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ANCIENT GREECE - World History - Chapters 5-7
ANCIENT GREECE - World History - Chapters 5-7
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Athens was named after a(n)...
army general
philosopher
Greek god
popular leader
2
NOT included in Alexander the Great's vast empire
Egypt
Indus River valley
China
Persia
3
Themistocles saved Greece by having these built
catapults
ships
walls
temples
4
Which is true of Mycenaean civilization?
No system of writing
Achieved prosperity through trade.
Relied on huge wheat and barley fields for food
Dominated the Aegean world through warfare.
5
philosopher who learned from and recorded Socrates' conversations
Plate
Sophocles
Euclid
Plato
6
Huge temple to the goddess Athena
Agora
Athens
Parthenon
Hestia
7
How did Themistocles win the battle of Salamis?
Paid them off
Sank their ships with cannonballs
Surprise attack by his army
Lured the Persian ships into a narrow strait
8
What Sparta was NOT known for
Governing leaders chose which babies would be left to die
Largest city-state
An elite navy
Emphasis on military
9
What popular leader of Athens made the city-state more democratic?
Socrates
Plato
Pericles
Homer
10
Aristotle's idea of living a life without extremes
Golden mean
Poverty
Nonextremism
Silver average
11
The Peloponnesian Wars were fought between...
Troy & Rome
Sparta & Athens, with their allies
Egypt & Sparta
Persians & Greeks
12
Meeting place and marketplace of a Greek city
Agora
Library
Temple
Acropolis
13
High hill in Athens which held many temples, including the Parthenon
Acropolis
Agora
Pnyx
Areopagus
14
Why did city states remain separate in ancient Greece?
Different languages
Invasions by Indian kings
Different religions
Mountains and rough terrain
15
Philosophy of seeking knowledge & living for the moment
Metaphysics
Agnostic
Hippocratic
Epicureanism
16
Alexander the Great did NOT do this.
Ended the Persian Empire
Spread the Greek culture
Conquered the Romans
Conquered Egypt
17
Early Greek civilization which was known for the first writing in Europe and bull jumping
Minoan
Corinth
Thebes
Mycenae
18
a Greek city-state
peninsula
agora
polis
copolony
19
How many of the 7 Ancient Wonders were designed by Greeks?
3
5
2
zero
20
The people of Ephesus were afraid that Paul's preaching would make this Wonder unpopular
Temple of Artemis
Colossus of Rhodes
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Statue of Zeus
21
Philosopher who thought one should practice virtue & question everything
Socrates
Pericles
Hippocrates
Phidias
22
the endurance of pain or hardship without complaining
Naturalism
Christianity
Stoicism
Epicureanism
23
What would be an example of a Greek myth?
A story about Zeus and Hercules
A long poem by Homer
A historical account of the Persian Wars
A writing by Pericles about Athenian law
24
He was the father of Alexander the Great
Phillip II
Plato
Aristotle
Peter IV
25
He tutored Alexander the Great?
Homer
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
26
Greek army formation
Legion
Squad
Phalanx
Platoon
27
Where was the Minoan civilization located?
Crete
Troy
Athens
Mycenae
28
Where would a Greek
colony
most likely be located?
Inside the Spartan city walls
In the middle of Athens
In a temple at Delphi
Along the Mediterranean Sea
29
Who won the Battle of Salamis?
Greeks
Egyptians
Turks
Persians
30
What happened during the Greek Dark Ages?
City-states grew richer
Armies gained strength and doubled in size
Not many cultural or economic advances
Improvements in the arts and architecture
31
The Greeks believed this person could tell the future
The oracle
Pericles
A philosopher
A parthenon
32
Who wrote the
Iliad
and the
Odyssey
?
Pericles
Socrates
Aristotle
Homer
33
Large tomb which Greek architects designed?
The Tomb of Xerxes
The Great Pyramid
The Hall of 100 Columns
The Mausoleum oat Halicarnassus
34
Greek warship with three rows of oars on both sides
rostrata
trireme
yacht
longship
35
Mathematician who wrote
Elements
of Geometry, the 2nd most-published book ever
Homer
Aristotle
Euclid
Sophocles
36
What was Pythagoras famous for?
Use of herbs for medicine
Building the Parthenon
Engineering
equation for sides of a right triangle
37
Known as the father of history
Hero
Herodotus
Herod
Dotus
38
Greek soldier
trireme
Terra Cotta warrior
hoplite
rabbit
39
What is Xenia?
kindness to the poor
pottery
mutual respect
hospitality
40
Hippocrates was ...
brilliant mathematician
father of modern medicine
General of Sparta
famous ancient legislator
41
NOT part of the Persian Wars
Persians burn down evacuated Athens
300 Spartans all die at Thermopylae
Greeks defeat Darius & his army at Marathon
Persia defeats Greeks in sea battle of Salamis
42
Who was NOT a philosopher?
Plato
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Socrates
43
A huge statue of this Greek god was in a temple at Olympia and was considered one of the 7 Wonders
Zeus
Diana
Artemis
Maussollos
44
How was the Macedonian phalanx different from the original Greek one?
stronger soldiers
more soldiers
longer spears
larger shields
45
Which of the 7 Wonders built by Greeks was a lighthouse?
Pharos of Alexandria
Colossus of Rhodes
Barnegat Light
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
46
Which of the 7 Wonders was similar to the Statue of Liberty?
Pharos Statue
Colossus of Rhodes
Statue of Zeus in Olympia
Statue of Artemis
47
The Battle of Marathon was fought...
To defend Athens from Persia
Between Athens & Sparta
Between Carthage & Marathon
To select the best athletes for the Marathon
48
He wrote
Antigone
and other Greek plays
Homer
Pythagoras
Sophocles
Rhodes
49
Archimedes discovered how to...
make beautiful pottery
make matches
find volume by displacement (Eureka!)
build a Trojan horse
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NOT in the Greek alphabet
Alpha & Beta
Omega & Delta
Pi & Kappa
Doria & Zoma
