Deck 7: Classical Greece and Its Expansion Into Asia, 2000-30 Bce

Question 1

By about what date did Indo-Europeans reach Greece?

A) around 5000 B.C.E.
B) before 1650 B.C.E.
C) around 500 B.C.E.
D) after 1200 BCE

Answer 1

before 1650 B.C.E.

Question 2

Which Athenian aristocrat developed the first legal code in Greece?

A) Hammurabi
B) Solon
C) Draco
D) Plato

Answer 2

Draco

Question 3

Which of these means the rule of one legitimate ruler?

A) oligarchy
B) monarchy
C) democracy
D) tyranny

Answer 3

monarchy

Question 4

What was the main goal of Greek colonization in the Archaic Period?

A) increasing the power of each city-states
B) overcoming shortages of land for cultivation
C) expanding trade
D) finding a source of slaves

Question 5

Which of the following should NOT be associated with the reforms of Solon?

A) an end to debt slavery
B) creation of a strong monarchy in Athens
C) the positioning of himself as a mediator between the rich and poor
D) the inclusion of all citizens in the political system

Question 6

Which man discovered the remains of the Mycenaean civilization?

A) Herodotus
B) Arthur Evans
C) Heinrich Schliemann
D) Pericles

Question 7

The type of government in which a small group of people rule society is known as

A) democracy.
B) oligarchy.
C) tyranny.
D) aristocracy.

Question 8

The Greek polis was

A) an alliance of cities.
B) an independent city state.
C) an open space where citizens could assemble.
D) a farming village.

Question 9

What was the goal of the Peloponnesian League?

A) minimizing conflict among neighboring states
B) creating a trade network
C) ending the Persian threat
D) destroying Athens

Question 10

What was the relationship between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations?

A) Minoan settlers probably created Mycenae.
B) Mycenaean probably borrowed from Minoan.
C) The two emerged independently.
D) Mycenaean colonists created the Minoan civilization.

Question 11

Formed from five separate villages, which city-state's name means "The Scattered"?

A) Athens
B) Thebes
C) Sparta
D) Corinth

Question 12

Rule by a class of well-born families is known as

A) monarchy.
B) oligarchy.
C) aristocracy
D) tyranny.

Question 13

Communication was difficult in Ancient Greece because of

A) geographical barriers.
B) religious differences.
C) language differences.
D) political regulations.

Question 14

What explains the importance of military regimentation in Spartan life?

A) The city-state was largely made up of subject peoples.
B) Athens and Sparta were in conflict from their beginnings.
C) Persia had made Sparta the target of its aggression.
D) Sparta had made an enemy of Crete.

Question 15

How did the political systems in Athens and Sparta differ?

A) Athens didn't have hereditary kings; Sparta did.
B) Athens was not a military dictatorship; Sparta was.
C) Athens allowed women to vote; Sparta didn't.
D) Athens allowed all people to have a voice in the government; Sparta didn't.

Question 16

Other than the Greeks, what other people established colonies outside their home area?

A) Egyptians
B) Persians
C) Hittites
D) Phoenicians

Question 17

Thebes, the largest Greek city-state, numbered at most about how many adult male citizens?

A) 1,000
B) 40,000
C) 500,000
D) 200,000

Question 18

How did the work of Heinrich Schliemann at Troy transform our understanding of early Greek civilization?

A) He found the Cretan Minoan civilization.
B) He proved it was much less sophisticated than previously thought.
C) He showed that Mycenae was destroyed by war.
D) He showed that the Iliad and Odyssey were based on a historical past.

Question 19

Greek colonies were centered on

A) the Danube River valley
B) the Tigris and Euphrates river valley
C) the Mediterranean Sea basin
D) the Nile River valley

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT a component of Spartan government?

A) two kings
B) a council of twenty-eight members
C) a public assembly open to all male citizens
D) a military dictator

Question 21

Which man wrote Oedipus the King and Antigone?

A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes

Question 22

Who was the first Athenian dramatist of the Classical Period?

A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes

Question 23

Which man is revered as the first genuine historian?

