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Discovering Our Past: A History of the World (content and test info for Chapter 7 and 8)
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1
The _______ civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece.
Dorian
Phoenician
Minoan
Mycenaean
2
Greek city-states were run by their
kings
politicians
soldiers
citizens
3
thinkers who made new bodies of knowledge such as history, political science, biology, & logic
Socratic method
Sophists
Plato
philosophers
4
In a representative democracy, a small group makes government decisions on behalf of many.
False
True
5
a traveling professional teacher
Plato
Socrates
philosopher
Sophist
6
What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?
myth and fable
comedy and tragedy
comedy and myth
epic and tragedy
7
The Greek alphabet was based on the alphabet created by the ancient Egyptians.
True
False
8
The government of Athens was an example of a direct democracy.
False
True
9
a way of teaching by asking questions that is still used today
group discussion
Socratic seminar
debate
philosophy
10
founded by Alexander in Egypt
Cairo
Athens
Thebes
Alexandria
11
Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their
religious beliefs.
love of poetry.
love of sport.
political beliefs.
12
a traditional story about gods and goddesses
literature
fable
epic
myth
13
In what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?
Athenians studied combat; Spartans played sports
Athenians were citizens at 30; Spartans were citizens at 19
Athenians lived in barracks; Spartans lived at home
Athenians went to school; Spartans served in the military
14
Who is considered to be the "father of history"?
Aristotle
Plato
Thucydides
Herodotus
15
a priest or priestess who could tell the future
psychic
helot
oracle
epic
16
Sparta finally was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War
when they received assistance from Macedonia.
by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city.
because they killed the leaders of the Athenian army.
by burning the city.
17
what a person leaves behind when he or she dies
legacy
tragedy
myth
rhetoric
18
a type of landform
phalanx
peninsula
agora
colony
19
a system of government in which all citizens share in running the government
ephor
oligarchy
monarchy
democracy
20
a time when Greek ideas spread to non-Greek people
Medieval Era
Alexandria
Renaissance
Hellenistic Era
21
The type of leader in power in Greece around 600B.C. due to growing political unrest was a(n)
democrat.
oligarch.
tyrant.
ephor.
22
Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was
philosophy
giving lectures.
writing.
drama.
23
This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the
Iliad
.
Croesus
Homer
Aesop
Odysseus
24
the custom of passing along stories by speech
fable
myth
epic
oral tradition
25
a short tale that teaches a lesson
fable
epic
myth
oral tradition
26
Direct democracy worked well in Athens because
every resident of Athens could participate in government.
elections were held to help select representatives.
women were allowed to participate in government.
there was a small number of citizens.
27
In 431 B.C., Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight the
Persian War.
Peloponnesian War.
Greek Civil War.
Spartan War.
28
Who wrote the
History of the Persian Wars
?
Themistocles
Herodotus
Xerxes
Cyrus
29
became king of Macedonia at age 20
Herodotus
Philip II
Socrates
Alexander the Great
30
Under the Greek definition of
citizen
, who qualified for citizenship?
foreign-born/native born men, who may/may not be landowners
any man, whether he owned land or not
free, native-born men who owned land
wealthy men or women who owned slaves and land
31
The word
philosophy
means
"love of history."
"love of science."
"love of mathematics."
"love of wisdom."
32
After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, who wrote the book Politics?
Plato
Herodotus
Aristotle
Socrates
33
a new settlement that keeps close ties to its home land
phalanx
agora
colony
polis
34
a Greek city-state
polis
peninsula
agora
colony
35
student of Socrates who wrote the
Republic
Plato
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Thucydides
36
Pericles was a major figure in the politics of Sparta.
False
True
37
Sparta's economy was based on trade.
False
True
38
What did Sparta use to control its citizens?
the military
forced physical fitness
the government
the helots
39
a long poem about heroic deeds
history
epic
fable
myth
40
a system of government in which a few people hold power
oligarchy
tyrant
democracy
monarchy
