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Chapter 8 and 9: Ancient Greece Review
Chapter 8 and 9: Ancient Greece Review
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1
A building constructed in Athens as a temple to the goddess Athena in the 400s BC.
the Parthenon
the Pantheon
the Assembly
the Acropolis
2
Clear and ordered thinking is_______.
Zoroastrianism
mythology
reason
philosophy
3
This epic poem tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War.
The Panchatantra
The Iliad
The Aeneid
The Odyssey
4
Many English __________________ come from the Greek language.
traditions
rules for spelling
words and expressions
letters of the alphabet
5
This body of water lies to the
WEST
of the Greek mainland.
Black Sea
Ionian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Aegean Sea
6
True or False: Women in Athens had more rights than women in Sparta.
True
False
7
Sparta created the
Peloponnesian League
Delian League
8
True or False: a phalanx is a group of warriors that stand close together in a square.
False
True
9
Which one of these things did Darius
NOT
do to reorganize and bring order to Persia?
create 20 provinces each governed by a satrap
build roads connecting the empire
create the new religion Zoroastrianism
build the capital, Persepolis
10
True or False: Cyrus the Great treated his people poorly so that they wouldn't rebel.
False
True
11
An acropolis is a
religion based on the battle of good and evil
collection of stories about gods and heroes
high hill with a fortress at the top
collection of stories that are used to teach a moral
12
Athens created the
Delian League
Peloponnesian League
13
Why did Sparta focus on building a strong army?
to prevent a slave revolt
to keep Athens in line
to make boys strong and courageous
to have strong babies
14
A unit of soldiers mounted on horses.
calvary
phalanx
oligarchy
cavalry
15
Was the leader of Athens government from 460 - 429 BC. He made improvements to democracy.
Pericles
Cleisthenes
Draco
Socrates
16
___________ became the most powerful Greek city-state after winning the Peloponnesian War
Athens
Sparta
17
In a ______ people elect officials to make the laws.
tyranny
oligarchy
representative democracy
direct democracy
18
He created many of the rules of geometry we use today.
Euclid
Thucydides
Archimedes
Hippocrates
19
The ____________ lived on the island of Crete.
Mycenaeans
Minoans
20
In the first democracy in Athens ______.
aristocrats had more power than citizens
all citizens had the right to participate in the assembly
all citizens had the right to speak
citizens served on smaller councils
21
He created strict, harsh laws for the people of Athens.
Pericles
Solon
Draco
Cleisthenes
22
The _____ were considered to be the first Greeks because they spoke the Greek language.
Minoans
Spartans
Athenians
Mycenaeans
23
This body of water lies to the
EAST
of the Greek mainland.
Aegean Sea
Ionian Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
24
The cause of the Peloponnesian War was
Sparta's refusal to join the Delian League.
Sparta creating an alliance with Macedonia
Athens creating an alliance with Persia.
the fear Athens would take over Greece.
25
True or False: A tyrant uses force to hold power.
True
False
26
Why didn't Alexander the Great push into, and conquer, all of India and China?
his army refused to fight and go any further
his father called him home to Macedonia
there was a slave revolt in Thebes he had to stop
he got sick and died
27
They used the human mind to think and understand.
engineers
philosophers
warriors
scientists
28
True or False: Aristocrats were poor landowners.
True
False
29
He worked to make Persia's empire strong.
Cyrus the Great
Philip II
Xerxes I
Darius I
30
True or False: Zoroastrianism is a religion based on the bad of good and evil.
True
False
31
Achievements in ancient Greece showed that they valued
peacekeeping.
philosophy and the arts.
shipbuilding.
warfare and battle.
32
________ was arrested and sentenced to death because of his ideas
Homer
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
33
Who was Alexander the Great's father?
Darius I
Aristotle
Cyrus the Great
Philip II
34
Greeks were expert ______ because they lived on a peninsula.
mountain climbers
shipbuilders
farmers
traders
35
Why did Alexander the Great spread the Greek culture throughout his empire?
he wanted to be friends with the Greeks
because he had a Greek tutor, Aristotle
he was trying to make the Persians angry
he admired and enjoyed the Greek culture
36
Boys from poor Athenian families often
became farmers
became warriors
became merchants
learned to sing & play musical instruments
37
Ancient Greeks visited _______ to ask the god Apollo questions.
the oracle at Delphi
Delos
Sparta
Athens
38
He was the author of
The Iliad
and
The Odyssey.
Draco
Thucydides
Homer
Socrates
39
A Greek doctor who focused on how doctors should behave.
Archimedes
Euclid
Thucydides
Hippocrates
40
Famous for the fables he wrote.
Euclid
Homer
Socrates
Aesop
41
How did Darius become king of Persia?
by killing off all of his rivals
by building a new capital, Persepolis
by killing his father for power
Cyrus' son, Cambyses, died in a rebellion
42
True or False: Ancient Greeks believed that gods caused events like volcanoes and lightning.
TRUE
FALSE
43
___________ is the word means "Greek-like;" and refers to the spread of Greek culture.
Athenian
Spartan
Socratic
Hellenistic
