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All of the following are true of
The Minoans EXCEPT they
a) were skilled craftsman
b) lived on the island of Crete
c) were very warlike society
d) built a maze like palace
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All of the following are true of
The Mycenaeans EXCEPT
That they
a) Conquered the Dorians
b) Adopted Minoan culture
c) Built hilltop fortresses
d) Were skilled craftsman
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The early history of the Greeks
Was kept alive during the “Dark
Age through
a) Literature
b) Oral Tradition
c) Government records
d) encyclopedias
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Which describes the physical
Geography of Greece
a) Great rivers, fertile valleys
b) Long coastline, rugged hills
c) Long coastline, great rivers
d) Fertile valleys, rugged hills
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Two of the ancient Greeks most
Important crops were
a) Wheat & barely
b) Corn & squash
c) Fish & olives
d) Grapes & olives
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The geography of ancient
Greece made it difficult for
communities
a) To speak different languages
b) To worship different gods
c) To unify
d) To fight each other
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The geography of ancient
Greece contributed to its
growth as (a)
a) Unified states
b) Individual city-states
c) theocracy
d) democracy
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Which body of water does
NOT reach the shores of
Greece
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Mediterranean Sea
c) Aegean Sea
d) Ionian Sea
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How were Most Greek goods
transported
a) Over land by Chariots
b) Over land by Mules
c) In Cargo ships
d) Over land by slaves
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Two Aegean civilizations that
Came before (preceded) the
Greeks were the
a) Athenians & Spartans
b) Minoans & Macedonians
c) Phoenicians & Minoans
d) Minoans & Mycenaeans
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The “dark age” 1100 BC to 800
BC refers to the period of time
after the fall of (the)
a) Troy
b) Mycenaeans
c) Minoans
d) Dorians
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The Minoan civilization was
Most noted for its
a) Pottery & frescoes
b) Advanced weapons
c) army
d) Technology & schools
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The Mycenaeans came to
control the Aegean region
because they
a) Conquered the Persians
b) Conquered the Dorians
c) Conquered the Spartans
d) Conquered the Minoans
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All of the following are true of
the Mycenaeans EXCEPT
that they
a) Were skilled craftsman
b) Adopted Minoan writing
c) Conquered the Dorians
d) Built hilltop fortresses
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The Minoans did not need to
build walls around their cities
because
a) They had a large fleet
b) They were allies of Sparta
c) They had a large army
d) They were allies of Mycenae
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Words such as police & politics
Come from the Greek word
Polis, which means
a) soldier
b) fortress
c) city-state
d) democracy
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Spartan culture most valued
What qualities in their citizens
a) Strength & obedience
b) Wisdom & inventiveness
c) Beauty & cooperation
d) Courage & critical thinking
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Participation in the democracy
Athens was open to
a) Citizens & metics
b) Men & women over 18
c) Citizens only
d) Citizens & their wives
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Citizenship in Athens was open
To which group of people
a) Any land owning male
b) Both women & men
c) Everyone who lived in Athens
d) Males over the age of 18
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What percentage of the
Population were slaves in
Athens
a) 48 %
b) 25 %
c) 12 %
d) 15 %
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What percentage of Athens
Population were considered
citizens
a) 15 %
b) 25 %
c) 12 %
d) 48 %
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Spartan men could retire
From the army at what age
a) 30
b) 40
c) 20
d) 60
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The wealthy were upset with
The democracy of Athens
Because they felt too much
Power had been given to
a) metics
b) women
c) Poor citizens
d) Religious leaders
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Which of the following did NOT
Help create democracy in
Ancient Greece
a) Phidippides
b) Pericles
c) Solon
d) Cleisthenes
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Why was Sparta’s army so
powerful
a) They had better weapons
b) Boys began to train at 7 years
c) They had the best navy
d) Girls served in the army too
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Which Athenian leader began the
Process of democracy in ancient
Athens
a) Themistocles
b) Pericles
c) Solon
d) Peisistratus
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Which is the term used to
Describe the practice of
banishing a person from
Athens
a) Communism
b) Facism
c) Militarism
d) Ostracism
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The first historian to try to
