Chapter 5

Question 1

Led 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.

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Leonidas

Question 2

Rule by a few powerful individuals.

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oligarchy

Question 3

Form of government that is headed by a privileged ruling class.

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aristocracy

Question 4

Led the Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae.

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Xerxes

Question 5

What separated the different regions within Greece?

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mountains

Question 6

He wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War.

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Thucydides

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a reason why Macedonia conquered Greece?

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Macedonia received effective assistance from Persia.

Question 8

Which philosopher was condemned to death for “corrupting the youth of Athens” and “neglecting the city’s god’s”?

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Socrates

Question 9

Which of the following fought the Peloponnesian War?

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Athens and Sparta

Question 10

This school of thought held that the only real objects are those that can be perceived by the five senses.

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Epicureanism

Question 11

What is the order in which these three peoples dominated Greece?

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Mycenaeans; Dorians; Macedonians

Question 12

This astronomer argued that the sun was much larger than the Earth and that the planets revolve around the sun.

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Aristarchus

Question 13

The Peloponnesian War was won by

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Sparta.

Question 14

Solon is known for

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introducing political and economic reforms to Athens.

Question 15

According to legend he was one of the first kings on the island of Crete. There is a civilization named after him.

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Minos

Question 16

This scientist arrived at a fairly accurate calculation of the value of pi (π).

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Archimedes

Question 17

In ancient Greece, a tyrant differed from other leaders in that he

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seized power illegally.

Question 18

During the Peloponnesian War, more than one-third of the Athenians, including Pericles, died as a result of

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disease.

Question 19

All of the following were characteristics of Athenian direct democracy EXCEPT

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leaders chosen by the aristocracy.

Question 20

Herodotus is known as

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the Father of History.

Question 21

Defensible fortification at the heart of a city-state.

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acropolis

Question 22

Which of the following cultures was not represented in the cultural blend of Hellenistic culture?

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Chinese

Question 23

Why was Alexandria, Egypt, important during the Hellenistic period?

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It became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic culture.

Question 24

Traditional stories about deeds and misdeeds of gods, goddesses and heroes.

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myths

Question 25

A significant democratic reform carried out by Pericles was to

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increase the public payroll.

Question 26

believed the universe is controlled by a divine power and argued that people should lead virtuous lives

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Stoicism

Question 27

The Persian army that invaded Greece in 480 B.C. and was defeated at sea near Salamis was led by

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Xerxes.

Question 28

This astronomer arrived at a surprisingly accurate calculation of the earth’s circumference.

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Eratosthenes

Question 29

This mathematician’s work is still the basis of courses in geometry. His best-known work was the textbook Elements.

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Euclid

Question 30

Government controlled by its citizens.

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democracy

Question 31

Greek art of the time, also called “classical art,” exhibits all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

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emotion.

Question 32

Within the Greek city-state, life centered around the marketplace, or

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agora.

Question 33

Who wrote The Republic, a book that set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society?

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Plato

Question 34

After conquering Greece, Alexander the Great, conquered which regions?

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Persian Empire, Egypt, and the Indus Valley

Question 35

A phalanx was a type of

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military formation.

Question 36

This bronze statue stood more than 100 feet high. It appears to have been the tallest statue in the Hellenistic world.

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Colossus of Rhodes

Question 37

What caused the major difficulties in uniting ancient Greeks under a single government?

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all of these

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