Deck 3: the Civilization of the Greeks

Question 1

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mountains of Greece

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Question 2

What were the characteristics of the Greek city-state? Compare it to the Sumerian city-state.

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Question 3

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Arthur Evans and Heinrich Schliemann

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Question 4

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Mycenaeans

Question 5

Discuss the causes and course of the Great Peloponnesian War. What impact did the war have on the Greeks?

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Greek Dark Age

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Troy

Question 8

What do historians mean by the phrase "The Age of Pericles?" What were the characteristics of this period that made it distinct?

Question 9

How did Greek males regard Greek females and what opportunities did Greek society and culture offer to women for self-expression?

Question 10

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Minoan Crete

Question 11

What significant philosophical differences separated Plato and Aristotle?

Question 12

The period of the classical age of Greece is known for its literary, artistic, and intellectual achievements. What basic characteristics of Greek culture are reflected in the major achievements of the Greeks in the writing of history, drama, the arts, and philosophy? What universal human concerns did these same achievements reflect?

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Dorians

Question 14

Did Greek geography produce Greek poleis?

Question 15

What drew the Greek poleis together and what kept them apart?

Question 16

What were the causes, results, and the turning points of the Persian Wars?

Question 17

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Pericles' Funeral Oration

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Discuss the organization of the Athenian democratic system. Was it a democracy? In what ways is Athenian democracy similar to American democracy? In what ways is it different?

Question 19

What role did each of the following play in the life of Athens: male citizens, women, and slaves?

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Knossus

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oligarchy

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Spartiates

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Peloponnesus

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Attica

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Solon

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Cleisthenes

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phalanx

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gerousia and ephors

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tyrant

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Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

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helots

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hoplites

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Magna Graecia

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Sparta

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arete

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Hesiod's Works and Days

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Lycurgus

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Sappho

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kouros

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polis

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Plato's Republic

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Herodotus

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Delian League

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Thales and Pythagoras

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Olympian gods

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Socrates

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ecclesia

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Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

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Sophists and rhetoric

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Thucydides

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Aristotle

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Darius and Xerxes

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Aristophanes

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hetairai and symposium

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oracle at Delphi

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architectural orders

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the Acropolis

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Peloponnesian War

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Thebes

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Marathon, Thermopylae, and Plataea

Question 61

The hoplite phalanx relied for its success on

A) superior horsemanship.
B) individual acts of valor.
C) speed and mobility.
D) discipline and teamwork.
E) fortified wine.

Question 62

Which of the following is true of Greece from the eighth century B.C.?

A) It was a period of social cohesion and great Greek empires.
B) The Greeks' colonization efforts in the Aegean and Black Seas came to an end.
C) The polis evolved into the central institution in Greek life.
D) It was a period of incessant warfare.
E) It was the Golden Age, dominated by Socrates, Plato, and Pericles.

Question 63

In general, separate early Greek communities

A) developed close ties and cooperated with one another.
B) exchanged diplomatic representatives only.
C) avoided all contact to appease their city gods.
D) established formal federations early in Greece's history.
E) became fierce rivals fighting so often as to threaten Greek civilization itself.

Question 64

Which Greek philosopher said, with regard to the polis, "We must rather regard every citizen as belonging to the state"?

A) Socrates.
B) Plato.
C) Aristotle.
D) Xenophanes.
E) Pythagoras.

Question 65

The polis was the Greek name for

A) county.
B) police.
C) people.
D) city-state.
E) culture.

Question 66

Tyranny in the Greek polis arose as

A) the people became complacent due to the egalitarian nature of Greek society.
B) the response to the cry for strong leadership from the established aristocratic oligarchies.
C) the religious beliefs of the Greeks collapsed.
D) the result of foreign invasion, mainly the Persians under Darius.
E) a reaction to aristocratic power and a widening gulf between the rich and the poor.

Question 67

Which of the following statements best describes the Mycenaeans?

A) They were merchants who dominated Mediterranean trade in the fourth century B.C.
B) They were a warrior people who achieved their apex between 1400 and 1200 B.C.
C) They produced exotic articles of trade in the fifth century B.C.
D) They were a people dominated by a theocracy; they were often led into battle by their warrior priesthood.
E) They were a non-Greek speaking peoples on the island of Crete.

Question 68

The rise of tyrants in the poleis in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.

A) had little to do with the development of the hoplite fighting force.
B) often encouraged the economic and cultural progress of the cities.
C) meant the increased oppression of the peasants.
D) crushed for good the power of the democratic oligarchies.
E) were supported by the aristocracy in order to control the merchant and artisan classes.

Question 69

The civilization of Minoan Crete

A) enjoyed great prosperity due to extensive sea trade and commerce.
B) was poor and isolated.
C) developed elaborate skills in art and architecture, visible in their great palaces.
D) flourished after 1450 B.C.
E) a and c

Question 70

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the Parthenon

Question 71

During the migrations of the Greek Dark Age, many Ionians

A) occupied northern Greece.
B) took control of the Peloponnesus.
C) crossed the Aegean Sea to settle in Asia Minor.
D) moved to Crete.
E) abandoned Attica in favor of the Peloponnesus.

Question 72

Mycenaean kings used the title

A) regulus
B) rex
C) wanax
D) wergilt
E) a and b

Question 73

The English archaeologist ____ uncovered the Bronze Age Minoan civilization on Crete.

A) Sir Arthur Evans.
B) Heinrich Schliemann.
C) Gertrude Bell.
D) Mary Leakey.
E) Richard Leakey.

Question 74

The development of the polis had a negative impact on Greek society by

A) fostering a sense of disunity among commoners.
B) dividing Greece into fiercely competitive states.
C) discouraging the development of polytheistic religion.
D) retarding democracy in the organization of civic governments.
E) limiting the development of Greek artistic and intellectual accomplishments.

Question 75

All of the following are prominent features of Greece's topography except

A) extensive open plains.
B) bays and harbors.
C) mountains.
D) valleys.
E) long seacoast.

Question 76

The Spartans made the army the center of their society because

A) the Spartans had always loved killing and mayhem.
B) they feared a naval attack by Athens.
C) they feared a naval attack by Persia.
D) they feared an uprising by their helots.
E) Thebes appeared to be a looming threat.

Question 77

What were the chief characteristics of the Greek Dark Age?

A) It was a period of migrations and declining food production.
B) It was a period of political anarchy and many foreign invasions.
C) It was a period of intermittent warfare between highly developed city-states.
D) It was the most economically productive period of Greek history due to the rapid development of Greek colonies.
E) It was an era in which the mainland of Greece was controlled by Crete.

Question 78

Homer's Iliad points out the

A) honor and courage of Greek aristocratic heroes in battle.
B) exalted position of women in Greek society.
C) absolute abhorrence of violence by the Greeks.
D) Greeks' rejection of slavery.
E) superiority of the military phalanx over the aristocratic cavalry.

Question 79

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the typical Greek polis?

A) It contained an agora and acropolis within its fortifications.
B) Each polis had a population of between 90,000 and 100,000 citizens.
C) Each polis was autonomous from all other poleis.
D) The strength of the community came through cooperation.
E) Most Greek women were restricted largely to the home.

Question 80

The Greek polis put primary emphasis on

A) the protection of its citizens' individual rights.
B) cooperating with neighboring poleis for the common good.
C) untrammeled private enterprise.
D) cooperation between its citizens for the common welfare.
E) b and c