Deck 10: Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase

Question 1

Athenian democracy was open to

A) all Athenians.
B) both men and women as long as they owned property.
C) all male citizens.
D) all males.
E) all Greek citizens.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following did NOT come about because of Greek colonization?

A) an increase in the size and diversity of trade
B) a centralized imperial state
C) the spread of Greek language and cultural traditions
D) a quickening of the tempo of social life
E) increased contact with other societies

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In the early classical era,the political structure of the ancient Greeks

A) achieved unification through a monarchy under Pericles.
B) was a history of early,long-lasting centralized government.
C) stabilized after conquest by Persia.
D) was very similar to that of Egypt.
E) usually consisted of independent,autonomous city-states.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which of the following words was used by the Greeks to refer to generals or politicians who,although often popular,gained power by irregular means?

A) tyrant
B) polis
C) archon
D) emperor
E) hellas

Question 5

The Mycenaeans received early,indirect influence from the Egyptians and Phoenicians through their contact with the

A) Minoans.
B) Persians.
C) Lydians.
D) Macedonians.
E) Aryans.

Question 6

Under whose leadership did Athens become the most sophisticated of the poleis?

A) Solon
B) Cleisthenes
C) Pericles
D) Pisistratus
E) Plato

Question 7

The leader who forged a compromise between Athens's social classes by allowing the aristocrats to keep their land while also providing representation for the common classes was

A) Solon.
B) Socrates.
C) Miltiades.
D) Pericles.
E) Plato.

Question 8

The naval loss at Salamis was viewed by the Persian king

A) Xerxes.
B) Cyrus.
C) Darius.
D) Cambyses.
E) Darius III.

Question 9

The most important port in the Hellenistic world was

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

Question 10

The Homeric epic the Iliad deals with the

A) journey home of the hero Odysseus.
B) war to capture Troy.
C) adventures of Aeneas.
D) adventures and tragic end of Jason and Medea.
E) adventures of the hero Rama.

Question 11

In the years after the Persian War,the leader of the Delian League was

A) Sparta.
B) Persia.
C) Athens.
D) Miletus.
E) Syracuse.

Question 12

The Greeks used the word polis to refer to

A) the concept of excessive pride.
B) the city-state.
C) the notion of loyalty to the central government.
D) the pursuit of truth.
E) barbarians.

Question 13

Which of the following occurred during the time of Pericles?

A) Athenian democracy reached its high point.
B) Athens became the most sophisticated of the poleis.
C) The Delian League operated as an alliance among many of the poleis.
D) Athens underwent a massive building program.
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 14

The most notable of the lavish palaces of Minoan culture was built at

A) Troy.
B) Sparta.
C) Athens.
D) Harappa.
E) Knossos.

Question 15

The decisive naval battle of the Persian War was fought at

A) Marathon.
B) Salamis.
C) Persepolis.
D) Sparta.
E) Syracuse.

Question 16

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

A) Persia
B) Carthage
C) Sparta
D) Athens
E) Thebes

Question 17

The Spartans were constantly afraid of the prospect of an uprising by serfs known as

A) helots.
B) poleis.
C) Minoans.
D) Athenians.
E) Dravidians.

Question 18

The easternmost point of Alexander's conquests was

A) Alexandria.
B) Persepolis.
C) Punjab.
D) Susa.
E) Athens.

Question 19

The author of the Iliad was

A) Sappho.
B) Plato.
C) Xeno.
D) Herodotus.
E) Homer.

Question 20

Distinction among the ancient Spartans came from

A) social status.
B) political infighting.
C) accumulated wealth.
D) family lineage.
E) discipline and military talent.

Question 21

Which of the Hellenistic philosophical schools considered all human beings to be members of a single,universal family?

A) Epicureans
B) Skeptics
C) Stoics
D) Platonists
E) Legalists

Question 22

Aristotle

A) gave unconditional support for the Platonic world of Forms.
B) called for a renunciation of the world because its distractions blinded the thinker.
C) believed that philosophers could rely on their senses.
D) exclusively studied human nature.
E) was Socrates' best student.

