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Greek History Study Guide
World Foundations 101
Instructions: Print out a working copy of the study guide. Read the questions first so that
you know what you are looking for as you watch the presentation. When you find an
answer, pause the presentation and answer the question.
Most of the answers will be found in the body of the text. A few answers will be
found in the captions of the pictures. Pause the presentation or go back a few
slides as often as is necessary.
All questions are either T/F or Multiple Choice/Multiple Answer.
1. The Minoan civilization disappeared just after the Trojan War came to a close.
2. Which of the following were Greeks who fought against Troy?
a. Priam
b. Agamemnon
c. Menelaus
d. Odysseus
3. Find Troy on the map. The city of Troy was located anciently in the Peloponnesus.
4. Find Mycenae on the map. The city of Mycenae was located in Thessaly.
5. Which of the following was used by the Greeks to hide their ships after leaving behind
the Trojan horse?
a. Island of Tenedos
b. Island of Crete
c. Island of Lesbos
d. Island of Imbros
6. Which of the following are true concerning the Mycenaean civilization?
a. It was this group of Greeks that fought the Trojan War.
b. It was a society of powerful independent monarchies.
c. It went into decline after the Dorian invasion.
d. These Greeks cremated their dead.
7. The first Olympic Games took place in 924 B.C.
8. The introduction of an improved alphabet helped bring the Greeks out of the Dark
Ages.
9. Which of the following are true?
a. The name for the city-state of Greece was the acropolis.
b. The dwellings of the ordinary citizens were located in the acropolis.
c. The main temples of the Greek city were located in the acropolis.
d. The palace of the king and the sacred fire of the communal hearth were located
in the acropolis.
10. Which of the following are true concerning Athens?
a. The hoplite phalanx inhibited the growth of the development of democracy in
Athens for several decades.
b. The term “tyrant’ did not have a negative connotation to the Greeks.
c. The line of Athenian kings ended in 1068 B.C.
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d. The Athenian constitution was written in the 9th century.
11. Draco’s written laws made Athenian law consistent for all citizens.
12. Which of the following are true concerning Solon?
A. He extended the privileges of citizenship.
B. He insisted that all debts be paid in full.
C. He forbade the export of wheat.
D. He established a citizen assembly called the Boule.
E. His policies impoverished Athens.
13. Which of the following are true concerning Pisistratus?
A. He raised taxes on the lower class.
B. During his reign, Homer’s poems were written down.
C. He was a tyrant.
D. He instituted the drama at the Dionysian festival.
14. Harmodius and Aristogeiton, the killers of Hipparchus, younger brother of Hippias,
were considered heroes for the deed by the later Greeks.
15. Which of the following are true concerning Clisthenes?
A. He gave all male and female Athenians the right to vote.
B. He canceled all debts.
C. He established the popular assembly as the body of government with all
authority in Athenian society.
D. He eliminated the four traditional tribes that were based on family relations
and organized ten new tribes based on geographical location.
16. Clisthenes is known as the father of democracy.
17. The homicide court in Athens met on Mars Hill.
18. Which of the following are true concerning Sparta?
A. The state decided which babies should die.
B. The men served in the army until the age of 60.
C. Sparta was the leader of the Peloponnesian League.
D. Spartan boys started athletic and military training at 10.
19. Spartan serfs were known as Helots.
20. The Greeks were overwhelmingly victorious at the Battle of Marathon.
21. The Persians sent the army to Greece in 490 B.C. to teach Athens a lesson for helping
the Greeks on the Ionian coast.
22. The Greek rebellion on the Ionian coast in 499 B.C. was successful.
23. The term “trireme” is the name for a Greek warship.
24. Athens acted imperially and used funds from the Delian League for its own purposes.
25. The alliance headed up by Athens was the Delian League.
26. Which of the following are true concerning the Peloponnesian War?
A. It was mainly between Sparta and Athens.
B. The Athenian political leader who declared a thirty-year truce was Thucydides.
C. Neither truce lasted as long as it should have.
D. Athens lost the Peloponnesian War.
27. Philip of Macedon forced the Greek cities to submit to his rule.
28. Alexander the Great died in 308 BC.
29. By 147 B.C., Greece was conquered by Rome.
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