trade & farmland
they caused village cultures to develop in different ways
they led the Greeks to adopt Asian culture
2
Apollo is the god of ________.
Music
Poetry
All of the above
The sun
3
What was a result of Athens winning the Persian War?
Another war started immediately
A growth in size, population and wealth
Destruction of Greek land and cities
a decrease in wealth on both sides
4
_______ was a famous mathematician who is credited with determining the value of PI.
Euclid
Archimedes
Hippocrates
Pythagoras
5
What advantage did the Strait of Salamis offer to the Greeks?
The gods helped the Greeks
It was prone to storms which wrecked the Persian ships.
It created a bottleneck to negate the larger Persian fleet.
It allowed Greeks to shoot missiles from the cliffs.
6
Dionysus was the god of
war
wine and fertility
the sun and music
agriculture
7
What type of government was Sparta?
Tyranny
Democracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
8
Which BEST describes the main focus of Plato's
The Republic
?
Justice & the ideal state
The life & ideas of Socrates
Happiness & eudaimonia
The forms & reality
9
What was Athena's "avian" symbol of wisdom and knowlege....
owl
moon
dove
cow
10
The reforms instituted by _______ created the first successful democracy in ancient Athens.
Cleisthenes
Thucydides
Alexander the Great
Herodotus
11
What was the lasting impact of Alexander the Great's conquests?
spread of Greek culture
Alexandria became the largest city in Persia
spread of Christianity
use of army tactics in the Mongol invasion
12
Which of the following statements about the ancient Greeks is accurate?
Minoa conquered Macedonia
Mycenae conquered Minoa
Sparta conquered Thebes
Athens conquered Sparta
13
Because of its geography, many ancient Greeks were best suited to be _________.
farmers
shepherds
sailors
nomads
14
A major cause of the Persian War was...
The Greeks disliked the Persian way of ruling
The Greeks supported the Ionian Revolt in Anatolia
Sparta's militaristic power threatened other city states
Athens was taking money from the Delian League
15
Which city-state did Alexander the Great come from?
Macedonia
Athens
Thebes
Sparta
16
This famous Greek was the student of Plato, and was the tutor of Alexander the Great.
Socrates
Thucycides
Cleisthenes
Aristotle
17
What was one cause of the Peloponnesian War?
Phillip of Macedonia instigated the war.
Pericles needed Sparta's military expertise.
Athens' grab for power made other city-states fearful.
Pericles tried to force direct democracy on Sparta.
18
Alexander the Great spread ______ culture by building cities, colonies, & spreading Greek language.
Egyptian
Persian
Hellespont
Hellenistic
19
What was Athens strategy to try to win the Peloponnesian War?
All were strategies used by Athens
Stay behind their long walls & wait out the Spartan invasion
Force Sparta in a full out battle
Get Persia to attack Sparta
20
The Classical Age of Athens dates from the end of the Persian wars to the
The Start of the Peloponnesian War
The Conquest of Persia
The Conquest of Alexander
The Collapse of the Athenian Empire
21
Homer's Iliad was focused on which event in ancient Greek history?
Alexander the Great's Empire
Peloponnesian War
Persian Wars
Trojan War
22
True or False: The Greek gods had human weaknesses and character traits.
False
True
23
How did geography discourage Greek unity?
Mountians and seas kept Greek communities independent
Greeks competed with one another because of rocky soil
The Greeks fought often over common land
The seas made it easy for Greeks to unite.
24
How did Athens begin to lose its power during the Peloponnesian war?
The navy blew up
There was a plague
Sparta demolished them
There was a revolution over democracy
25
The function of the Athenian Agora was to
Hold a Council with all the gods
Defend the city against invaders
Give athletes space to exercise
meet and conduct business
26
What is a formal quality associated with classical Greek sculpture?
Linear
Stylized
Idealized
Marble
27
The conflict(s) between Athens & Sparta was called the ________________.
Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
Punic Wars
Trojan War
28
Plays were presented at The Festival of the god __________
Sophocles
Dionysus
Athena
Zeus
29
Who could vote in Ancient Athens?
male & female citizens
only male citizens
all adults (slave or free)
all adult males
30
One of the original western philosophers, he was put to death by Athens for corrupting youth?
Homer
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
31
What is a polis?
A Greek city-state
A Greek custom
A Greek language
A Greek baby
32
The Golden Age of Athens happened under the rule of....
Cleisthenes
Leonidis
Pericles
Odysseus
33
What event at the Battle of Marathon made Pheidippides famous?
He was the Greek traitor at the battle of Thermopylae.
He was the son of the Persian Emperor Darius.
He was a Spartan King that offered to help Athens
He was the Messenger that ran 26 miles to Athens to announce victory.
34
What land did Phillip II of Macedonia most want to conquer?
North Africa
Persia
Anatolia
Spain
35
Which characteristic of Hellenistic art made it different from earlier Greek art?
It was less idealistic and more realistic.
It focused mostly on kings and nobles.
It celebrated the beauty of the human form
It focused mostly on religious subjects.
36
What would have been the key goal of education in Athens?
Create a strong military
Continue the oligarchy
Create well-rounded Athenian citizens
Have fair education for boys and girls
37
Which famous ancient Greek was known as the "Father of History"?
Herodotus
Plato
Cleisthenes
Socrates
38
Greek mathematician Euclid is most famous for....
Devising the Fibonacci sequence
Discovering the value of Pi
Being the "Father of Geometry"
Creating the Pythagorean theorem
39
What was the main purpose of Greek mythology?
To help people feel special and important
To explain why things are the way they are in the world
Entertain people
Scare people into being good
40
_________ won the Peloponnesian War by teaming up with ________ against their common enemy.
Sparta / Persia
Athens / Persia
Thebes / Persia
Athens / Sparta
