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Discovering Our Past: A History of the World (content and test info for Chapter 7 and 8)
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a new settlement that keeps close ties to its home land
agora
colony
polis
phalanx
2
became king of Macedonia at age 20
Herodotus
Philip II
Socrates
Alexander the Great
3
After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, who wrote the book Politics?
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
Herodotus
4
a system of government in which all citizens share in running the government
democracy
oligarchy
ephor
monarchy
5
The _______ civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece.
Phoenician
Mycenaean
Dorian
Minoan
6
The type of leader in power in Greece around 600B.C. due to growing political unrest was a(n)
tyrant.
oligarch.
ephor.
democrat.
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what a person leaves behind when he or she dies
myth
rhetoric
tragedy
legacy
8
Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was
writing.
philosophy
drama.
giving lectures.
9
Direct democracy worked well in Athens because
elections were held to help select representatives.
there was a small number of citizens.
women were allowed to participate in government.
every resident of Athens could participate in government.
10
Pericles was a major figure in the politics of Sparta.
False
True
11
thinkers who made new bodies of knowledge such as history, political science, biology, & logic
Socratic method
Sophists
Plato
philosophers
12
Sparta finally was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War
when they received assistance from Macedonia.
by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city.
by burning the city.
because they killed the leaders of the Athenian army.
13
In what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?
Athenians went to school; Spartans served in the military
Athenians studied combat; Spartans played sports
Athenians were citizens at 30; Spartans were citizens at 19
Athenians lived in barracks; Spartans lived at home
14
In 431 B.C., Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight the
Greek Civil War.
Persian War.
Spartan War.
Peloponnesian War.
15
a traditional story about gods and goddesses
epic
myth
fable
literature
16
Greek city-states were run by their
soldiers
kings
politicians
citizens
17
The word
philosophy
means
"love of wisdom."
"love of history."
"love of mathematics."
"love of science."
18
a system of government in which a few people hold power
democracy
tyrant
oligarchy
monarchy
19
student of Socrates who wrote the
Republic
Thucydides
Aristotle
Plato
Alexander the Great
20
a type of landform
agora
phalanx
peninsula
colony
21
a priest or priestess who could tell the future
epic
psychic
helot
oracle
22
This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the
Iliad
.
Odysseus
Aesop
Croesus
Homer
23
The Greek alphabet was based on the alphabet created by the ancient Egyptians.
True
False
24
In a representative democracy, a small group makes government decisions on behalf of many.
False
True
25
a traveling professional teacher
Plato
Socrates
Sophist
philosopher
26
a way of teaching by asking questions that is still used today
group discussion
philosophy
Socratic seminar
debate
27
Who is considered to be the "father of history"?
Thucydides
Aristotle
Plato
Herodotus
28
founded by Alexander in Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria
Thebes
Athens
29
What did Sparta use to control its citizens?
forced physical fitness
the military
the helots
the government
30
Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their
religious beliefs.
political beliefs.
love of poetry.
love of sport.
31
The government of Athens was an example of a direct democracy.
True
False
32
a long poem about heroic deeds
fable
history
myth
epic
33
a Greek city-state
polis
peninsula
colony
agora
34
Who wrote the
History of the Persian Wars
?
Cyrus
Themistocles
Xerxes
Herodotus
35
Sparta's economy was based on trade.
False
True
36
Under the Greek definition of
citizen
, who qualified for citizenship?
free, native-born men who owned land
any man, whether he owned land or not
foreign-born/native born men, who may/may not be landowners
wealthy men or women who owned slaves and land
37
the custom of passing along stories by speech
oral tradition
epic
myth
fable
38
a short tale that teaches a lesson
myth
epic
oral tradition
fable
39
a time when Greek ideas spread to non-Greek people
Alexandria
Medieval Era
Hellenistic Era
Renaissance
40
What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?
comedy and myth
comedy and tragedy
myth and fable
epic and tragedy
