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Persia and Greece
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A sacred shrine where a god/goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest/priestess:
Acropolis
Olympus
Oracle
Ziggurat
2
Why did Greeks expand their territories?
Greed
A lack of resources
The desire to explore new lands
Manifest Destiny
3
Which of these is FALSE about Alexander the Great?
He conquered Egypt, Persia and parts of India
He was tutored by Aristotle
He is remembered for burning Alexandria down
He never lost a battle
4
Women had greater freedom where?
Sparta
Athens
5
After the Persian War, which of these did NOT occur
Athens became the unofficial capital of Greece
Pericles decided to rebuild Athens and built the Parthenon
Sparta formed the Peloponnesian League
Persia defeated Greece
6
The Battle of Marathon was all of the following EXCEPT:
Rememberd when people run 26.2 miles
The first major defeat for the Persian Empire
A Greek underdog victory
An example of Spartan military strength
7
Who founded the Persian Empire?
Cyrus
Darius
Pericles
Alexander the Great
8
Spartan life did NOT include:
Democracy
Required military service for all men
Two kings
Expanded rights for women
9
The Persian War included:
The Battle of Thermopylae
Sparta versus Athens
Persia defeating the Greeks
The Macedonians
10
Athenian lifestyle included which of the following?
Mandatory military service
Education that included the arts
No slaves
Equal rights for women
11
A rectangular formation w/ foot soldiers marching shoulder-to-shoulder making a wall of shields
Squad
Phalanx
Ephor
Unit
12
Greek art included all of the following EXCEPT:
Pyramids and jade carvings
Sculptures featuring realistic nude males
Tragedies such as Antigone
Architecture such as temples with massive columns
13
Why was sea travel important to early Greece?
The Greek mountainousterrain made it hard to travel by land
Poseidon wasone of the most important Greek gods
Sailing was one of the events in the original Olympic Games
It showed aprivileged class status to be able to buy a ship
14
A term for early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside
Town
Polis
City
Satrapie
15
Alexandria was known for:
The first university
The first democracy
The birthplace of Alexander the Great
Old Town
16
Who led Athens during their golden age?
Alexander the Great
Cyrus
Pericles
Homer
17
This place is an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market
Agora
Acropolis
Plaza
Aldi
18
Which of these historical figures was
NOT
a Greek philosopher?
Homer
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
19
The Trojan War was NOT:
Written about by Homer
A war between Greece and Persia
Fought over a beautiful woman
A subject of The Iliad
20
A long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero is the definition of:
Antigone
Arete
Epic poem
Homer
21
What were foot soldiers in Ancient Greece called?
Hoplites
Spartans
Pansies
Corporals
22
The process for temporarily banning/impeach ambitious politicians from the city by popular vote
Veto
Direct democracy
Total Drama Island
Ostracism
23
This place is a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was the site of temples
Athens
Polis
Agora
Acropolis
24
Greek geography features all of these EXCEPT:
Islands
Peninsula
Rivers
Mountains
25
What was the name of the war between Sparta and Athens?
Persian War
Peloponnesian War
Spartan War
Pericles' War
26
Athens developed the political system where the government is run by its citizens called a/an:
Aristocracy
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
27
In Ancient Greece, who was Homer?
The founder of democracy
The first king of Sparta
The author of epic poems about donuts
The author of the Iliad and Odyssey
28
A system where people participate directly in government decision making through mass meetings:
Bureaucracy
Direct democracy
Oligarchy
Representative democracy
