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MULTIPLE CHOICE For each of the following, write the letter of the best
choice in the space provided.
_____ 1. Spartan society revolved
around training for war
because
a. warfare was their favorite
activity.
b. Spartans feared helot
rebellions.
c. Spartans wanted to
dominate the entire
Mediterranean world.
d. Spartans believed they
could not achieve
immortality without proving
their bravery in battle.
_____
4. Why did the Persian emperor
Darius attack the Greek
mainland?
a. to gain control of Greece’s
vast natural resources
b. to exact revenge for the
Athenians’ victory at
Marathon
c. to kidnap Helen, the
beautiful queen of Athens
d. to punish Athens for aiding
the Ionians in their revolt
against Persian rule
_____
5. Macedonia was able to take
control of all of Greece in the
340s BC because
a. the Persian Empire had
soundly defeated Athens
and Sparta.
b. a terrible plague had
weakened Athens and
Sparta.
c. a long cycle of warfare left
all of Greece vulnerable to
attack.
d. Xerxes was a brilliant
commander of the
Macedonian army.
_____
6. Some of the earliest examples
of Greek epic poetry were
a. written by Aristophanes.
b. the Iliad and the Odyssey.
c. written by women.
d. written for the festival of
Dionysus.
_____ 2. Which of the following gods
or goddesses was the deity of
wisdom?
a. Athena
b. Apollo
c. Hera
d. Ares
_____ 3. Which of the following is the
correct sequence of influential
men in the development of
democracy in Athens, from
first to last?
a. Draco, Solon, Peisistratus,
Cleisthenes
b. Cleisthenes, Pericles, Draco,
Solon
c. Solon, Peisistratus,
Cleisthenes, Alexander
d. Solon, Draco, Cleisthenes,
Peisistratus
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PRACTICING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS Study the map below and
answer the question that follows.
_____ 7. What statement about the Peloponnesian War is best supported by the map?
a. Athens and Sparta were both members of the Delian League.
b. The Persian Empire sent a navy to aid Athens.
c. Athens needed ships to communicate with its allies.
d. Ionia refused to enter the Delian League.
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MATCHING In the space provided, write the letter of the term, person, or
place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
_____ 8. Method of learning through questions
a. Epicureans
_____ 9. Argued that people should use reason to help
them learn about the world
b. Peloponnesian League
_____ 10. Calculated the circumference of the globe
_____ 11. Foot soldiers
c. Eratosthenes
d. Delian League
e. Socratic method
_____ 12. Philosophers who equated pleasure with
good
_____ 13. Made tribes, not families or social groups,
the basis for elections
_____ 14. Emphasize reason, self-discipline, emotional
control, and personal morality
f. Plato
g. polis
h. Aristotle
i. Stoics
j. Sappho
_____ 15. An alliance of several Greek city-states led
by Athens
k. hoplites
_____ 16. Basic political unit in Greece
l. Zeus
_____ 17. Greek poet
m. Cleisthenes
FILL IN THE BLANK For each of the following statements, fill in the
blank with the appropriate word, phrase, or name.
18. Historians consider the _______________________ to be the first Greeks.
19. A typical Greek city-state included a(n) _______________________ where people
shopped, did business, gossiped, and discussed politics.
20. The assembly in Athens, in which all people eligible to take part in government voted
directly on an issue, was an example of _______________________.
21. In the _______________________, Athens surrendered to Sparta in 404 BC.
22. Since _______________________ believed that only philosophers should lead
governments, he did not support Athenian democracy.
23. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and _______________________ were three great writers of
tragedy who lived in Athens.
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24. The Macedonian king _______________________ conquered every major city-state
in Greece except Sparta before his assassination.
25. The artists of the _______________________ period learned to convey emotion and
movement in their works, especially sculpture.
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