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Name: Greece Practice 1. Base your answer to the question on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies. 7. Which ancient civilization established the basis of Western democracy? A) Phoenician B) Egyptian ... We give our obedience to those whom we put in C) Sumerian D) Greek positions of authority, and we obey the laws themselves, especially those which are for the 8. Which was a major characteristic of democracy in protection of the oppressed, and those unwritten laws ancient Athens? which it is an acknowledged shame to break. ... A) All adult male citizens were eligible to vote. - Pericles, quoted in History of the B) All residents were given voting rights. C) Women were allowed to vote in major elections. Peloponnesian War D) Slaves were permitted to vote in major elections. In this quotation, Pericles is praising Athenian A) civic values C) military strengths B) artistic creativity D) commercial success 2. One way in which the ancient city-state of Athens and the Gupta Empire are similar is that both A) B) C) D) allowed universal suffrage developed matriarchal societies promoted art and literature established plantation agriculture 3. Which society practiced direct democracy? 9. Important long-term contributions of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations are primarily found in the area of A) B) C) D) military technology religious doctrine economic policy and planning government and law 10. The ancient Athenians are credited with A) inventing and using the wheel B) eliminating slavery C) establishing governments that had democratic elements D) inventing the printing press 11. ". . . for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few . . . an Athenian citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own 4. What effect did the geography of ancient Greece have on household.... We alone regard a man who takes no its early development? interest in public affairs not as a harmless but as a useless character...." A) The mountainous terrain led to the creation of –Pericles, independent city-states. 431 B.C. B) A lack of natural seaports limited communication. C) An inland location hindered trade and colonization. Which type of political system does this quotation suggest that people of ancient Athens valued? D) Abundant natural resources encouraged selfsufficiency. A) monarchy B) aristocracy A) ancient Athens C) Gupta Empire B) dynastic China D) early Egypt 5. Olympic games, the poems of Homer, and Hellenistic culture are associated with which ancient civilization? A) Egyptian C) Roman B) Greek D) Phoenician 6. In a comparison of the ancient cities of Athens and Sparta, Sparta placed more emphasis on A) education C) family order B) military service D) human rights C) democracy D) autocracy 12. "Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institutions of our neighbors. It is more the case of our being a model to others than of our imitating anyone else. Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands, not of a minority, but of the whole people." Which early society is most likely described in this quotation? A) Spartan C) Athenian B) Babylonian D) Egyptian 13. All citizens in ancient Athens had the right to attend the Assembly, where they could meet in open discussion and cast votes. This situation is an example of A) B) C) D) direct democracy totalitarianism parliamentary democracy absolutism 14. Why did the ancient city-states of Athens and Sparta develop different political systems? A) The Byzantine Empire dictated government policies. B) Foreign travelers introduced new philosophies. C) The mountainous topography resulted in the isolation of these city-states. D) For over three centuries, civil wars raged in these city-states. 15. Which description accurately identifies Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle? A) B) C) D) rulers of the Roman Republic artists of the Italian Renaissance religious leaders of the Protestant Reformation philosophers of ancient Greece 16. Base your answer to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies. Based on the information provided by this map, which body of water was most likely the center of Roman trade? A) Red Sea C) Atlantic Ocean B) Black Sea D) Mediterranean Sea