A) Aristophanes
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Thucydides

Question 24

Which of the following statements best represents Plato's attitude toward democracy?

A) It is the only logical choice for government in an educated society.
B) It is absurd because it gives power to the most popular instead of the educated.
C) It leads to political inequality, but this is a necessary evil.
D) It is the best form of government.

Question 25

Which man satirized the famous and powerful Greeks?

A) Sophocles
B) Euripides
C) Aristophanes
D) Aeschylus

Question 26

The Parthenon is a temple dedicated to

A) Athena
B) Zeus
C) Poseidon
D) Apollo

Question 27

Which man used a philosophical method that consisted of asking questions?

A) Plato
B) Sophocles
C) Aristotle
D) Socrates

Question 28

Which of the following best describes the results of the Peloponnesian War?

A) Athens defeated the Persians and rose to prominence as the most powerful Greek polis.
B) Athens defeated Sparta and took control of the Delian and Spartan Leagues.
C) The Greeks basically destroyed each other and opened the door for conquest by the Macedonians.
D) The era of Athenian dominance was ended, and Sparta became the dominant force in Greece and eventually defeated the Macedonians.

Question 29

Which of the following statements about the Persian Wars is NOT True?

A) Victory fostered the Greeks' identification with accountable government.
B) Most Greeks failed to fight at all.
C) Opposition to Persia united all of the city-states.
D) Victory boosted the Greeks' self-confidence.

Question 30

Why did Sparta come to challenge the Delian League?

A) Athenian dominance of the League threatened Sparta.
B) Sparta was jealous of Athenian democracy.
C) Most of the members of the Peloponnesian League defected to the Delian League.
D) Spartan sea power was threatened by the League.

Question 31

Which of the following statements accurately describes Athens between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars?

A) They were building an empire and enjoying political and economic dominance.
B) They were attempting to appease the Spartans and avoid war.
C) They were rebuilding after their defeat at the hands of the Persians.
D) They were enacting legislation designed to avoid future wars.

Question 32

How did Athenian democracy differ from today's perception of democracy?

A) Athenian democracy didn't include all citizens.
B) Athenian democracy ignored class distinction.
C) Athenian democracy included women in the political process.
D) Athenian democracy was economic as well as political.

Question 33

In the long run, who was the real winner in the Peloponnesian War?

A) Athens
B) Sparta
C) Persia
D) Macedon

Question 34

Socrates' insistence that his students think for themselves was interpreted by Athenian authorities as

A) teaching young people to question their elders.
B) a long overdue educational reform.
C) an attempt to lead students to overthrow the monarch and establish a democracy.
D) philosophically interesting but politically unimportant

Question 35

What was the goal of the Delian League?

A) monopolizing Aegean trade
B) defense against Persia
C) defeat of Sparta
D) alliance against Athens

Question 36

What is known as the "suicide of Greece"?

A) the Persian Wars
B) Athenian dominance in the region
C) the Peloponnesian War
D) the unification of the Greek city-states

Question 37

Which of the following statements concerning The Republic is correct?

A) It was an epic poem written by Homer.
B) It was a dialogue written by Plato.
C) It was a political theory written by Aristotle.
D) It was a drama written by Euripides.

Question 38

Which man wrote plays whose theme was the conflict between reason and emotion?

A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes

Question 39

The world's first historical thesis statement centered on the subject of the cause of

A) the Persian Wars.
B) Alexander's eastern campaign.
C) the fall of Persia.
D) the Peloponnesian War.

Question 40

Who dominated Athenian politics at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War?

A) Pericles
B) Herodotus
C) Lycurgus
D) Solon

Question 41

Which of the following does NOT accurately portray Athenian family norms?

A) Women were protected by male guardians until marriage.
B) Spouses were expected to remain faithful to each other.
C) Athenian husbands had almost total authority over their households.
D) Virginity before marriage was highly prized for both genders.

Question 42

What area of science was created by Archimedes?

A) hydrostatics.
B) astronomy.
C) physics.
D) botany.

Question 43

Alexander the Great's empire included all of the following EXCEPT

A) Egypt.
B) Arabia.
C) Persia.
D) Greece.

