Deck 8: The Greek Adventure

Question 1

Like the populations of most ancient societies, the majority of Greeks during the Hellenic Period belonged to which class of people?

A)Wealthy and politically influential citizens.
B)Prosperous merchants.
C)Skilled artisans.
D)Professional warriors.
E)Common peasants.

Answer 1

Common peasants.

Question 2

Who was victorious in the Peloponnesian War?

A)Athens
B)Sparta
C)the Alliance of Athens and Corinth
D)the Delian League
E)Pericles

Answer 2

Sparta

Question 3

In modern terminology, what is the best definition of a "polis"?

A)County.
B)City-state.
C)Town meeting.
D)Nation.
E)Province.

Answer 3

City-state.

Question 4

Which group set up the conditions that led to the eventual destruction of Athenian democracy?

A)The Spartans.
B)The Persians.
C)Athenian citizens who abused the process.
D)The Macedonians.
E)The democratic leadership of Athens.

Question 5

Which geographical feature was a major benefit for Greece?

A)Alpine climate.
B)Semi-tropical jungles.
C)Fertile farmland.
D)Open grasslands.
E)Excellent harbors.

Question 6

Who is the person most associated with implementation of democracy in Athens?

A)Xerxes.
B)Pisistratus.
C)Darius.
D)Cleisthenes.
E)Solon.

Question 7

The Greeks developed an effective method of social control that could result in the removal, or "pushing out", of an offending member of a polis through a vote of the citizens. What was that method called?

A)Ostracism.
B)Courts-martial.
C)Grand jury indictment.
D)Popularity contest.
E)Administrative hearing.

Question 8

Which of these groups was/were excluded from full citizenship in the Greek polis?

A)women
B)freemen under the age of twenty-five
C)slaves
D)both A and C
E)both B and C

Question 9

The real goal in the Peloponnesian War was for

A)Athens to use its navy to defeat all of the other city-states.
B)Sparta and Persia to defeat Athens and join together in a mighty alliance.
C)Athens to conquer territory from its neighboring city-states, among other things.
D)Sparta to demonstrate to its neighbors its strong military training.
E)Athens to defeat Sparta in the end.

Question 10

The Greek polis could best be described as

A)a large town independent of its surrounding countryside.
B)an entity in which as much as 80 percent of the population was excluded from political life.
C)a town and its surrounding countryside in which about half the population had the right to vote.
D)a democratic place where women were allowed to participate in politics.
E)None of the options are correct.

Question 11

Which statement is true of Athenian democracy?

A)Every male citizen was free to serve in the boule , the council that made policy.
B)The ekklesia was similar to our modern-day city council.
C)The deme was the largest governmental body.
D)Participation in the boule was usually weighted in favor of the wealthy and influential.
E)The deme was similar to a town hall meeting.

Question 12

According to modern standards, the most surprising reaction to the Spartans from the other Greeks was

A)hatred.
B)jealousy.
C)contempt.
D)admiration.
E)indifference.

Question 13

Solon's constitution

A)led to perfect democracy.
B)gave power to the oligarchy.
C)was a pretext for his tyranny.
D)satisfied no one.
E)operated effectively for almost thirty years.

Question 14

In the larger Greek poleis, those who lived inside the town and those in the countryside most likely

A)envied each other.
B)believed themselves superior to the other group.
C)had a symbiotic relationship with each other.
D)fought from time to time.
E)ignored each other as much as possible.

Question 15

Homer's subject in the Iliad is

A)Athens' war with Carthage.
B)the Mycenaean War against Troy.
C)the battle of Marathon.
D)Troy's battle with the Phoenicians.
E)Sparta's participation in the Messenian Wars.

Question 16

Which of these events took place first?

A)An advanced civilization emerged on mainland Greece.
B)Mycenaeans arrived on Crete.
C)Homer wrote the Iliad .
D)The original Great Palace at Knossos was constructed.
E)The Mycenaeans defeated the Minoans.

Question 17

Greece differed from places such as Mesopotamia and Egypt in its political development, mainly because of

A)the independent character of its people.
B)its relatively late settlement.
C)its concentration on free trade rather than governmental control.
D)the physical separation of its people from each other caused by its fractured geography.
E)the language differences among its people that made unification difficult.

Question 18

Cleisthenes' leading contribution to Athenian democracy, designed to protect the majority, was

A)helotry.
B)aphorism.
C)ostracism.
D)ekklesia.
E)secret ballots.

Question 19

The Spartans became unique among the Greeks for

A)practicing slavery.
B)promoting militarism.
C)abdicating freedoms.
D)fostering the arts.
E)supporting education for both males and females.

Question 20

The first Persian War included

A)a total defeat of the Persian Navy by the Athenians.
B)an attack by Xerxes to which several Greek city-states successfully responded.
C)the famous battle of Marathon, which saw the Persian leader, Darius I, brought down in defeat.
D)a decisive victory for the Spartans at Thermopylae.
E)a coalition formed by several Greek city-states that united against a common enemy for the first time.

