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Chapter 4 Quiz
1.The Minoan civilization, which flourished between 2700 B.C. and 1450 B.C., was
established _____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
In Athens
In Mycenae
On Crete
In Troy
2.Homer taught that the Greek value of arête, or excellence, is achieved through _____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Study
Honor
Worship
Struggle
3.The Greek city-states relied on infantrymen called _____ for their defense.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Helots
Hoplites
Phalanx
Oracles
4.The art of _____ was the Spartan ideal.
A.
B.
C.
D.
War
Debate
Tyranny
Law
5.During the Age of Pericles, the Athenians became deeply attached to their political
system of _____.
A. Direct Democracy
B. Oligarchy
C. Tyranny
D. Representative Democracy
6.A turning point in the Great Peloponnesian War came when _____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a plague killed more than a third of the people in Athens
Sparta destroyed the Athenian fleet
the Athenians charged the Spartans outside the city walls
the Spartans were able to break down the city walls of Athens
7.In order to learn the will of the gods, the Greeks _____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
built temples
made use of oracles
developed festivals
developed a body of religious doctrine
8._____ taught that the essence of the universe could be found in music and numbers.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Socrates
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Plato
9.Greek culture spread in Southwest Asia during the Hellenistic Era because _____.
A. Hellenistic rulers encouraged a massive spread of Greek colonists to Southwest
Asia.
B. Greek administrators, architects, actors, and others moved to the new Greek
cities.
C. All government business was transacted in Greek rather than native languages.
D. All of these.
10.The most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era was _____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Archimedes
Epicurus
Euclid
Zeno