Mrs. Gamet - 9th Grade World History Chapter 3 - The Greek Civilization

Question 1

Sparta formed which league to thwart the advance of Athenian democracy?

Accepted Answer

Peloponnesian League

Question 2

The leading commercial center of the early mainland Greek civilization was...

Accepted Answer

Mycenae

Question 3

The defensive alliance formed by Athens to protect Greece from Persian attack was called the...

Accepted Answer

Delian League

Question 4

Where did the Minoans live?

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 5

Which empire threatened Greek independence and isolation in the fifth century BC?

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 6

Which of the following statements does NOT characterize the Greek "Dark Ages"?

Accepted Answer

Troy and Mycenae fought a trade war

Question 7

What city overlooked Hellespont?

Accepted Answer

Troy

Question 8

What term refers to the four-year interval between the Greek games?

Accepted Answer

Olympiad

Question 9

The government of Athens under Pericles was...

Accepted Answer

A democracy

Question 10

Wrote "Republic..."

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 11

The Olympic Games were originally held in honor of...

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 12

What archon instituted reforms to help the common man?

Accepted Answer

Solon

Question 13

The apostle Paul's visit to Athens brought him into conflict with...

Accepted Answer

Epicureans and Stoics

Question 14

Which famous philosopher taught Aristotle?

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 15

What was the main city of the Delian League?

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 16

The Father of Philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Thales

Question 17

Known for syllogism...

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 18

Known for working in the field of medicine...

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Hippocrates

Question 19

"Know thyself..."

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Socrates

Question 20

Worked in the field of geometry...

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Euclid

Question 21

Which island did the Greeks heavily colonize?

Accepted Answer

Sicily

Question 22

What played a critical role in the development of Greek history?

Accepted Answer

Geography

Question 23

What is the name of the period in which Greek culture was spread throughout the ancient world?

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic Age

Question 24

Which of the following is the correct order for the periods of Greek sculpture?

Accepted Answer

Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic

Question 25

The basic political unit of Greece was the...

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polis

Question 26

Who was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 27

Who was a poet?

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 28

Rule by force...

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Tyranny

Question 29

Which of the following were historians?

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Herodotus and Thucydides

Question 30

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian refer to Greek...

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Architecture

Question 31

What term is used for the formal study of human thought and culture?

Accepted Answer

humanities

Question 32

Was the Greek civilization a politically unified civilization?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 33

The Peloponnesian War developed over...

Accepted Answer

A rivalry between Athens and Sparta

Question 34

At what mountain-pass battle of 480 BC did a Spartan army fight to its death?

Accepted Answer

Thermopylae

Question 35

What was the fortified hill constructed in Greek cities for protection called?

Accepted Answer

Acropolis

Question 36

What did Sophocles and Aristophanes have in common?

Accepted Answer

Drama

Question 37

Was involved in the Peloponnesian War...

Accepted Answer

Thucydides

Question 38

What culture permeated the Near East from the time of Alexander until the coming of the Romans?

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic

Question 39

"Father of History"

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Herodotus

Question 40

Who defeated the Persian army under Darius III?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great

Question 41

Worked in astronomy and geography...

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Eratosthenes

Question 42

Rule by one...

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monarchy

Question 43

The Spartan way of life centered on...

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military training

Question 44

Believed that happiness and pleasure are achieved through the avoidance of pain and fear...

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Epicureans

Question 45

Rule by a few...

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Oligarchy

Question 46

Was Columbus the first person to prove that the earth is round?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 47

Rule by the people...

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 48

Which Persian king burned Athens?

Accepted Answer

Xerxes

Question 49

The most important result of the Peloponnesian War was...

Accepted Answer

Political disunity in Greece

Question 50

Breakdown of government and order...

Accepted Answer

Anarchy

Mrs. Gamet - 9th Grade World History Chapter 3 - The Greek Civilization

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Mrs. Gamet - 9th Grade World History Chapter 3 - The Greek Civilization

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