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Chapter 11 Test
Name _______________________________
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1.Which caused the Peloponnesian War?
2.Who resented Athens’ growing power after Athens won the Second Persian War?
3.Which ruler conquered Greece?
4. What are the origins of Hellenistic culture?
5.Much of the territory conquered by Alexander the Great was previously part of which empire?
6.Where did most of their major gods live?
7.Which structure is considered to be the finest example of classical Greek architecture?
8.Who was the most powerful and important of the Greek gods and goddesses?
9.Ancient Greek culture continues to influence modern
10.What did people go to Alexandria to study?
11.Assistance from what city-state helped Athens defeat the mighty Persian empire in 480 B.C.
12.Why did Sparta want to weaken Athens’ power in ancient Greece?
13.How did Alexander keep control of Greece after his father, King Philip, died?
14.Which event BEST shows the spread of Hellenistic culture?
15.Why did the ancient Greeks study and write about the past?
16.Which Greek philosopher’s method of teaching his followers is still used by teachers today?
Completion
Delphic
Athens
mythology
India
Herodotus
Hellenistic
Corinthian
observations
Sparta
Socratic method
Short Answer
1. Explain how Athens used the Delian League to make itself the greatest Greek city-state after the
Persian Wars.
2. Compare how the Greeks used geography to their advantage in fighting the Persians at Thermopylae
and Salamis.
3. How did the rivalry between Athens and Sparta eventually lead to the Macedonian conquest of
Greece?
4. Explain how Greek culture spread into regions as far as Afghanistan and India. How did the culture
of these regions change?
5. How were the Olympic Games linked to ancient Greek religion?
6. Describe the influence of ancient Greek architecture on the Lincoln Memorial and the Supreme
Court building in the United States.
7. How did the subjects of Greek tragedies and Greek comedies differ?
8. Why did the Greek historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon believe that it was important to
study and write about past events?
9. What contributions did Hippocrates and other Greeks doctors of his time make to medicine and the
treatment of disease.