Deck 3: The Rise of Greek Civilization

Question 1

Some Mycenaeans avoided conquest by the Dorians by moving to ______________.

A) Ionia
B) Thrace
C) Sparta
D) Rome
E) Cyprus

Answer 1

Ionia

Question 2

According to the Iliad , during the Dark Ages, Greece was at war with which area?

A) Persia
B) Rome
C) Phoenicians
D) Troy
E) Thrace

Answer 2

Troy

Question 3

People's status in Greek society was largely determined by ______________.

A) wealth
B) in what part of the polis they lived
C) the right to vote
D) family and kinship
E) property ownership

Answer 3

family and kinship

Question 4

The Greek cities were ruled by ______________.

A) kings
B) a combination of kings and religious authorities
C) the collective citizens
D) one Greek emperor
E) priests from the Temple of Zeus

Question 5

How did men in Greece hold their social events?

A) Mostly separate from women
B) At a symposium
C) Competing in sports events
D) Nude
E) All of these.

Question 6

The need for kings in Greek government declined because ______________.

A) people demanded a constitution and voting rights
B) merchants gained power in international trade
C) They were overthrown by aristocrats.
D) There was no political state to rule over.
E) The need for war leaders declined in peaceful times.

Question 7

Which of the following was not a Greek polis?

A) Troy
B) Athens
C) Sparta
D) Corinth
E) None of these.

Question 8

The blind poet responsible for the Illiad is ______________.

A) Homer
B) Agamemnon
C) Achilles
D) Odysseus
E) Paris

Question 9

Regardless of social rank, all male citizens in a polis could ______________.

A) participate in the political process
B) own land
C) serve in the assembly
D) own slaves
E) be an Archon

Question 10

The Mycenaeans were destroyed by the ______________.

A) Egyptians
B) Sea Peoples
C) Assyrians
D) Dorians
E) Scythians

Question 11

The periodization following the collapse of the Mycenaean Bronze Age in which there was cultural reversion is known as the ____ Age.

A) Iron
B) Bronze
C) Copper
D) Steel
E) Onyx

Question 12

Phidias was ______________.

A) the most distinguished sculptor of Greek antiquity
B) the architect who created the Parthenon
C) the author of the Illiad
D) the first Olympic victor
E) the most famous Greek oracle

Question 13

Why did the Greek Dark Ages get its name?

A) Greek culture was not developed.
B) Much of this time period is lost to history.
C) It was a time of brutality.
D) Volcanic ash blocked the sun for a period of 200 years.
E) Was none of these.

Question 14

Which of the following would usually not be a citizen in a Greek polis?

A) A foreigner
B) A slave
C) Someone not born in that particular polis
D) Someone whose parents were not citizens
E) All of these.

Question 15

The focus of the Greek economy during the Dark Ages was ______________.

A) the production of pottery
B) metallurgy based in copper
C) subsistence agriculture
D) spice production
E) the slave trade

Question 16

The only women in Greek society who could appear alone in public were ______________.

A) married women
B) merchants
C) noble family members
D) slaves
E) priestesses

Question 17

The rise of the city state, or _______ developed in the Greek Dark Ages.

A) agora
B) archons
C) polis
D) monarchy
E) Acropolis

Question 18

Aretē could be demonstrated in which way(s)?

A) Making speeches
B) Military bravery
C) Athletic competition
D) Honoring the gods
E) All of these.

Question 19

In Greek unconditional warfare, the losing men were ______________.

A) sold as slaves
B) retained as prisoners of war for ransom
C) forced to join their captors' armies
D) killed without mercy
E) shamed and humiliated

Question 20

Cultural unification among the Greeks was found through ______________.

A) their self-identification as Hellenes
B) disjointed identification by polis
C) religious dedication through the Temple of Zeus
D) promotion of the Olympics
E) speaking Ionian Greek

Question 21

Who was the chief Olympian god?

A) Hades
B) Zeus
C) Hestia
D) Demeter
E) Olympus

Question 22

Agriculture in Sparta was done by ______________.

A) boys around age 7, first inducted into the military
B) women who were not married
C) a domestically stationed army of hoplites
D) slaves known as helots
E) all members of Spartan society for the good of the army

Question 23

Why were oligarchies thought to be more stable than rule by aristocracies?

