Deck 4: The Civilization of the Greeks

Question 1

The comedy writer who criticized the Peloponnesian War in his Lysistrata was Aeschylus.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The individual generally credited with transforming Sparta into a military state was Lycurgus.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Sparta was located in

A)the Attica Peninsula.
B)the Peloponnesus.
C)Boeotia.
D)Macedonia.
E)the Strait of Corinth.

Answer 3

the Peloponnesus.

Question 4

The Athenian leader whose funeral oration lauded Athenian democracy was

A)Antigones.
B)Lycurgus.
C)Knosses.
D)Pericles.
E)Cleisthenes.

Question 5

One of the weaknesses of Hellenistic civilization is that there was no international language or dialect that could unite the various cultures and societies.

Question 6

Homer's The Iliad and the Odyssey​ describe the social conditions of the Dark Ages.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is not an accurate characterization of the Greek polis?

A)It was composed of a central town or city, and the countryside surrounding it.
B)It was a communal environment of individuals, some who were citizens with rights, others who were citizens without rights, and others who were not citizens.
C)It played a significant role in unifying all Greeks throughout the entire region under a single government.
D)It developed simultaneously with the creation of the new system of Greek military organization.
E)It could vary in size from a few square miles to hundreds of square miles.

Question 8

Arthur Evans discovered Mycenaean civilization on the Greek mainland and Heinrich Schliemann discovered Minoan civilization on Crete.

Question 9

Greek geography

A)helped to produce a civilization that was composed of cooperative and peaceful communities.
B)contained mountainous areas that impeded Greek unity.
C)prohibited a relationship with the sea that produced colonization.
D)encouraged industrialization
E)discouraged emigration.

Question 10

Athens, with a population of 250,000 in the fifth century B.C.E., was far larger than most Greek poleis.

Question 11

Homer's legacy to the Greeks was

A)an accurate historical record of past Greek events.
B)important in inculcating the aristocratic values of courage and honor.
C)a foundation of egalitarianism in Greek politics.
D)actually written by a Phoenician trader.
E)the first work to use the Cyrillic alphabet.

Question 12

In spite of his hopes, Alexander lost the Battle of the Hydaspes River, and thus he was never able to set foot in India.

Question 13

As an island-based civilization in the Aegean Sea region, Minoan civilization had little or no contract with ancient Egypt.

Question 14

All of the following are correct about warfare in ancient Greece except

A)the use of light infantry in battle because of greater mobility.
B)the use of excellent weapons and armor.
C)the employment of citizen-soldiers in battle.
D)a willingness to engage the enemy head-on, thus deciding a battle quickly.
E)the use of heavy infantry.

Question 15

It was Pericles who claimed that Athens was the "school of Greece."

Question 16

Minoan civilization was not Greek in language or religion.​

Question 17

The Palace at Knossos shared similar technology with dwellings in Mohenjo-Daro.​

Question 18

The earliest Aegean civilization was located

A)in the Peloponnesus.
B)on the island of Delos.
C)in Attica.
D)on Crete.
E)in Macedonia.

Question 19

Serfs in Sparta were known as hoplites.

Question 20

By about 700 B.C.E., which of the following replaced the aristocratic cavalryman in Greek warfare?

A)helots.
B)hoplites.
C)poleis.
D)mercenaries.
E)Macedonians.

Question 21

Greek colonization

A)resulted from overpopulation, an increase in trade, and a widening gap between rich and poor.
B)brought to an end the hopes of those who were prospering from expanded commercial activities.
C)ended rule of tyrants who had the support of those opposed to the oligarchic aristocracy.
D)failed.
E)extended into northern Gaul.

Question 22

The ultimate result of the formation of the Delian League was to

A)limit commercial opportunities throughout the region.
B)create a cultural alliance of equal and independent city-states in Asia Minor.
C)make Athens the dominant city-state in the region.
D)foster closer ties with Sparta.
E)strengthen trade ties with the Persians.

Question 23

In The Republic, Plato

A)prepared a blueprint for democracy.
B)created a utopian, ideal state composed of three social classes.
C)established a theoretical structure for rigid gender distinctions.
D)bitterly attacked the people of Sparta.
E)advocated laissez-faire capitalism.

Question 24

The term polis describes

A)a province of the Persian Empire.
B)the original name of the city of Troy.
C)the title of a member of the Council of 500.
D)the term for a thirty-man infantry unit.
E)a community of citizens in which political, economic, social, cultural and religious activities were performed.

Question 25

The myth of Persian invincibility was broken at

A)Marathon.
B)Mycenae.
C)Messenia.
D)Macedonia.
E)Persepolis.

Question 26

Which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of life in classical Athens?

A)It was a male-dominated environment that used slaves, was predominantly agricultural, employed a limited number of craftsmen, gave a major role to the family, and accepted the practice of male homosexuality.
B)It was an environment in which total egalitarianism, wage labor, industrial production, a socialistic family structures, and female homosexuality were predominant.
C)It was a society in which men ruled, women were impotent in all areas of social life, international trade was nonexistent, and there were no public works programs.
D)It was a society emphasizing militarism, which secluded its young men at a relatively young age in order to "harden" them for war.
E)It was ruled by philosopher kings.

