Ancient Greece Unit Test Review

Question 1

Why do we still use fables from ancient Greece today?

Accepted Answer

to teach moral lessons

Question 2

Which of the following describes life in Sparta for children?

Accepted Answer

Young boys were taught to obey orders.

Question 3

Why did the ancient Greeks use conquest, colonization, and trade?

Accepted Answer

to get the resources they needed to survive

Question 4

How was Athenian direct democracy different than American representative democracy? Select the 2 correct answers.

Accepted Answer

Athenian direct democracy allowed all free male citizens to make policy, American representative democracy allows citizens to elect lawmakers

Question 5

Which of the following statements best explains why direct democracy worked in ancient Athens?

Accepted Answer

The city-state's population of citizens was small.

Question 6

Which illustrates an important difference in the values of Sparta and Athens?

Accepted Answer

Sparta, conservative about change/the sharing of ideas while Athens was not

Question 7

How did geography affect the development of independent city-states? Select the 2 correct answers.

Accepted Answer

The sea separated the city-states., The mountains isolated the city-states.

Question 8

What goods did Athens trade to other city-states and regions?

Accepted Answer

olive oil

Question 9

Which ruler was most responsible for uniting Greece and building an empire?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great

Question 10

Which of the following were characteristics of Athenian democracy? Select the 3 correct answers.

Accepted Answer

The government consisted of an assembly, a council, and courts., Women, slaves, and foreigners were not allowed to participate., Only free adult males made up the assembly.

Question 11

The Parthenon is considered the finest example of ancient Greek architecture because of its ...

Accepted Answer

balance and harmony of parts

Question 12

Which is evidence that Sparta had elements of democracy?

Accepted Answer

Ephors could take kings out of power.

Question 13

Which of the following was the primary reason the Olympic Games were held?

Accepted Answer

The Olympic Games were held to honor the God Zeus.

Question 14

Which is the most important lesson that can be learned from the Persian Wars?

Accepted Answer

That a unified Greece could beat a larger army.

Question 15

Why did Hippocrates develop the Hippocratic oath?

Accepted Answer

to encourage doctors to use ethical practices

Question 16

Which group of ancient Greek women had greater freedom?

Accepted Answer

Spartan women

Question 17

Which was the most important effect of the Peloponnesian War?

Accepted Answer

Other nations saw Greece's lack of unification as weak.

Question 18

Why were products, ideas, and technologies exchanged in Alexandria?

Accepted Answer

It was the center of trade for Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Ancient Greece Unit Test Review

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Ancient Greece Unit Test Review

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