Question 23

Which of the following statements is true about women in the Greek world?

A) Their roles varied dramatically among the various poleis.
B) Freedom and opportunity for women reached its peak in Athens.
C) Their roles were limited in a strictly patriarchal society.
D) Women were provided dramatically more freedom than in any other society of the ancient age.
E) Women increased dramatically in importance until they often found themselves in positions of leadership.

Question 24

In Republic,Plato proposed that the true rulers of society should be

A) the descendents of Socrates.
B) the electorate,through a democratic framework.
C) the Spartans,because of their emphasis on character and control.
D) the Athenians,because of their wealth and fame.
E) philosopher kings.

Question 25

The concept of Forms or Ideas is associated with

A) Socrates.
B) Plato.
C) Xeno.
D) Aristotle.
E) Marcus Aurelius.

Question 26

Who said,"The unexamined life is not worth living"?

A) Socrates
B) Aristotle
C) Pericles
D) Plato
E) Hippocrates

Question 27

Ai Khanum was

A) the greatest leader of the Parthian empire.
B) a Hellenistic colony in Bactria.
C) a Hellenistic philosopher.
D) an important religious center visited by Alexander the Great.
E) a later Persian prince.

Question 28

The author of The Bacchae was

A) Euripides.
B) Plato.
C) Aristophanes.
D) Sophocles.
E) Aristotle.

Question 29

Which of the Hellenistic philosophical schools viewed pleasure as the greatest good?

A) Skeptics
B) Stoics
C) Platonists
D) Epicureans
E) Daoists

Question 30

In which polis did women have the most freedom?

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

Question 31

Which Greek god was the grandson of the earth and sky gods?

A) Apollo
B) Zeus
C) Hera
D) Demeter
E) Dionysus

Question 32

Women were the chief devotees of the Greek god of wine,who was named

A) Demeter.
B) Dionysus.
C) Zeus.
D) Apollo.
E) Hera.

Question 33

Of all the Hellenistic empires,Greek influence was greatest in

A) the Seleucid realm.
B) Ptolemaic Egypt.
C) Carthage.
D) the Antigonid state.
E) the Roman empire.

Question 34

The largest part of Alexander's conquests,essentially the former Achaemenid empire,was taken over by

A) Ptolemy.
B) Antigonus.
C) Darius.
D) Seleucus.
E) Julius Caesar.

Question 35

The wealthiest of the Hellenistic empires was the ________ empire.

A) Seleucid
B) Antigonid
C) Gupta
D) Ptolemaic
E) Mauryan

Question 36

Which of the following people wrote that Alexander the Great possessed,"great personal beauty,invincible power of endurance,and a keen intellect"?

A) Herodotus
B) Arrian
C) Livy
D) Aristotle
E) Pericles

Question 37

Which of the following did Socrates believe was more important than wealth or fame?

A) the will of the gods
B) honor
C) love
D) Forms or Ideas
E) political authority

Question 38

Socrates believed that it was most important to understand

A) the will of the gods.
B) the basic forces of nature.
C) the makeup of the cosmos.
D) human beings and human affairs.
E) the hierarchy of animal life.

Question 39

Sappho was

A) the most important battle of the Persian War.
B) the most influential female Greek poet.
C) the leader of Athens during its Golden Age.
D) a Mediterranean island destroyed by a volcano.
E) the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy.

Question 40

Later Christian scholastic philosophers referred to which man as "the master of those who know"?

A) Socrates
B) Aristotle
C) Plato
D) Jesus
E) St. Paul

Question 41

Compare and contrast the ancient Athenians and Spartans.In what essential ways were they different? How did these differences affect their eventual fates?

Question 42

Discuss the philosophical contributions of the ancient Greeks.How did thinkers such as Socrates,Plato,Aristotle,and the later Hellenistic philosophers shape the world?

Question 43

What were the achievements and limitations of Greek democracy? In what ways could the experiences of the Greeks have influenced the early American thinkers in the formation of their republic?

