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1
Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Alexander the Great?
built a new city in Egypt named Alexandria
a skilled commander of the Macedonian army at a young age
helped spread Greek culture to people he conquered
led the Greeks in winning the Persian Wars
2
"Athenians died from plague-the new arrivals, died from overcrowding" Who suffered in the city?
The new arrivals from the country
Government officials
The people already living in the city
The people still living in the country
3
The Greeks adopted their alphabet with 24 letters from
The Chinese
The Phoenicians
The Egyptians
The Persians
4
In 431 BC Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight in the
Peloponnesian War
Greek Civil
Spartan War
Persian War
5
Rejected the idea of democracy, believed philosopher-kings should rule society.
Aristotle
Socrates
Sophists
Plato
6
People with the plague died in the temples. What shows people stopped caring about laws?
people living in huts
people living in the temples
people moving in from the country
people dying by the fountains
7
Spartan king who led 7000 Greek soldiers at Thermopylae
Xerxes
Cyrus
Pericles
Leonidas
8
Country district arrivals had no houses available. Why did new arrivals to Athens live in huts?
huts were the cheapest form of housing
no houses were available for them
everyone in Athens lived in huts
they preferred living in huts
9
Identify which thinker matches this: Created Socratic method of teaching, absolute truth.
Sophists
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
10
Greek scientist developed theory in geometry to determine the length of the sides of a triangle
Socrates
Thales
Hippocrates
Pythagoras
11
Athenian boys trained for the military at age 7
True
False
12
Greece is a penninsula.
True
False
13
The government of Athens was an example of a direct democracy.
False
True
14
Sparta was finally able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War...
by destroying their navy and blockading the city
because they killed the leaders of the Athenian Army
by burning the city
when they received assistance from Macedonia
15
Leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian Wars
Pericles
Leonidas
Darius
Cyrus
16
Taught the idea of "golden mean", believed observation/ comparison were necessary to knowledge.
Aristotle
Plato
Sophists
Socrates
17
Most Greeks are fishermen and traders.
False
True
18
Persian king who invaded Greece in the Battle of Thermopylae
Cyrus
Xerxes
Darius
Pericles
19
Alexander the Great came from
Sparta
Macedonia
Athens
Persia
20
The father of medicine was
Pythagoras
Socrates
Thales
Hippocrates
21
Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship?
wealthy men or women who owned slaves and land
foreign-born, native-born men, may or may not be landowners
A free, native-born men who owned land
any man, whether he owned land or not
22
Desiring water, they died from plaque at the fountains. Why were dead found at city fountains?
There was no other place to put them
The plague was spread by water
Sick people longed to bathe
Sick people longed for water
23
Most enslaved people in ancient Greece were prisoners captured in battle.
False
True
24
Women in Sparta had more freedom than in other ancient civilizations
False
True
25
Why did inland communities in Ancient Greece become independent city-states?
Seas separated them
Rivers separated them
None of these is true
Mountains separated them
