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Chapter 8 and 9: Ancient Greece Review
Chapter 8 and 9: Ancient Greece Review
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True or False: Cyrus the Great treated his people poorly so that they wouldn't rebel.
False
True
2
A Greek doctor who focused on how doctors should behave.
Thucydides
Euclid
Archimedes
Hippocrates
3
Why did Alexander the Great spread the Greek culture throughout his empire?
because he had a Greek tutor, Aristotle
he wanted to be friends with the Greeks
he admired and enjoyed the Greek culture
he was trying to make the Persians angry
4
In the first democracy in Athens ______.
citizens served on smaller councils
all citizens had the right to speak
all citizens had the right to participate in the assembly
aristocrats had more power than citizens
5
Clear and ordered thinking is_______.
Zoroastrianism
reason
philosophy
mythology
6
The _____ were considered to be the first Greeks because they spoke the Greek language.
Mycenaeans
Athenians
Spartans
Minoans
7
________ was arrested and sentenced to death because of his ideas
Homer
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
8
Was the leader of Athens government from 460 - 429 BC. He made improvements to democracy.
Pericles
Socrates
Draco
Cleisthenes
9
True or False: Women in Athens had more rights than women in Sparta.
False
True
10
Boys from poor Athenian families often
became merchants
became warriors
became farmers
learned to sing & play musical instruments
11
How did Darius become king of Persia?
by killing his father for power
Cyrus' son, Cambyses, died in a rebellion
by killing off all of his rivals
by building a new capital, Persepolis
12
The cause of the Peloponnesian War was
the fear Athens would take over Greece.
Sparta's refusal to join the Delian League.
Sparta creating an alliance with Macedonia
Athens creating an alliance with Persia.
13
A building constructed in Athens as a temple to the goddess Athena in the 400s BC.
the Pantheon
the Acropolis
the Assembly
the Parthenon
14
True or False: A tyrant uses force to hold power.
False
True
15
Who was Alexander the Great's father?
Cyrus the Great
Philip II
Aristotle
Darius I
16
He was the author of
The Iliad
and
The Odyssey.
Thucydides
Socrates
Homer
Draco
17
Athens created the
Delian League
Peloponnesian League
18
A unit of soldiers mounted on horses.
phalanx
oligarchy
calvary
cavalry
19
Greeks were expert ______ because they lived on a peninsula.
traders
shipbuilders
farmers
mountain climbers
20
Achievements in ancient Greece showed that they valued
warfare and battle.
peacekeeping.
philosophy and the arts.
shipbuilding.
21
True or False: Aristocrats were poor landowners.
True
False
22
He worked to make Persia's empire strong.
Darius I
Cyrus the Great
Philip II
Xerxes I
23
In a ______ people elect officials to make the laws.
representative democracy
oligarchy
direct democracy
tyranny
24
This epic poem tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War.
The Odyssey
The Iliad
The Panchatantra
The Aeneid
25
True or False: Ancient Greeks believed that gods caused events like volcanoes and lightning.
TRUE
FALSE
26
Many English __________________ come from the Greek language.
rules for spelling
letters of the alphabet
words and expressions
traditions
27
This body of water lies to the
WEST
of the Greek mainland.
Ionian Sea
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
28
Why didn't Alexander the Great push into, and conquer, all of India and China?
his army refused to fight and go any further
there was a slave revolt in Thebes he had to stop
he got sick and died
his father called him home to Macedonia
29
___________ is the word means "Greek-like;" and refers to the spread of Greek culture.
Socratic
Hellenistic
Spartan
Athenian
30
This body of water lies to the
EAST
of the Greek mainland.
Black Sea
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Ionian Sea
31
True or False: Zoroastrianism is a religion based on the bad of good and evil.
True
False
32
He created many of the rules of geometry we use today.
Thucydides
Euclid
Hippocrates
Archimedes
33
Famous for the fables he wrote.
Euclid
Socrates
Homer
Aesop
34
The ____________ lived on the island of Crete.
Mycenaeans
Minoans
35
Ancient Greeks visited _______ to ask the god Apollo questions.
Athens
Sparta
the oracle at Delphi
Delos
36
___________ became the most powerful Greek city-state after winning the Peloponnesian War
Athens
Sparta
37
Which one of these things did Darius
NOT
do to reorganize and bring order to Persia?
create 20 provinces each governed by a satrap
create the new religion Zoroastrianism
build roads connecting the empire
build the capital, Persepolis
38
Why did Sparta focus on building a strong army?
to have strong babies
to prevent a slave revolt
to keep Athens in line
to make boys strong and courageous
39
True or False: a phalanx is a group of warriors that stand close together in a square.
True
False
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They used the human mind to think and understand.
engineers
philosophers
scientists
warriors
41
He created strict, harsh laws for the people of Athens.
Solon
Draco
Cleisthenes
Pericles
42
Sparta created the
Peloponnesian League
Delian League
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An acropolis is a
collection of stories about gods and heroes
high hill with a fortress at the top
religion based on the battle of good and evil
collection of stories that are used to teach a moral
