Ancient Greece

Question 1

___ = money given by allies to Athens in return for protection

Accepted Answer

Tribute

Question 2

After Alexander the Great's death, his empire was split into 3 kingdoms:

Accepted Answer

Greece and Macedonia, Egypt, and Persia

Question 3

___ = System of government in which the citizens govern themselves.

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 4

___ = hill in Athens with a temple complex at the top; center of religious life in Athens.

Accepted Answer

Acropolis

Question 5

This city was known as the learning capital of the Greek world.

Accepted Answer

Alexandria

Question 6

Who of the following was permitted to vote in Athenian democracy?

Accepted Answer

Adult, Athenian males

Question 7

Review! This man achieved enlightenment under a fig tree and started the religion of Buddhism.

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 8

This philosopher was forced to commit suicide by drinking hemlock poison.

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 9

Review! This religion enforced a rigid caste system with Brahmins (teachers & priests).

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 10

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 11

Review! __ = this building may have been the inspiration for the Tower of Babel.

Accepted Answer

The Ziggurat in Babylon

Question 12

Review! The ancient Mesopotamians invented which of the following:

Accepted Answer

The plow

Question 13

___ = is a kingdom north of Greece; they thought of themselves as Greek.

Accepted Answer

Macedonia

Question 14

How did Spartans feel about other Greeks.

Accepted Answer

All three answers are correct

Question 15

Which of the following was a job women were permitted to have?

Accepted Answer

Priestesses

Question 16

____ = public marketplace; center of public life in Athens.

Accepted Answer

Agora

Question 17

___ = Greek history and culture after the death of Alexander the Great.

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic

Question 18

The city-state of Athens declined because

Accepted Answer

of a plague and blockade during the Peloponnesian War.

Question 19

This scientist from Alexandria discovered that one can use levers to lift heavy objects.

Accepted Answer

Archimedes

Question 20

Why did Athenian men have the leisure to study philosophy, vote in elections, and create art?

Accepted Answer

Slaves performed most of the labor in Greece.

Question 21

Review! ___ = belief that the emperor was given his right to rule from the gods.

Accepted Answer

Mandate of Heaven

Question 22

Where were ancient Greek cities primarily located?

Accepted Answer

On the coast

Question 23

This was built in Athens using the tribute from Athens' allies.

Accepted Answer

The Parthenon

Question 24

___ = slave owned by the state of Sparta (usually from a land conquered by Sparta).

Accepted Answer

Helot

Question 25

___ won the Battle of Marathon.

Accepted Answer

Athens

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