A) Because oligarchies were formed by men of wealth took look after the economy
B) Because aristocrats were only looking after their own interests
C) Because women were allowed to voice their opinions in political matters
D) Because new members joined the assembly and prevented it from becoming politically stagnant
E) Because different geographic regions of the city elected them

Question 24

Where were Greek colonial cities established in the Archaic Age?

A) North Africa
B) France
C) Spain
D) Sicily
E) All of these.

Question 25

Who was the patron goddess of Sparta?

A) Athena
B) Zeus
C) Hades
D) Artemis
E) Hestia

Question 26

Greek reemergence during the Archaic Age led to the cultural adoption of ______________.

A) the Phoenician alphabet
B) Lydian coinage
C) Eastern artistic influences in pottery and sculpture
D) All of these.
E) None of these.

Question 27

In the Archaic period, the Greeks soon established dominance of trade in the Mediterranean by seizing control from the ______________.

A) Persians
B) Phoenicians
C) Romans
D) Scythians
E) Israelites

Question 28

Tyrants were most likely to establish rule in which areas of Greece?

A) A small polis with limited economic opportunities
B) A militarily weak state in fear of Sparta
C) Big commercial cities
D) Regions with high numbers of helots
E) Cities that had no general assemblies

Question 29

Spartan women were ______________.

A) given more freedom than women in other polis in Greece
B) encouraged to maintain physical health and beauty
C) able to inherit and own property
D) allowed to engage in military activities
E) All of these were true about Spartan women.

Question 30

The year 776 B.C.E. is significant for the ______________.

A) end of the Trojan War
B) first Olympics in honor of Zeus
C) first meeting of the Athenian assembly
D) start of the Persian Wars
E) destruction of Crete

Question 31

The system initiated by Lycurgus for the benefit of Sparta was known as ______________.

A) the Era of Good Feelings
B) the Two Good Kings
C) the Good Rule
D) the Rule of 30
E) the Rule of Lycurgus

Question 32

What are the three styles of Greek columns?

A) Doric, Athenian, Ionic
B) Doric, Corinthian, Spartan
C) Spartan, Athenian, Ionic
D) Corinthian, Doric, Ionic
E) Doric, Spartan, Athenian

Question 33

Which of the following was not a Greek poet?

A) Sappho
B) Hesiod
C) Thales
D) Pindar
E) Solon

Question 34

Which of the following is not a unique feature of Sparta?

A) It was located inland.
B) It did not participate in much trade.
C) It had a powerful navy.
D) It maintained kings long after most other polis.
E) Its economy was primarily agricultural.

Question 35

The most serious challenge to aristocratic government was ______________.

A) disgruntled citizens protesting their exclusion from government
B) the inability of that government to respond to the economic crises of overpopulation
C) the rise of hoplite armies
D) the lack of a comprehensive written law code
E) war with Persia

Question 36

Which Greek philosopher provided the origin of our atomic theory?

A) Thales
B) Democritus
C) Pythagoras
D) Heraclitus
E) Logos

Question 37

The growing discontent of the wealthy merchants was caused by the fact that they ______________.

A) could not join the army
B) could not participate in government
C) could not own property
D) felt they were too heavily taxed
E) were conscripted into the military

Question 38

Which of the following was not a way to meet the population's resource needs during the Archaic Age?

A) Trade
B) Colonies
C) Land assignments
D) Warfare
E) All of these were ways of meeting the population's needs.

Question 39

Hoplites were ______________.

A) slaves of the Spartans
B) members of the general assembly in Athens
C) the most common fighting units in the army
D) skilled pottery makers granted citizenship during the reforms of Solon
E) a school of philosophers who opposed Socrates

Question 40

The mutual defense group in which the Spartans participated (and helped ensure there would be assistance to defeat a helot uprising) was known as ______________.

A) the Spartan League
B) the Delian League
C) the Peloponnesian League
D) the League of Corinth
E) the League of Justice

Question 41

What was the most significant outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

A) The triumph of Athenian democracy as a ruling form of government
B) The victory of the Spartans over the imperialism of Athens
C) Territorial gain by Persia allowing extension of the Persian Empire into Europe
D) A substantial weakening of both Sparta and Athens from their failure to achieve any kind of unity
E) None of these.

Question 42

Which of the following battles during the Persian Wars saw 300 Spartans killed trying to defend a narrow pass?

A) The Battle of Marathon
B) The Battle of Salamis
C) The Battle of Thermopylae
D) The Battle of Platae
E) The Battle of Corinth

Question 43

Discuss Greek philosophy and its unique place in early civilization. How does relationship between Greek religion and government differ from that of monotheistic or other polytheistic societies?

