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1
Oral poetry had a lot of _____ in Greece.
Glorification of warriors
Warrior stories
Epics
Peaceful stories
2
People loved visiting Sparta, and Sparta loved having visitors.
True
False
3
What were “The Polis”?
All of Greece
Small nations
City States
Countries
4
Which of the following peoples are pre-Greek?
Late-Greece
None of the above
Romans
Minoan Cretes
5
_____ was imperialistic while _____ was an isolationist.
Athens, Sparta
Sparta, Athens
6
The Mycenaeans, unlike the rest of Greece, had no fortified cities.
False
True
7
The Mycenae were:
Pre-Greek
Post-Greek
Greek
8
What was the result of colonization?
Greece took over the entire Mediterranean
None of the above
Greek culture prevailed in the Mediterranean
Greek culture virtually disappeared
9
Who was elected to the Assembly?
Helots
Upper class men and women
Ephors
Elders
10
Did women in Athens really have any rights?
No.
They did not.
Nope.
Absolutely not.
11
Which Tyrant redistributed the land from the rich to the poor & improved infrastructure?
Solon
Cleisthenes
Draco
Pisistratus
12
Why were Minoan women a rarity in history?
They were treated with respect
They weren’t made to stay in the home
Could sit with men
They could participate in sporting events, i.e bull run
13
What type of government did Sparta have?
Democracy
Agricultural democracy
Oligarchy
Warrior aristocracy
14
The Minoan art was known to portray incredible violence and glorification of war.
True
False
15
The Helots never revolted.
True
False
16
Cleisthenes did NOT create the foundation for Athenian democracy.
True
False
17
Heraclitus believed that opposites were unnecessary.
False
True
18
_____ commonly committed Eugenics, primarily through _____.
Helots, prolicide
Ephors, prolicide
Helots, infanticide
Ephors, infanticide
19
Other Greek city-states began to surrender to the attacking forces. Who did not?
Athens
Darius
Themistocles
Sparta
20
What made the Mycenaeans so successful?
Their artwork
The Mycenaeans were not successful.
Their trade
Their fortification
21
What was one of the reasons the 2nd Messenian War started?
Helots demanded that the society of Sparta opened
Non-nobles were demanding = rights
Helots revolted
Sparta was getting tired of Helots
22
Empedocles believed in ____ elements of the universe.
4
6
1
2
23
Sparta had an agricultural economy.
False
True
24
One of the results of ______ was making Sparta poor due to lack of trade.
Imperialism
Militarism
Individualism
Mercantilism
25
Who was Sir Arthur Evans?
Discovered Mycenae
Discovered the palace of Knossos
None of the above.
Discovered Atlantis
26
Herodotus was the father of what?
War tactics
War crimes
Philosophy
History
27
Sparta did not value the ______, while Athens did.
Warrior spirit
Economic spirit
Assembly
Individual
28
Unlike the _____, Mycenaeans had a ______ religion.
Minoans, matriarchal
Spartans, monotheistic
Athen people, polytheistic
Minoans, patriarchal
29
Pythagoras discovered the _______ and believed _____.
Apeirons, you become a # when you die
Pythagorean theorem, you become a # when you die
Atoms, things cant exist without an opposite
30
Which of the following was an effect of the Dorian Invasion?
None of the above
Minoans migrated
Mycenaeans began to reinforce their cities better
Mycenaeans migrated
31
The Athens escaped which of these?
Aegean War
Spartan slave state
2nd Messenian War
Dorian Invasion
32
The Dorians built many large buildings and had complex arts and crafts.
True
False
33
Sex was incredibly taboo in Sparta, so it was never available.
False
True
34
Hubris means striving for excellence.
True
False
35
Sparta had _____ power while Athens had ______ power.
Maritime commerce, farming
Agricultural land, Commercial naval
Commercial naval, agricultural land
None of the above, they both had aristocratic power.
36
Sparta had ___ king(s) that acted more like (a) _____.
1, General
2, Pharaohs
2, Generals
1, Pharaoh
37
Sparta _____, not _____.
Colonized, conquered
Conquered, colonized
38
What is a helot?
A slave
A slave-owner
An upper class person
39
Which of these things did Pisistratus do?
Created the Council of 500
Had the Iliad and Odyssey written down
Relieved farm debt
Coined the term Ostracism
40
The city states of Greece were relatively peaceful and only fought on occasion.
True
False
41
What kind of stuff was the Council of 500 concerned with?
Everyday business
Large decisions
How to run Athens
Decided who was on council
42
Who was the general who belonged to Persia first, then belonged to Athens?
Themistocles
Plataea
Xerxes
Mitiades
43
Pisistratus hated the Arts, and did not put any effort into preserving them.
False
True
44
The sewage system was only for royalty.
True
False
45
What kind of things were learned in Athens?
War Strategies
Geometry
Music
Rhetoric
46
What was UNUSUAL about the Minoan’s main religion?
The lack of religion
Matriarchal
Patriarchal
Monotheistic
47
How did the Minoans fall?
Lack of food
Conquered by Assyrians
Economic collapse
It is unknown
48
Athens had a democracy in the way(s) that:
Citizens voted directly
Everyone got to vote
Some percent of the population participated in voting
Representatives were elected
49
Who belonged to the Athenian Assembly?
Elder men and women
Adult male citizens who owned property
Adult citizens
Adult males
50
What did the palace have that was relatively unheard of at this point in history?
