The Greek World Chapter 9 Exam Review

Question 1

What happened after Alexander and his army crossed the Indus River in India?

Accepted Answer

His exhausted troops refused to fight anymore.

Question 2

Many of the geometry rules from the writings of ______ are still used today.

Accepted Answer

Euclid

Question 3

the greatest Greek doctor

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates

Question 4

a famous Greek playwright

Accepted Answer

Sophocles

Question 5

In Athen's most of the boys from poor families

Accepted Answer

became farmers and grew food for the wealthy.

Question 6

Alexander worked to spread Greek culture throughout his empire. What conclusion can you draw from this?

Accepted Answer

Alexander admired and enjoyed Greek culture and ideas.

Question 7

A unit of soldiers mounted on horses

Accepted Answer

cavalry

Question 8

After defeating Athens in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

The spread of _____ culture brought Greek customs to new parts of the world.

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic

Question 10

A religion based based on the battle between good and evil

Accepted Answer

Zoroastrian

Question 11

a Greek philosopher

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 12

Athenian domination of the ______ League caused Sparta to declare war on Athens.

Accepted Answer

Delian

Question 13

Greek philosophers believed that one thing was more important than anything else in life. What was it?

Accepted Answer

using the human mind to think and understand

Question 14

Which of the following is the best prediction of what might have happened in Sparta if its army had become weak?

Accepted Answer

Slaves would have staged a rebellion.

Question 15

What was the relationship between Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great?

Accepted Answer

Philip was Alexander's father.

Question 16

What caused the Peloponnesian War to begin?

Accepted Answer

Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece.

Question 17

An agreement to work together

Accepted Answer

allliance

Question 18

Governors of Persian provinces

Accepted Answer

satraps

Question 19

One improvement that Darius made to the Persian Empire was the creation of ______

Accepted Answer

roads

Question 20

Greek statues of people were usually not very realistic.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?

Accepted Answer

preparing for battles

Question 22

Because people were upset by his ideas, _____ was arrested and sentenced to death.

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 23

What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?

Accepted Answer

The most important aspect was of life in Sparta was preparing for wars.

Question 24

A building constructed in Athens in the 400s BC

Accepted Answer

Parthenon

Question 25

What can you infer about the ancient Greeks based upon their achievements.

Accepted Answer

The ancient Greeks valued philosophy and art.

Question 26

Hellenistic culture influenced the building of the world's largest library in Alexandra, Egypt.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Which of the following events took place before Darius ruled Persia?

Accepted Answer

Cyrus's son died in a rebellion in Persia.

Question 28

What made Philip such a successful military leader?

Accepted Answer

Philip's soldiers fought as a phalanx like the Greeks but had longer spears

Question 29

Why was Thucydides important?

Accepted Answer

He influenced later historians., He tried to tell about the war in a way that was fair to both sides., Thucydides wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War, in which he fought in.

Question 30

A group of warriors standing close together in a square

Accepted Answer

phalanx

Question 31

The democratic society of Athens allowed women to have more rights than in other cities.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

Make an inference: as a ruler of Persia, what do you think Darius was most interested in doing?

Accepted Answer

making Persia's empire strong

Question 33

clear and ordered thinking

Accepted Answer

reason

Question 34

Cyrus the Great's treatment of conquered people helped him successfully rule a large empire.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

How did Darius restore order to the Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

Darius divided the empire into 20 provinces, each ruled by a satrap.

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