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1
The Peloponnesian War was between:
Persian Empire and Sparta
Persian Empire and Athens
Sparta and Athens
Sparta and Thebes
2
Greek warships were called:
hoplites
helots
triremes
ephors
3
A Greek poet named ________ wrote the
Iliad
and the
Odyssey.
Pericles
Draco
Homer
Sophocles
4
Alexander the Great started the:
Golden Age of Greece
Hellenistic Age
Peloponnesian War
Greco-Persian Wars
5
The Minoans built walls around their cities for protection.
True
False
6
In Athens, men were required to complete ______ years of military service.
3
5
2
4
7
According to legend, ___ ran from Marathon to Athens with news of Athenian victory over the Persian Empire at Marathon.
Themesticles
Pheidippides
Pericles
Cleisthenes
8
The Mycenean civilization developed on the island of crete.
True
False
9
The Persian King __________ vowed for revenge against the Athenians.
Phillip II
Draco
Pericles
Xerxes
10
After the Persian Wars, Athens created the:
League of Corinthians
Delian League
League of Greece
Peloponnesian League
11
_______ was a great general and leader of Athens during its Golden Age.
Herucles
Eurepides
Alexander the Great
Pericles
12
Which Greek polis set up an oligarchy?
Athens
Sparta
Corinth
Macedonia
13
Captive workers in Sparta were called:
hoplites
ephors
triremes
helots
14
The Minoan civilization conquered the Mycenaean civilization around 1450 B.C.
True
False
15
The state run military school in Sparta was called the:
polis
agoge
agora
acropolis
16
Which of the following is NOT true about Sparta?
allowed women to receive an education and play sports
Established a monarchy
soldiers served in the military until the age of 60
Boys would start their military training at the age of 7
17
____________ set up a democracy in Athens.
Cleisthenes
Eurpedies
Sophocles
Agamemnon
18
Which of the following was a Greek playwriter?
Cleisthenes
Eurepides
Draco
Pericles
19
Which Greek polis focused on education?
Corinth
Macedonia
Athens
Sparta
20
Which civilization built the world's first arena?
Roman
Minoan
Mycenaean
Athenian
21
An Athenian that developed a written legal code that was based on the idea that all Athenians were equal under the law.
Pericles
Solon
Leonidas
Draco
22
The Greek historian, _________ tells the history of the Greco-Persian wars in his book,
History of the Persian Wars.
Pericles
Hercules
Herodotus
Homer
23
The Mycenaeans expanded their influence in the Aegean world through their military.
False
True
24
Spartan Men over the age of 60 in can serve on the:
council of elders
council of priests
council of verterans
council of 500
25
____________ was the last major battle of the Greco-Persian Wars.
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
26
During the Greco-Persian wars, the Persians won the:
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Marathon
27
King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death at the:
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
28
A form of government in which all citizens share in running the city-state.
Oligarchy
Democracy
Monarchy
Aristocracy
29
Alexander became king of the Macedonians at the age of:
18
21
20
19
30
In Greece, armies of ordinary citizens were called hoplites
False
True
31
Phillip II was king of the:
Spartans
Athenians
Macedonians
Persians
32
Athens started the Peloponnesian War by attacking one of Sparta's allies.
False
True
33
At the _______________, the Athenians ambushed the Persians and defeated them.
Battle of Thermopylae
Peloponnesian War
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Marathon
34
Who is classified as a citizen in most Greek city-states?
Slaves
Foreign-born men
Native-born men
Women
35
Which Macedonian King conquered the Persian Empire?
Alexander the Great
Phillip II
Pericles
Leonidas
36
The Athenian navy defeated the Persian navy at the:
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Plataea
37
Alexander the Great dies from:
a fever.
an assassination.
a battle.
38
Minoan traders relied on the production of:
grapes and oranges
grapes and olives
wheat and olives
wheat and oranges
39
According to legend, The Trojan War was fought over a women named Helen.
True
False
40
The marketplace in a Greek city-state was called the:
agora
polis
agoge
acropolis