Question 44

Alexander developed a keen appreciation for the cultural achievements of the Persian Empire.

Question 45

Which of the following rights was NOT given to Spartan women?

A) the right to vote
B) the right to voice their opinions publicly
C) the right to own property
D) the right to transact business without the husband's consent

Question 46

The Greek gods would be best described as

A) powerful and immortal but sharing many human traits.
B) distant, uncaring, and uninvolved in human affairs.
C) worshiped out of love rather than fear.
D) incapable of pain, lust or other human feelings.

Question 47

Which of the following statements about Aristotle is NOT True?

A) He laid the foundation for many of the science courses studied in schools today.
B) He was a poet and philosopher.
C) He was a leading Athenian dramatist.
D) In his later years he tutored Alexander the Great.

Question 48

Alexander's conquest of Egypt was significant for Greece because the conquest

A) was the first time in history that the Greeks had seen Egypt.
B) opened the door for his invasion of Palestine.
C) paved the way for the Greeks to conquer the rest of Africa.
D) secured the Mediterranean coastline, which meant that Persia couldn't use it to invade Greece.

Question 49

The majority of Greek slaves were

A) criminals.
B) foreigners.
C) orphans.
D) debtors.

Question 50

Alexander claimed to be a descendent of Achilles.

Question 51

Plato favored democracy as the best form of government for Greece.

Question 52

Alexander the Great was unable to conquer India because

A) the Indian army proved to be too powerful.
B) Alexander's men staged a mutiny.
C) Alexander lost the will to fight after the death of his mother.
D) the Chinese army crossed the mountains and helped India fight.

Question 53

Which man united the Greek city-states by conquest in 338 BCE?

A) Alexander the Great
B) Darius III
C) Philip II of Macedon
D) Pericles

Question 54

Heinrich Schliemann proved that the Iliad and the Odyssey might be based on fact.

Question 55

According to Thucydides, Sparta's fear regarding Athenian imperialism led to the suicide of Greece.

Question 56

Geography was the main barrier to Greek unification.

Question 57

Which man calculated the circumference of the earth during the Hellenistic Era with amazing accuracy?

A) Aristophanes
B) Archimedes
C) Eratosthenes
D) Aristotle

Question 58

Which man believed in a heliocentric universe?

A) Aristotle
B) Aristarchus
C) Archimedes
D) Ptolemy

Question 59

Which of the following beliefs represents Stoic philosophy?

A) All matter is composed of atoms.
B) Pleasure is simply the absence of pain.
C) One should not attempt to alter destiny.
D) One should virtuously do one's duty even in times of crisis.

Question 60

Which of these led Plato to distrust Athenian democracy?

A) the Persian Wars
B) the Delian League
C) the Peloponnesian War
D) the conquests of Alexander

Question 61

What name means "The Scattered"?

Question 62

Sparta and her allies formed the Delian League.

Question 63

Who said "the unexamined life is not worth living"?

Question 64

Evaluate the role of religion in Greek society.

Question 65

Large bureaucracies were basically unknown in the Greek city-states.

Question 66

Compare and contrast gender roles in Sparta and Athens.

Question 67

Discuss commerce in the Hellenistic world and evaluate its significance in the lives of Greek commoners.

Question 68

Which man wrote the first legal code in Greece?

Question 69

Which city-state created and dominated the Delian League in Greece?

Question 70

Compare and contrast Hellenic and Hellenistic Greece.

Question 71

Which of Alexander's generals took Egypt after Alexander's death?

Question 72

Compare and contrast the practice of slavery in Sparta and Athens.

Question 73

Who, according to Plutarch, believed himself to be "a governor from God and a reconciler of the world"?

Question 74

Discuss the state of Athens between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.

Question 75

Who wrote The Republic?

Question 76

Who was the goddess of wisdom?

Question 77

Which three men in Athens were known for writing tragedies?

Question 78

Who were the helots?

Question 79

Hellenistic culture was purely Greek, with no eastern elements.

Question 80

Slavery was common in Greece, as was the case in most of the ancient world.