Question 44

The majority of the Athenian assembly was made up of ______________.

A) strategos
B) the ostracized
C) thetes
D) demagogues
E) merchants

Question 45

Compare life in Sparta to life in Athens. What factors made them distinct from each other?

Question 46

What was the Socratic method?

A) A method of scientific discovery by analysis
B) A rhetorical form that used questions and answers to come to a conclusion
C) Terms dictated by Socrates of his philosophy, which were universally accepted as true
D) The argument that there was an ideal metaphysical form that was beyond the understanding of most people
E) A rigorous solution of geometric proofs

Question 47

The two major forms of Greek drama were ______________.

A) love stories and military epics
B) morality tales and religious mythology
C) tragedy and comedy
D) musicals and pantomime
E) None of these.

Question 48

The first conflict between the Greeks and Persians was ______________.

A) the Ionian revolt led by Miletus
B) the sinking of a Persian merchant vessel in the Dardanelles
C) Spartans threw Persian ambassadors demanding submission in a well
D) a naval armada on the beaches of Attica
E) a stealth attack by Darius against Corinth

Question 49

Solon's reforms included all of the following except ______________.

A) revising the constitution of Athens
B) ending debt slavery
C) reapportioning land allocations to the peasantry
D) instituting a system of weights and measures to stimulate trade
E) broadening the base of citizens to include foreigners

Question 50

Why was the spirit of competition considered one of the most highly valued characteristics of the Greeks?

Question 51

One of the major weak points for Athens in the first segment of the Peloponnesian War was ______________.

A) the defection of half the navy to Sparta
B) not having enough food resources to support its population
C) the Persian army using the Immortals to assist Sparta
D) disinterested polis in Greece that refused to submit to Athenian authority
E) a massive plague

Question 52

Who was the interested third party who provided financial assistance to the Spartan side during the Peloponnesian War?

A) The Sicilians
B) The Persians
C) The Corinthians
D) The Romans
E) The Ionians

Question 53

Why do some historians consider Greece the cradle of western civilization?

Question 54

Greek dramatic culture was produced primarily in ______________.

A) the Minoan Age
B) the Bronze Age
C) the Archaic Age
D) the Classical Age
E) None of these.

Question 55

How does the Athenian model of democracy differ from our modern understanding of democracy?

Question 56

The alliance that allowed Athens to turn itself into an empire was called ______________.

A) the Peloponnesian League
B) the League of Corinth
C) the Delian League
D) the League of Victors
E) None of these.

Question 57

In Golden Age Greek tragedies, the plays almost always affirmed that ______________.

A) lovers were destined to remain apart
B) people could not escape their destiny
C) whoever failed to obey the gods would suffer greatly
D) a citizen's worst punishment was exile from the polis
E) dishonor of one's family would bring death

Question 58

Define and discuss the importance of the polis in Greek culture.

Question 59

Compare the approaches to history writing by Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon, and discuss which of the three is considered the true "father of history."

Question 60

The victory of the Greeks at Salamis was largely due to ______________.

A) a coalition of forces b1y thirty different polis under Spartan direction
B) the superior Athenian army.
C) the so-called wooden walls of the navy
D) Spartan use of helots to fill their ranks
E) Persian desertion of the Emperor Xerxes

Question 61

The chief officials in Greek oligarchies were called archons.

Question 62

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
agora

Question 63

Why were Solon's reforms important to the development of Athenian life?

Question 64

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
The Iliad

Question 65

Describe the lives of women in Ancient Greece and whether class or geography contributed to significant changes in their rights.

Question 66

Homosocialization among men included typically sexual relations between an older man and a teenage boy.

Question 67

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
monarchy

Question 68

Describe the factors that led to the fall of Athens and decline of Greece.

Question 69

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Acropolis

Question 70

Women were generally equal within Greek society.

Question 71

Homer's accounts of the Trojan War provide us with a detailed history of life during the Greek Dark Ages.

Question 72

Cleisthenes initiated democracy in Athens.

Question 73

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
polis

Question 74

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Greek Dark Ages

Question 75

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
subsistence economy

Question 76

All Greek male citizens were entitled to participate in the government.

Question 77

Solon's reforms ended debt slavery in Athens.

Question 78

The Persians were victorious at the Battle of Marathon.

Question 79

Greek colonists only occupied coastal sites.

Question 80

The Greek gods were distant and non-human.