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Chapter 8 and 9 World History
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1
What can you infer about the ancient Greeks based upon their achievements?
The ancient Greeks felt that literature was pointless.
The ancient Greeks valued philosophy and art.
The ancient Greeks were most interested in farming.
The ancient Greeks most valued warfare and battle.
2
Because they lived on an island, the Mycenaeans spent much of their time at sea.
False
True
3
All of the following cities began as Greek colonies
except
Istanbul, Turkey.
Naples, Italy.
Alexandria, Egypt.
Marseille, France.
4
Make an inference: As ruler of Persia, what do you think Darius was most interested in doing?
developing a powerful army
making Persia’s empire strong
defeating the Greeks in battle
building many roads in Persia
5
In Athens, most boys from poor families
were taught astronomy, geometry, and science.
studied warfare and were placed in the army.
learned how to sing and play musical instruments.
became farmers and grew food for the wealthy.
6
Which is the best prediction of what might have happened if Spartan armies became weak?
Slaves would have staged a rebellion.
Boys would have lost their courage and strength.
Soldiers would have lost their self-confidence.
Spartan women would have joined the army.
7
Cyrus the Great's treatment of conquered people helped him successfully rule a large empire.
False
True
8
Greek philosophers believed that one thing was more important than anything. What was it?
helping others to be happy and comfortable
encouraging people to worship the gods
understanding how the human body works
using the human mind to think and understand
9
Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks
gave up training to travel.
took up farming.
became expert shipbuilders.
learned how to climb mountains.
10
The greatest Greek doctor
Thucydides
Xerxes
Hippocrates
Sophocles
11
What caused the Peloponnesian War to begin?
Athens quit the Peloponnesian League.
Athens joined forces with the Persians
Sparta refused to join Athens in Delian League.
Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece.
12
Which of the following events took place before Darius ruled Persia?
Roads were built throughout the empire.
Persians invaded southeastern Europe.
Cyrus's son died in a rebellion on Persia.
The capital city of Persepolis was built.
13
Which of the following shows that Greeks strongly influences our language?
English was first spoken in ancient Greece.
English is based on the letters of the Greek alphabet.
English words are spelled using Greek rules of spelling.
Many English words and expression come from Greek mythology.
14
The__________ Sea lies to the east of the Greek mainland.
Aegean
Ionian
15
The following Greek leaders probably have approved of the democracy found in the US except
Draco.
Cleisthenes.
Solon.
Pericles.
16
Athenian domination of the____ League caused Sparta to declare war on Athens.
Delian
Peloponnesian
17
Alexander worked to spread Greek culture through his empire. What conclusion can be drawn?
Alexander thought that all other cultures were weak.
Alexander admired and enjoyed Greek culture and ideas.
Alexander was trying to make the Persian Empire angry.
Alexander was trying to build a friendship with the Greeks.
18
Which of the following activities did
not
take place in the agora?
Greeks had religious gatherings.
Greeks bought and sold goods.
Greeks hid from invading armies.
Greeks held political meetings.
19
Hera is the king of the gods.
True
False
20
What was the relationship between Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great?
Philip was Alexander’s uncle.
Philip was Alexander’s father.
Philip was Alexander’s son.
Philip was Alexander’s cousin.
21
Why did many ancient Greeks visit the oracle at Delphi?
to see where Hercules battled the hydra
to ask the god Apollo questions
to see the birthplace of Aphrodite
to worship Zeus and the other gods .
22
Hellenistic culture influenced the world’s largest library in Alexandria, Egypt.
True
False
23
Apollo was the god of the_______ .
sun
moon
24
The Minoans and the_________ helped shape later Greek cultures.
Cretans
Mycenaeans
25
Everyone who lived in a city-state lived inside the city walls
True
False
26
The ancient Greeks believed that their_____ caused events like thunder and earthquakes.
gods
actions
27
Because people were upset by his ideas, _____was arrested and sentenced to death.
Socrates
Plato
28
What happened after Alexander and his army crossed the Indus River in India?
His exhausted troops refused to fight anymore.
The people of the area crowned Alexander the king.
Alexander defeated the Persian army for the last time.
The Greeks agreed to not rebel against Alexander.
29
Many of the geometry rules from the writings of ______are still used today.
Hippocrates
Euclid
30
After defeating Athens in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta became the most powerful city-state.
False
True
31
Brillant elected leader who led the Athens government from about 460BC until 429BC
Aesop
Homer
Hera
Pericles
32
One improvement that Darius made to the Persian Empire was the creation of
cavalries.
roads.
33
In what way were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans?
The Mycenaeans were not traders.
The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland.
The Mycenaeans did not speak Greek.
The Mycenaeans lived on Greek islands.
34
Greek statues of people were usually not very realistic
True
False
35
The spread of _____culture brought Greek customs to new parts of the world.
Spartan
Hellenistic
36
The_______ tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War.
Iliad
Odyssey
37
The democratic society of Athens allowed women to have more rights than in other cities.
True
False
38
The citizens in the early democracy of Athens voted by writing on paper.
False
True
39
Governors of Persian provinces
satraps
cavalry
phalanx
allainces
40
Which of the following does not describe the first democracy in Athens?
Citizens could serve on smaller councils.
Every citizen had the right to speak.
Aristocrats had more power than citizens.
All citizens had the right to participate in the assembly.