Question 27

Which of the following best summarizes Aristotle's fears the deterioration of forms of government?

A)monarchy to anarchy, aristocracy to tyranny, and constitutional government to oligarchy.
B)monarchy to oligarchy, aristocracy to anarchy, and constitutional government to tyranny.
C)monarchy to tyranny, aristocracy to oligarchy, and constitutional government to anarchy.
D)aristocracy to democracy, oligarchy to anarchy, and constitutional government to tyranny.
E)tyranny to oligarchy to monarchy.

Question 28

Socrates

A)was a popular hero of the Peloponnesian War.
B)was a merchant prince by trade.
C)employed a question-and-answer method by which students' reasoning helped them to learn.
D)wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War.
E)was a student of Plato.

Question 29

Foreign influences on early Greek culture included all of the following except

A)the adoption of new gods and goddesses.
B)the importance of Middle Eastern monotheism.
C)the importance of new myths.
D)artistic examples from Egypt in sculpture.
E)foreign motifs were employed in Greek pottery.

Question 30

The period of the Peloponnesian War saw

A)Syracuse become the dominant Greek polis.
B)the rise to power of Philip of Macedonia.
C)the Athenians capture Sicily and Carthage.
D)Pericles submit to the Spartan alliance
E)the defeat of the Athenian period of Empire

Question 31

Greek religion was characterized by

A)polytheism, rituals, sacrifice, and festivals.
B)a total lack of spiritual perspective.
C)a lack of practicality.
D)public apathy.
E)a highly personalized basis.

Question 32

All of the following was true about the Peloponnesian War except

A)the foundation of Athenian strategy, initially, was the exploitation of its naval power.
B)the foundation of Spartan strategy was the exploitation of its strength in fighting face-to-face military confrontations on land.
C)a plague killed one-third of the population of Athens.
D)the ultimate result of the war was a unified Greece headed by the city by Thebes.
E)Athenians were defeated and their city wall torn down.

Question 33

One of the Hellenistic kingdom that succeeded Alexander was that of the

A)Seleucids in Egypt.
B)Attalid Kingdom of Pergamum in Persia and the East.
C)Ptolemies in northeastern Asia Minor.
D)Ptolemies in Egypt.
E)Etruscans in Italy.

Question 34

The Olympic games were held to honor

A)Delphia.
B)Zeus.
C)Athena.
D)Apollo.
E)Aphrodite.

Question 35

The Greek historian who wrote the History of the Persian Wars was

A)Herodotus.
B)Homer.
C)Thucydides.
D)Themosticles.
E)Philip of Thebes.

Question 36

Thucydides believed that

A)the past held no lessons for understanding the present.
B)there was an exact pattern of repetition in all human affairs.
C)human nature showed no signs of order.
D)historical writing should be objective, accurate, and factual.
E)truth was virtue.

Question 37

Spartan society

A)secluded women and forbade them to appear in public.
B)was the first ancient society to attempt to save all premature and crippled infants.
C)adopted democracy a century earlier than in Athens.
D)was organized as a military state.
E)passed the Lycurgan reforms, which made all women voters.

Question 38

By the time he died, at the age of thirty-two, Alexander had conquered all except

A)western Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.
B)ancient Mesopotamia, including Babylon, Susa, and Persepolis.
C)northern India as far east as modern Pakistan.
D)modern-day Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Israel and other areas.
E)central Gaul.

Question 39

Which of the following statements is not a correct observation of Greek-Macedonian affairs?

A)The rapid spread of Macedonian control under Philip II provoked the Greeks to resist.
B)Philip II permitted the Greek city-states to control their domestic affairs, but he took over the control of all foreign developments.
C)Philip II's assassination ended all Greek involvement in a Macedonian-led invasion of the Persian Empire.
D)Alexander ended the Greek rebellion that developed after the assassination of Philip II.
E)Greece influenced Macedonia culturally and Macedonian dominated Greece militarily.

Question 40

Greek philosophy

A)was characterized by a lack of leading thinkers.
B)contained thinkers holding only absolutist views.
C)has not made as lasting an impact as that of Mesopotamia.
D)was distinguished by the ideas of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
E)is perhaps best known today for the ideas contained in the work of Polyclitus.

Question 41

Archimedes

A)worked on the geometry of cylinders and spheres and the value of pi.
B)observed gravity through water displacement.
C)determined the value of karma,, in its role as a constant in mathematics.
D)affected global location through the use of levers.
E)discovered the moon's impact upon the tides.

Question 42

The legacy of Alexander the Great

A)was entirely cultural in nature.
B)included an historic change in world development, as elements of Latin culture immediately spread to the Middle East.
C)embraced a major clash and fusion of cultures across a huge area as Greco-Macedonian elite assumed power in highly diverse cultures.
D)did not outlast his own lifetime.
E)was overshadowed by Ptolemy in Macedonia.

Question 43

How did ​Aristotle's scientific philosophy differed from his teacher Plato's?

