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Ancient Greece
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1
How democracy in ancient Greece different from our current democratic government?
Citizens voted on issues
Voting took place on broken pieces of pottery
Officials collected and counted the votes
People debated issues
2
Who created many of the geometry rules that are still used today?
Euclid
Aristole
Homer
Plato
3
Athens started the
League of Nations
Athens/Sparta League
Peloponnesian League
Delian League
4
What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?
Learning about philosophy
playing music
learning to lead people
Preparing for battles
5
Which of the following shows that Greeks strongly influenced our language?
English words are spelled using the Greek rules of spelling
English is based on the letters of the Greek alphabet
The English was first spoken in ancient Greece
Many English words and expressions come from Greek mythology
6
In what way were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans?
The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland
The Mycenaeans were not traders
The Mycenaeans lived on Greek Islands
The Mycenaeans did not speak Greek
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What did Greek philosophers believe was the most important thing in life?
Understanding how the human body works.
Using the human mind to think and understand
Helping others to be happy and comfortable
Encouraging people to worship the gods
8
The Aegean sea lies to the East of the Greek mainland.
I do not know
Truue
True
False
9
What caused the Peloponnesian War?
Athens quit the Peloponnesian League
Sparta refused to join Athens in the Delian League
Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece
Athens joined forces with Persia
10
What happened after Alexander and his army crossed the Indus River in India?
His exhausted troops refused to fight anymore
The Greeks agreed to not rebel against Alexander
The people of the area crowned him king
Alexander defeated the Persian army for the last time.
11
Why did the Greeks visit the oracle at Delphi?
To see where Hercules battled the Hydra
To ask the god Apollo questions
To worship Zeus and the other gods
To see the birthplace of Aphrodite
12
Which of the following best defines a lyric poem?
a poem that teaches life's lessons
a poem that explains natural events
a poem about Greek heroes
a poem set to music
13
Which of the following best describes a representative democracy?
All citizens help make the laws
Citizens elect officials to make the laws
Citizens act as judges and lawmakers
All men, women, and children can vote
14
Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks
took up farming
became excellent ship builders
gave up trying to travel
learned how to climb mountains
15
Alexander worked to spread Greek culture throughout his empire because?
Alexander was trying to make the Persian Empire angry.
Alexander admired and enjoyed Greek culture and ideas.
Alexander thought that all other cultures were weak
Alexander was trying to build a friendship with the Greeks.
16
Under the first democracy in Athens, aristocrats had more power than citizens
Faasle
False
Truue
True
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What happened to Socrates because of his ideas?
Arrested and sentenced to death
Made king
kicked out of Athens
Proclaimed a god