Separate fact from legend and
Document the Persian Wars was
a) Thales
b) Pericles
c) Aristotle
d) Herodotus
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The Persian King Darius
Demanded what two items
From the Greeks to show they
Would accept him as their king
a) Money & Slaves
b) Earth & Water
c) Ships & Olives
d) Olives & Money
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An important Greek victory
That showed the Greeks that
They could defeat Persia was
a) Marathon
b) Aegeospotami
c) Thermopylae
d) Granicus
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Sparta’s most glorious defeat
Where 300 Spartans fought to
The last man was
a) Marathon
b) Salamis
c) Hastings
d) Thermopylae
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Greece’s golden age took place
After the Persian Wars during
Which time period
a) Mid 700’s BC
b) Mid 700’s AD
c) Mid 400’s BC
d) Mid 400’s AD
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What did the oracle at Delphi
Say would save Athens from
The Persians
a) Wooden walls
b) Wooden horse
c) The Gods
d) Stone Walls
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Which of the following was a
Sea battle and Greek victory
a) Thermopylae
b) Salamis
c) Plataea
d) Marathon
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What was the name of the
Greek runner who delivered
The news about Marathon
a) Pericles
b) Leonidas
c) Themistocles
d) Phidippides
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Approximately how many troops did
The Persians lose at the battle of
Marathon.
a) 1,000,000
b) 200
c) 6,000
d) 50,000
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Who was the king of Persia
During the battle at
Thermopylae
a) Darius
b) Pericles
c) Militades
d) Xerxes
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The last battle of the Persian
Wars took place at _______ &
was a Greek victory.
a) Plataea
b) Aegospotami
c) Salamis
d) Marathon
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The Persian ruler who invaded
Greece & led the Persians at
Marathon was
a) Xerxes
b) Alexander
c) Darius
d) Pericles
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Approximately what year did
The Persian wars begin
a) 490 AD
b) 490 BC
c) 470 BC
d) 470 AD
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What event started the
Persian Wars
a) Ionian revolt
b) Paris stole Helen
c) Sparta attacked Troy
d) Pericles insulted Darius
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The Spartan general who led
the 300 soldiers at Thermopylae
& whose name means little lion
was
a) Leonidas
b) Xerxes
c) Darius
d) Themistocles
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During the Golden Age, the
Greeks made great strides in
Which of the following fields
a) Arts & Sciences
b) Tomb Building
c) Agriculture
d) None of the above
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Who was a famous philosopher
And teacher during the Golden
Age
a) Lycurgus
b) Socrates
c) Archimedes
d) Alexander
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Which of the following was not
A goal of Pericles
a) Strengthen democracy
b) Create a new religion
c) Protect Athens
d) Make Athens beautiful
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Which of the following is the
best example of Greek
architecture
a) Acropolis
b) Phalanx
c) Pantheon
d) Parthenon
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Which of the following best
describes the goal of Greek
Art
a) Criticize artists
b) Show flaws
c) Show perfection
d) None of the above
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The majority of Greek plays
were
a) Comedies
b) Tragedies
c) Reality shows
d) None of the above
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What did the ancient Greeks
Use to correct the human eye
And make the Parthenon
Appear perfectly symmetrical
a) Optical Illusions
b) Computers
c) Lasers
d) None of the above
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Socrates believed that the
search for this was the most
important thing a person
could do
a) Gold
b) Knowledge
c) Truth
d) Atlantis
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This Greek mathematician came
up a theorem for calculating the
sides of a right triangle
a) Pericles
b) Thales
c) Ptolemy
d) Pythagoras
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This famous inventor and
astronomer discovered the law
of physics known as the
Theory of Displacement
a) Euclid
b) Archimedes
c) Sophocles
d) Hippocrates
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This person was a famous
Greek philosopher and opened
a school called the academy as
well as writing the Republic
a) Plato
b) Ptolemy
c) Pericles
d) Aristotle
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All of the following were true of
the ancient Greek Olympics
EXCEPT
a) It was open to all Greek men
b) They honored Zeus
c) They were held every 4 years
d) Women competed
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This person developed a code
of conduct for doctor’s that is
still practiced today
a) Archimedes
b) Sophocles
c) Hippocrates
d) Herodotus
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Which of the following was not
A cause for Athens’ defeat
During the Peloponnesian War.