Developed language
A sewage system
War-like citizens and leadership
Advanced artwork
51
What kicked off the Dark Age of Greece?
Severe food shortage
The year becoming 1000BC
Dorian Invasion
Iliad Invasion
52
Tyrants in Athens were ALWAYS bad.
True
False
53
Who was Sappho?
Created the Island of Lesbos
A woman poet who had same-sex attraction
A poet who’s work purely focused on homosexuality and how it’s wrong
A gay male poet
54
Who won the Marathon battle?
Sparta
Greece
Athens
Persia
55
What kind of state did Sparta become following the helot revolt?
Military state
Agricultural state
Slave-based state
Free state
56
Early greek art only had naked men, no naked women.
False
True
57
What did scholars memorize in Athens?
Odyssey
Iliad
Torah
Bible
58
Which archeologist found Mycenae?
Heinrich Schliemann
Howard Carter
Arête
It’s unknown how it was found exactly
59
Spartan women were:
Could fight, but had no other rights
Very weak, fragile, and subordinate
Strong, active in public life, could own property
Neutral
60
At the beginning of the 6th century, which group gena to gain control of a lot of Athenian land?
Warrior
Just Nobles
Aristocrats
Nobles & Upperclass
61
Which Tyrant had a very harsh law code, and imposed slavery upon debt-owers?
Cleisthenes
Solon
Pisistratus
Draco
62
What does Ostracism mean?
Banished from society
To be kicked out of office
To be disrespected & excluded by youre peers
63
Linear A was translated with ease among archeologists.
False
True
64
What reappears in this age?
Irrigation systems
Advanced agriculture techniques
Maritime trade
Writing
65
Who was Sparta fighting in the 2nd Messenian War?
Mycenaeans
Nobles
Athens
Helots
66
Greece never fought within itself.
True
False
67
Anaximander believed in what?
We become numbers when we die
No lying
Evolution from the sea
No afterlife
68
Prostitution was legal and common in Athens.
True
False
69
The Dorians were less _____ than the Mycenaeans.
sophisticated
economically advanced
warrior-like
architectural
70
Helots were primarily used for _____, so Spartan citizens could _____.
fighting, farm
farming, farm
farming, fight
fighting, fight
71
Athenian education was only for the wealthy, who could pay for tutors.
True
False
72
What happened to Helots annually?
War was declared on them
They went to school
Nothing, they farmed all year.
They were beaten
73
What was the theme of the Iliad?
Triumph of Arête
Return of Odysseus
Human responsibility
Fate
74
Greece specialized in _____ commerce.
Land
Maritime
75
Sparta was an open society.
True
False
76
Which Tyrant cancelled the farm debt, but didn’t fix the land distribution issue?
Solon
Pisistratus
Cleisthenes
Draco
77
What were the Draconian codes written in?
Blood
An early pencil
Ink
Clay
78
Who was the 1st person to try invade Greece?
Themistocles
Darius the 1st
Darius the 2nd
Xerxes
79
The Assembly is comparable to what modern American political system?
House of Reps
Supreme court
Senate
Executive branch
80
Greece was much like Sparta when it came to their rights given to women.
False
True
81
Sparta was successful at which of these?
Olympic games
Being a weak city-state
Having walls made of men
Discriminating against women
82
Sparta was suspicious of new ideas. What did this lead to?
None of the above.
No new technology
Decreased tourism
A dislike of outsiders
83
What’s the difference between Linear A & Linear B?
There is no difference.
There was no B.
B is translatable, A is not.
A is translatable, B is not.
84
Who was Thales?
Greek philosopher who believed everything was made of water.
“Father of philosophy”
Held the belief that we evolved from sea creatures
Spartan philosopher
85
Athenians were descendants of what group?
Minoans
Dorians
Spartans
Mycenaeans
86
Sparta was culturally ____, while Athens was culturally _____.
Sterile, Fertile
Neither city-state had a big culture.
Fertile, Sterile
87
Democritus believed what?
Atoms are solid & hollow
Atoms are solid & dense
Atoms are not solid
88
Who was Parmenides?
Greek king
Greek philosopher who believed arguments should lack contradictions
Greek philosopher who believed atoms were solid
89
Solon required what of all adult male citizens?
Become members of Council of 500
Participate in elections
Own property
Become members of Assembly
90
Which Tyrant is considered the “Father of Athenian Democracy” & created the Council of 500?
Pisistratus
Draco
Solon
Cleisthenes
91
Choose one of the following characteristics that belonged to the Minoans.
Linear B writing
Fortified city
Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann
Palace civilization
92
What is Arête?
The idea of warrior aristocracy
Hubris
The idea of excellence in what one does
Excessive pride
93
Women were far more free in Athens than they were in Sparta.
True
False
94
The Helots were descendants of what people?
Myceneans
Sumerians
Minoans
No direct ancestry
95
Darius the I was a Greek king.
True
False
96
Where was Sparta located?
Along the Mediterranean
Peloponnesus Peninsula
Along the Greek peninsula
Along the Aegean Sea
97
Sparta had a closed society while Athens had an open one.
True
False
98
Mycenaeans had a _____ aristocracy.
Warrior
Peaceful
Patriarchal
99
What were some reasons that colonization began in the Age of Colonization?
Trade
More want for land
Severe lack of food and water
Overpopulation
100
Which of the following is/are achievement(s) of the Archaic Age?
Important woman (Oracle at Delphi)
The hoptile phalanx
Writing down law codes
Developing coins
