Chapter 9- The Greek World

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic

Question 2

The most impressive Greek building was the ___________________________ in Athens.

Accepted Answer

Parthenon

Question 3

Which was the main cause for the independence of city-states in ancient Greece?

Accepted Answer

The geography of the mountainous peninsula

Question 4

The _______________________________ began when Sparta declared war on Athens.

Accepted Answer

Peloponnesian War

Question 5

How was the form of democracy in ancient Greece different from our current form of democracy?

Accepted Answer

Voting occasionally took place on broken pieces of pottery.

Question 6

What might have happened in Sparta if its army had become weak?

Accepted Answer

Slaves would have staged a rebellion.

Question 7

In Athens, most of the boys from poor families

Accepted Answer

became farmers and grew food for the wealthy.

Question 8

The greatest Greek doctor

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates

Question 9

A group of warriors standing close together in a square

Accepted Answer

phalanx

Question 10

What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?

Accepted Answer

preparing for battles

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Philip was Alexander’s father.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

using the human mind to think and understand

Question 13

Clear and ordered thinking

Accepted Answer

reason

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

roads

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Euclid

Question 17

Governors of Persian provinces

Accepted Answer

satraps

Question 18

Which of the following does not describe the first democracy in Athens?

Accepted Answer

Aristocrats had more power than citizens.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Hellenistic culture developed as a result of the activities of which person?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

Alexander admired and enjoyed Greek customs

Question 24

Greek statues of people were usually not very realistic.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Because they lived on an island, the Mycenaeans spent much of their time at sea.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

The ancient Greeks valued philosophy and art.

Question 27

An agreement to work together

Accepted Answer

alliance

Question 28

A Greek philosopher

Accepted Answer

Plato

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Chapter 9- The Greek World

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