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Ch. 4 Greece Review
Ch. 4 Greece Review
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Review of Chapter 4-Ancient Greece from the Glencoe "World History" textbook
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This is__________!
STAPLES
PERSIA
SPARTA
ATHENS
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What did Herodotus create?
The first Greek salad
The first real history in Western civilization
The best Greek sword ever made
The first Greek play
3
What did the Greeks form in order to fight off Persian aggression? Athenian defensive alliance
The Delian League
The Deleon Pact
The Greek Alliance
The Greek Union
4
The greatest mathematician of antiquity, made his greatest contributions in geometry.
Herodotus
Mycenaean
Mr. Fligge
Archimedes
5
He laid the foundations of democracy in Athens.
Pericles
Xerxes
Homer
Cleisthenes
6
Women were educated, outspoken radicals. Allowed in public, learned athletics/self defense
Persia
Athens
Hellenistic Empire
Sparta
7
Alexander the Great's homeland
Thebes
Sparta
Greece
Macedonia
8
The Greek city-colonies in Asia-Minor united in order to fight off the Persians.
False
True
9
Put to death for corrupting minds of the youth & challenging the state religion.
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
Hoplites
10
Was Socrates's student, wrote down much of his thoughts, founded Academy of Athens.
Alexander
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
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This approach involved asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking.
Pericloneon Method
Aristotle Method
Platoleon Method
Socratic Method
12
Starting point of Pheidippides's 26 mi. run to announce victory and warn of the Persian attack.
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Marathon
13
The Hellenistic Kingdoms are
Alexander's empire
Persian Kingdoms
Owned by Phillip II
Kingdoms of Hellen of Troy
14
What are the two ways you may earn a grave stone in Sparta?
Dying during childbirth
Becoming a Spartan king
Dying on the battlefield
Killing an enemy's leader
15
Persian monarch that invaded Greece and eventually lost even with superior numbers.
Alexander
Xerxes
Cyrus the Great
Darius
16
He found the circumference of the Earth to be nearly (25,000 miles).
Archcimedes
Eratosthenes
Pericles
Aristotle
17
The united empire that Alexander created by his conquests lasted for 1,000 years after he died.
False
True
18
After his death, Alexander's empire was split into several _______ kingdoms.
Hellenistic
Strong
Macedonian
Divided
19
The Greeks created _______________, it is a Greek word meaning "love of wisdom"
Philosophy
Education
Literature
Mathematics
20
Type of ruler who seizes power in a forceful manner.
Oligarchy
Senator
Hoplites
Tyrant
21
______as we know it in Western culture today originated with the Greeks
Drama
Architecture
Government
Psychics...oracles
22
How far East did Alexander's empire expand?
Australia
Pakistan
Russia
China
23
By about 450 B.C., all male citizens in Athens participated in a "direct democracy" by
Telling important people what they should do
Complaining to the king
Telling representatives what to vote on
Voting on every important issue
24
The home of Greek gods and goddesses was Mount Olympus
True
False
25
Greek tragedies examined all of the following EXCEPT
Human nature
Good and evil
Individual rights
criticism of intellectuals
26
One man brought Alexander along on his military campaigns & the other educated him.
Aristotle
Darius
Pericles
Philip II...aka Dad
27
What was Homer's profession?
Politician
None of the above
A poet and writer
Sculptor
28
What was Alexander's cultural legacy?
His strong skills as a military leader
Spread of Greek language, architecture, literature and art.
Possession of the enture Persian Empire
Gold & silver that his consequences brought to Greece
29
This was the first international sporting event in world history and it took place in 776 B.C.
Track and field
Olympics
Sports
Greek religious festival
30
When Greeks hoped to know the will of the gods they went to see
Athena at the Parthenon
An oracle
Zeus himself on the thunder cloud
A philosopher
31
In Greece, religion was thought to be
Pivotal to the well being of the country
Strictly for men
Somewhat important
Almost as important as democracy
32
Why was the phalanx superior to the Persian tactics?
Powerful, like a human tank
Dominate working as a team
Powerful enough to push enemy back
It was a lighter more mobile formation
33
What did the Athenians do after the losing the Battle of Thermopylae?
Continued to fight back!
None of the above
Withdrew, left their city
Burned Athens
34
Which of these did NOT lead to the downfall of Athens?
Plague
Executed Socrates
Going to war with Persia
Refusing to make peace with Sparta
35
This forced Greece to create city-states and become a sea faring people.
Deserts
Mountains
Seacoast
Lakes
36
This temple was dedicated to the goddess Athena and had a 39 foot statue of her inside.
Parthenon
Olympus
Oracle at Delphi
Acropolis
37
A fortified area on a hilltop
Bunker
Fort
Polis
Acropolis
38
These were performed to encourage the gods to be generous to the Greeks.
Religious rituals
Religious rights of passage
The finest music
None of the above
39
In my country women are not allowed out of the house often or to participate in of view theater
Macedonia
Athens
Sparta
Persia
40
He was the leader of Athens at the height of their power, founding fathers looked up to him.
Cleisthenes
Homer
Pericles
Socrates
41
What is Homer credited for writing?
The Origins of the World
The Odyssey
The Iliad
The Story of the World
42
This empire reached as far as Pakistan and linked Greece with Africa and Asia.
Greece
Sparta
Alexander's Hellenistic Empire
Persia
43
Which man is depicted in this film?
Al
Alex
Ally
Alexander
44
Bronze using people who hale from the Island of Crete, they were conquered by the Mycenaean's.
Minoans
Greeks
Spartans
Athenians
45
A Greek victory against Persia allowed this to survive, it continues to thrive worldwide.
Government
Organized civilization
Warfare
Democracy
46
What taught that inner peace came from following what you believe to be God's will?
Stoicism
Religious rituals
Philosophy
Legalism
47
Spartan warriors were told to return
Victorious
With their shield or on it
Only with their shield
With riches or not at all
48
This was an important Greek colony on the Bosporus Strait.
Asia Minor
Macedonia
Persia
Byzantium
49
Archimedes is known to have calculated the circumference of the earth.
False, it was Eratosthenes
True, it was him
50
Built this temple to honor the goddess Athena, patron of Athens. Commemorated Athenian victory.
Pericles, Parthenon
Pericles, temple
Alexander, Polis
Alexander, Acropolis