A)​He believed there was an ideal form of all material objects that most cannot see.
B)He believed in universal principles that did not exist on a separate level of reality.
C)​He believed that all things were made of atoms, and these were drawn together randomly.
D)​He believed that humans were incapable of achieving sufficient intellect to understand the world around them.
E)​None of these.

Question 44

If one lived in a way that was harmonious with the natural law, or was submissive to the will of God, then one was living a life of virtue. The preceding statement would be a position advocated by the

A)Epicureans.
B)Stoics.
C)Hellenists.
D)mystery religions.
E)Zoroastrians.

Question 45

​For Sophist philosophers, the most important aspect of knowledge was

A)​creating the strongest argument through rhetoric
B)​using analysis to understand the way the universe works.
C)​pay attention to higher issues of "right" and "wrong"
D)​being able to see the ideal form
E)​allowing due credit to the gods.

Question 46

In his military interactions with other civilizations, Alexander last engaged in battle with ​

A)​India
B)​Persia
C)​Egypt
D)​Athens
E)​Samarkand

Question 47

​The Greek pursuit of excellence and personal best in all things is known as

A)​arete
B)​pathos
C)​logos
D)​koine
E)​phratrie

Question 48

​Mycenaean Greece became more powerful after

A)​political consolidation
B)​destruction of Crete
C)​creating trade networks with Egypt
D)​the Dark Ages
E)​war with Persia.

Question 49

Which of the following was the leading cultural center of the Hellenistic world?

A)Athens.
B)Alexandria.
C)Thebes.
D)Isfahan.
E)Persepolis.

Question 50

​Which statement of women's lives in Athens is correct?

A)​Women could own property, including slaves.
B)​Women could participate in most religious cults and festivals.
C)​Women could retain custody of children in the event of divorce.
D)​Women could participate in symposia and public debates.
E)​Women could not work unless they were citizens.

Question 51

​Solon's Reforms included all of the following EXCEPT

A)​land redistribution to the poor
B)​cancellation of land debts
C)​outlawing new loans with humans as collateral
D)​freeing people under debt slavery
E)​none of these

Question 52

Pursuing pleasure rationally, and not only in a physical or hedonistic sense, as the only true good, was a precept of

A)Epicureanism.
B)Stoicism.
C)Hellenism.
D)Euphemism.
E)Zoroastrianism.

Question 53

​The most important accomplishment of Cleisthenes was

A)​solving the financial crisis in Athens.
B)​getting Greece to think of itself as a unified state.
C)​organizing resistance against the Persians.
D)​writing the Theogony
E)​creating the foundations for democracy.

Question 54

​The Persian Wars were initiated by which event?

A)​Suppression of the Ionian Revolts by Darius.
B)​Invasion of Marathan by Darius
C)​Battle of Themopylae by Xerxes
D)​Battle of Charonaea by Philip II
E)​Burning of Athens by Pericles

Question 55

​Who of the following was a citizen with political rights within a polis?

A)​an adult male.
B)​an adult female.
C)​a juvenile male.
D)​a slave.
E)​a resident alien male.

Question 56

​The decline of Mycenaean Greece, and the start of the Dark Ages, was caused by

A)​volcanic eruption
B)​invasion of Greek speakers from the north
C)destruction of trade by Phoenician raiders
D)​inability to sustain a population with sufficient agriculture
E)​we don't know.

Question 57

​The moral of Sophocles' play Oedipus was

A)​that although one cannot avoid the fate of the gods, one's own actions bear personal responsibility.
B)​adhering to a "higher law" to bury her brother meant that Antigone had to break Athenian law.
C)evil acts breed evil deeds, and Orestes was not wrong to avenge his father.
D)​women should be granted more legal rights and status, or Medea would not have harmed her children.
E)​that Lysistrata could organize women and show the foolishness of war.

Question 58

​Early Mycenaean civilization was based on which political rule?​

A)​centralized monarchy
B)​regional monarchy
C)​warrior oligarchy
D)​theocracy
E)​democracy

Question 59

​The political structure in Sparta contained

A)​two kings
B)​a council of ephors
C)​a council of elders
D)​a general assembly
E)​all of these

Question 60

The Hellenizing process

A)created Greco-Macedonian domination of the population centers of the Middle East.
B)provided the means for the spreading of Roman democracy to the Middle East cities.
C)was hindered by the establishment of Greek cities throughout the Middle East.
D)was of greatest importance in rural areas.
E)encouraged the spread of democracy.

Question 61

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Homer

Question 62

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Peloponnesus

Question 63

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Greek colonization

Question 64

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Greek geography

Question 65

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-Ionians, Aeolians, and Dorians

Question 66

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tyrants

Question 67

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Phoenician alphabet

Question 68

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Knossus

Question 69

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arete

Question 70

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Iliad and Odyssey

Question 71

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Athens

Question 72

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polis

Question 73

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Mycenaeans

Question 74

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phalanx

Question 75

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Sparta

Question 76

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Heinrich Schliemann

Question 77

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hoplites

Question 78

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the Greek Dark Ages

Question 79

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Minoan

Question 80

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Arthur Evens