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Which is one of the first important Aegean cultures?
Hellas
Myceneans
Greeks
Minoans
2
We get the modern English name for the country from:
the Persians, Yunan
the Greeks, Hellas
the Egyptians, Thebes
the Romans, Graecia
3
The Greeks defeated them at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC
Achaemenids
Egyptians
Romans
Persians
4
The Minoans were based off of this Mediterranean island
Greece
Crete
Rhodes
Cyprus
5
The art of applying paint to freshly applied plaster
mural
relief
fresco
sculpture
6
This structure was dedicated to:
Athena
Pericles
Heracles
Poseidon
7
Name the famous sculpture
Venus de Milo
Aphrodite of Knidos
Death of Cleopatra
Victory of Samothrace
8
He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Heracles
Socrates
Plato
Homer
9
Name the famous sculpture:
Venus de MIlo
Victory of Samothrace
Death of Cleopatra
Aphrodite of Knidos
10
Identify the relief:
Athena vs Poseidon
Athena Nike Adjusting her Sandal
Nike Just do It
Athena & Nike Slaying the Giant
11
Name the Greek order
Doric
Ionic
Tuscan
Corinthian
12
Identify the structure:
Acropolis
Treasury of Atreus
Parthenon
Altar of Pergamon
13
Identify the structure:
The Palace at Knossos
The Parthenon
The Lion Gate
The Acropolis
14
His Canon and sculptures are considered some of the most influential in Classical Greece
Polykleitos
Phidias
Myron
Praxiteles
15
Name the sculpture:
Death of Cleopatra
Venus de Milo
Victory of Samothrace
Aphrodite of Knidos
16
Identify the artifact:
The Golden Ratio
Mask of Agamemnon
The Golden Snitch
Mask of Apollo
17
Identify the statue:
Kritios Boy
kore
Spear Bearer
Warrior
18
The Father of History
Socrates
Herodotus
Aristotle
Vazquez
19
Identify the asymmetrical arrangement of the figure
cyclopean
kore
kouros
contrapposto
20
The famous league of Aegean city-states led by Athens
Delian League
Hellenistic League
Peloponessian League
Justice League
21
Name the Greek order
Corinthian
Doric
Tuscan
Ionic
22
The protector of Athens was:
Heracles
Pericles
Athena
Poseidon
23
Identify the structure
theater
amphitheater
stadium
hippodrome
24
The famous Greek civil wars between rival allied city-states
Peloponessian Wars
Aegean Wars
Macedonian Wars
Greco-Persian Wars
25
They invade Greece in 146 BC
Achaemenids
Romans
Persians
Egyptians
26
The Minoans were based out of this city on the island of Crete
Sparta
Pergamon
Athens
Knossos
27
Greek currency was called:
demotic
shekel
cuneiform
drachma
28
The famous Greek soldiers
phalanx
maniple
sarissa
hoplite
29
She helped predict future events for many:
Cleopatra
Athena Nike
Athena
Oracle at Delphi
30
Which of the following was not a famous Greek philosopher?
Aristotle
Alexander
Socrates
Plato
31
The famous minotaur is named after him
Odysseus
King Midas
Theseus
King Minos
32
Name this triangular section of a Greek building
pediment
entablature
cornice
capital
33
He conquered this, with zero losses
Alexander the Great
Sargon the Great
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus the Great
34
The famous Greek military formation
phalanx
companions
hoplite
trireme
35
Identify the following:
The Canon of Polykleitos
The Golden Ratio
The Fibonacci Spiral
The Golden Fleece
36
Name the Greek order
Corinthian
Ionic
Doric
Tuscan
37
The "Greeks" called themselves:
Graecia
Hellas
Aegea
Ionia
38
Which of the following was
NOT
a Greek polis
Thebes
Athens
Persepolis
Sparta
39
The famous hero who slayed the minotaur
Heracles
Pericles
Theseus
Odysseus
40
776 BC was the year of the first:
Delian League
Olympic Games
Persian battle
Pelopponesian battle
41
The influential Greek philosopher Protagoras famously said:
I know one thing, that I know nothing
If
I have found it!
Man is the measure of all things
42
Her death signals the end of Greek culture dominance at 30 BC
Nike
Venus
Athena
Cleopatra
43
Archaic Greek statues of ideal young men were called:
kouros
hoplite
trireme
kore
44
A carving of a female figure used as a column
Caryatid
Doric
Ionic
Kore
45
Name the famous Athenian structure:
Parthenon
Acropolis
Erechtheion
Theater
46
Famous Aegean sea vessels
trireme
sarissa
hoplite
phalanx
47
Which of the following was not developed by the Greeks?
black-ground
black figure
white-ground
red figure
48
Spartan response to Phillip of Macedon's threat:
You shall fail
Never
Try it
If
49
Identify the style of container:
krater
amphora
lost-wax casting
kouros
50
Name the famous Athenian location:
Trireme
Parthenon
Acropolis
Theater