Question 21

The critical factor in transforming Sparta from an ordinary polis into a special one was

A)the war against the neighboring Messenians.
B)the invasions by the Persians.
C)the war against Athens.
D)its commercial rivalry with Athens.
E)its use of slavery to advance its standing as a polis.

Question 22

Philip's victory over ____________________ marks the effective end of Greek independence.

Question 23

According to Plutarch, Alexander most impressed his father by

A)slaying the giant Hercules.
B)riding a wild horse.
C)leading the Macedonian army.
D)constructing a bridge over the Hellespont.
E)invading the Persian Empire.

Question 24

Chaeronea marks

A)Sparta's victory over Athens.
B)Troy's destruction.
C)Greece's triumph in the first Persian War.
D)Philip's conquest of Greece.
E)Hannibal's southernmost victory in Greece.

Question 25

The four major forms of government known to the Greeks were ____________________.

Question 26

In chronological order, the three major periods in ancient Greek history were the ____________________.

Question 27

The battle of Chaeronea effectively brought an end to

A)Philip's plans to incorporate Greece into his empire.
B)the political unity the Greeks had theretofore enjoyed.
C)the independent polis system that had long been in place.
D)Greece's rule by foreigners.
E)the expansion of the Macedonian empire.

Question 28

Alexander had to turn back after conquering India because

A)he fell ill.
B)his army could not cross the mountain ranges to go into China.
C)India was as far as he wanted to go.
D)his army refused to go any further.
E)None of the options are correct.

Question 29

The ____________________ was a 500-citizen council charged with administrative and legislative powers in Athens.

Question 30

In Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, how did the hero Odysseus (Ulysses)defeat the dreadful one-eyed giant called the Cyclops?

A)By killing Cyclops in a fair duel.
B)By blinding him by stabbing and burning his eye.
C)By paying a ransom so Cyclops would release the Greeks.
D)By a battle of wits that humbled the Cyclops into submission.
E)By getting him drunk and tying him down while he was sleeping.

Question 31

The Dark Age was probably precipitated by the ____________________ invasions.

Question 32

____________________ was the condition of slavery under Spartan domination.

Question 33

Which modern-day country was not a scene of warfare as Alexander set about enlarging his empire?

A)Afghanistan
B)China
C)Pakistan
D)Iraq
E)Iran

Question 34

The second epoch of Greek history, spanning the time of Homer to the Macedonian conquest, is known as the ____________________.

Question 35

The independent-minded Greek poleis tended to unite only when confronted by what sort of political or military conditions?

A)A rival polis showed unexpected economic prosperity.
B)They wished to spread their empire to Egypt.
C)They were confronted with threats from Roman Imperialism.
D)They viewed a particular polis or external enemy as a common threat.
E)They wanted to plunder foreign lands much like pirates would do.

Question 36

How did Alexander encourage Greek immigrants to solidify relationships with the people in newly-conquered territories?

A)Stop collecting taxes.
B)Show mercy to prisoners of war.
C)Choose a general to stay and supervise each newly defeated city-state.
D)Marry local women.
E)Use bribes to get local compliance.

Question 37

Which statement is true of the kingdoms that emerged from the breakup of Alexander's empire?

A)The Antigonid Kingdom controlled the entire Greek mainland.
B)The Seleucids in Persia failed mainly because their kingdom was too small and poor.
C)The Antigonids controlled the richest of the three kingdoms.
D)Thousands of Greeks chose to immigrate to the Ptolemaic Kingdom, making Egypt a truly unique society.
E)All three kingdoms lasted until the arrival of the Roman in the 4^th century B.C.E.

Question 38

A(n)____________________ means rule by those who are born into the leading families.

Question 39

The three major "successor kingdoms" to the empire of Alexander the Great were in ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

Question 40

During the second Persian War, Spartan troops distinguished themselves at the battles of ____________________ and ____________________.

Question 41

Explain the ways in which geography shaped the ancient Greek civilization in terms of economic, political, and military developments.

Question 42

Term for identification: Mycenaeans

Question 43

Term for identification: Persian Wars

Question 44

Term for identification: Homer

Question 45

Term for identification: polis

Question 46

Assess the career of Alexander the Great, and gauge the depth of his contributions to the advancement (or detriment)of civilization.

Question 47

Describe the institution of the polis and explain the political developments that took place in ancient Greece and discuss the influence on the Western world today.

Question 48

Compare and contrast the political and military situation in Greece during the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War. Address how the Greeks reacted to an external threat and how the outcomes triggered the fall of the classical Greek civilization.

Question 49

Term for identification: Minoans

Question 50

Term for identification: helotry

Question 51

Term for identification: Marathon

Question 52

Term for identification: Delian league

Question 53

Term for identification: Hellenistic Kingdoms

Question 54

Term for identification: Alexander the Great

Question 55

Compare and contrast Athens with Sparta highlighting social, economic, political and military issues.

Question 56

Discuss Greek history in terms of its 3 distinct phases, elaborating on the achievements and challenges of each.