World History Test 1

fortified area on a hilltop

The major gods and goddesses of the Greeks were believed to live on

The word spartan has come to mean

The Persian leader who presented the greatest threat to the Greek empire was named Xerxes

After losing the battle of Thermopylae to the Persians, the Athenians

The Greek sculptor Polyclitus believed that

According to Plato, a good life can only be achieved if a person

According to one story, a young Spartan warrior was told by his mother to return from the war

Socrates' most famous student was named

According to the philosophy of Epicurus

The reforms of Cleisthenes

Which is a study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind?

site of an early battle between the Greeks and the Macedonians

Paleolithic peoples probably lived in small, nuclear family units

Paleolithic people had to acquire food so it is likely that there was equality between genders

home of Alexander the Great

The use of metal tools marked the end of the Neolithic Age and a

C-14 dating reveals the age of an object because living things slowly gain radioactive carbon

During the Dark Age, some Greeks settled

The astronomer Eratothenes determined that

The conquests of Alexander the Great gave rise to the

Greek history was influenced by Greece's

people captured by the Spartans and forced to work as serfs

king who conquered the Greeks

The best way to describe Paleolithic peoples and their way of life is by calling them

The most famous building on the Acropolis in Athens is the

Which of the following is the most complete definition of a civilization?

The alliance formed by Sparta to help defend Greece from the Persians was the Delian League

Two major groups that settled within Greece itself were the

_______ brought new civilizations in contact with one another

In Athens, during the Age of Pericles, every male citizen

The god associated with the most famous oracle in ancient Greece was

The ancient Greeks strove for a kind of _______ that they called arete

One of the subjects that Aristotle wrote about was _____ or the study of moral principles

Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex

When humans first settled in farming villages, their _______ became more complex

The poet who wrote the Iliad was named

About 80 percent of the geography of Greece is

The Iliad and the Odyssey are examples of

Homo habilisis called "handy human" because this early human may have used stone tools

a writer of comedies during the Hellenistic era

A reliable source of meat, milk, and wool resulted from the __________ of animals

Pericles spoke about his hopes and ideals for Athens during a public funeral for fallen soldier

The governing assembly of Athens met every ten days on a hillside east of the Acropolis

The teachings of Homer promoted

According to legend, the messenger Pheidippides began his 26 mile run in Athens

The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the

The ancient Greeks considered religion

imitating the Greeks

The Neolithic Revolution was the shift from hunting/gathering to

Archaeologists might analyze animal remains on stone weapons to learn about prehistoric hunting

The Neolithic Revolution was followed by the

heavily armed foot soldiers

Which four kingdoms emerged following Alexander the Great's death?

Athenian reformer who came to power in 594 BC

The first civilizations developed in __________

The tyrants of ancient Greece were

elected members of Sparta's oligarchy

During the eighth century BC, the Greeks adopted a new system of writing based on the