a) The Plague
b) Persia gave money to Sparta
c) King Philip helped Sparta
d) Sparta destroyed its crops
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What was the name of the
alliance that Athens’ created
to protect Greece from
foreign invasions
a) Delian League
b) Attica Alliance
c) Peloponnesian League
d) NATO
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In response to Athens’ growing
Power what alliance did Sparta
create
a) Delian League
b) Peloponnesian League
c) Aegospotami League
d) Dionysus League
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Approximately how many
years did the Peloponnesian
War last.
a) 50
b) 30
c) 20
d) 10
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Which of the following is NOT
a result of the Peloponnesian
War
a) Golden Age ends
b) All of Greece is weakened
c) Athenian democracy ends
d) Socrates is exiled
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Athens’ contributed to the
outbreak of the Peloponnesian
War by.
a) Signing a treaty with Sparta
b) Spreading democracy
c) Trying to build an Empire
d) Signing a treaty with Persia
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The sea battle where Athens’
Lost most of its navy was
called
a) Salamis
b) Aegospotami
c) Marathon
d) Plataea
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Which of the following is NOT
a reason why Athens’ became
the leading power in Greece
after the Persian Wars
a) Strong Army
b) Persia defeated
c) Leadership of Pericles
d) Delian League
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Socrates was arrested, tried, &
convicted of corrupting the
youth of Athens. His sentence
was
a) Life in prison
b) Banishment or exile
c) Death by poison
d) Pay a fine
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After the Peloponnesian war
which Macedonian leader was
able to conquer the Greeks.
a) Alexander
b) King Philip II
c) Cyrus
d) Aristotle
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Who was the famous Greek
Philosopher who taught
Alexander the Great
a) Socrates
b) Aristotle
c) Archimedes
d) Plato
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What was the name of the
Black stallion (horse) that
Alexander tamed & rode
a) Phideas
b) Bucephalus
c) Black Beauty
d) Brutus
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Which battle did Alexander win
for his father that defeated the
Greeks
a) Marathon
b) Canae
c) Granicus
d) Chaeronea
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Which of the following was
NOT a goal of King Philip II
For Macedonia
a) Create a strong army
b) Conquer the Persians
c) Build a new capital
d) Unite Greek city-states
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How did Alexander become
King at the age of 20 in the
Year 336 BC
a) He was elected
b) His father was killed
c) His father retired
d) He defeated his father
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What prophecy did Alexander
Fulfill to prove he was destined
To rule the world
a) Untie the Gordian Knot
b) Complete the 12 labors
c) Find the Golden Fleece
d) Find the crystal skull
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Alexander’s empire did NOT
Include which territory
a) India
b) Egypt & Persia
c) China
d) Greece
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What philosophy did Alexander
Use that helped him control such
A huge (vast) empire
a) Brute Force
b) Fear & Intimidation
c) Stoicism
d) Tolerance
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The culture created by Alexander
By combining Greek & Persian
Culture and its name means
Greek like was
a) Hellenistic
b) Cynicism
c) Epicureanism
d) Stoicism
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Which of the following was one
Of the 7 Wonders of the ancient
World that Alexander had built
at Alexandria Egypt
a) The Light House
b) The Pyramids
c) The Hanging Gardens
d) The Colossus of Rhodes
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How many papyrus scrolls
Could be found at the library of
Alexandria
a) 250,000
b) 50,000
c) 10,000
d) 500,000
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In what year did Alexander the
Great die
a) 356 BC
b) 323 AD
c) 323 BC
d) 356 AD
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What happened to Alexander’s
Empire after his death
a) It was divided
b) His son ruled it
c) Saladin conquered it
d) His nephew ruled it
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