Question 44

Knossos was the most notable of the lavish palaces of the Minoan civilization.

Question 45

Philip II was the leader under whose leadership Athens became the cultural forefront of the Greek world.

Question 46

The definition of the term polis is city-state.

Question 47

Socrates suggested that,"The unexamined life is not worth living." How does this statement run throughout all Greek thought?

Question 48

Solon was an aristocrat who played a key role in the creation of democracy.

Question 49

What were the major historical legacies of the Hellenistic age? In what ways was this period different from the earlier Hellenic age?

Question 50

Hellenistic philosophers who identified pleasure as the highest good were Stoics.

Question 51

Alexander was the Macedonian leader who conquered Persia.

Question 52

The Macedonian leader who defeated the Greeks by 338B.C.E. was Philip II.

Question 53

Socrates was the philosopher who discussed the world of Forms.

Question 54

In what ways were the Mycenaeans similar to the later Athenians and Spartans of the classical age? What legacy did the Mycenaean period leave behind?

Question 55

Discuss the Greek Olympic Games.What can these games tell us about the nature of the Greeks?

Question 56

Socrates believed that "no evil can happen to a good man,either in life,or after death." How would Socrates define a good man? What were the foundations of his thought?

Question 57

The decisive naval battle in the Persian War was at Salamis.

Question 58

Aristotle is the thinker who suggested that philosophers should trust their senses to examine the world.

Question 59

Examine the influence of the Egyptians,Phoenicians,and Minoans on the early Greeks.What Greek characteristics express these influences? In what ways were the Greeks different from these other societies?

Question 60

Arrian proposed that Alexander the Great "had an uncanny instinct for the right course." What were Alexander's main goals? Was his ambition his greatest strength or most dangerous weakness?

Question 61

Read the section in the text drawn from Arrian's description of Alexander the Great (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: Arrian on the Character of Alexander of Macedon).According to Arrian,what were Alexander's greatest attributes? How does this view relate to the historical Alexander?

Question 62

Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens.

Question 63

Examine the social structure of the ancient Greeks.What role did women play in their society? Were there variations of the social structure among the different city-states?

Question 64

Examine the career of Alexander of Macedon.What factors drove him onto the world stage? How did he influence history?

Question 65

Examine the ships in the illustration on page 201.Why would Greeks decorate their pottery with pictures of ships? Did ships represent a part of the Greek spirit? What role did sailing play in the Greek world?

Question 66

Examine the relationship between the Greeks and the Persians.How influential were the Persian Wars on later Greek history?

Question 67

What could the nature of Greek drama and comedy tell us about how the Greeks viewed themselves? What makes their drama and comedy unique?

Question 68

Examine Greek exploration and colonization.What do these actions say about the Greek economic,social,and intellectual worlds?

Question 69

Examine the carving of Alexander on page 203.What virtues was the sculptor trying to portray? What traits made Alexander a good leader?

Question 70

Examine the most important city-states shown in Map 10.1,Classical Greece,800-350B.C.E. How did geography influence the political structure of ancient Greece? Why didn't the Greeks ever unify? What brought them together? What tore them apart?

Question 71

Examine the Lion Gate at Mycenae in the picture on page 197.What might the gate tell visitors about Mycenaean society?

Question 72

How did the Persian and Peloponnesian wars influence the development of the Greek city-states?

Question 73

Discuss the cultural and architectural splendor of Athens as represented in the picture on page 203.Remember that some of these buildings were built with money from the Delian League.What might this fact say about Athenian arrogance?

Question 74

Look at the map of Greek colonies-Map 10.2,Classical Greece and the Mediterranean basin,800-500B.C.E. What role did Greek sailors and merchants play in cultural as well as economic expansion? How did sailing and adventure express the nature of the Greeks?

Question 75

Look at the bust of Pericles on page 200.Why does a helmet symbolize the post of an Athenian leader? How does this reflect the problems of politics in a Greek city-state?

Question 76

Compare and contrast the Minoan and the Mycenaean societies.

Question 77

Follow the path of Alexander's conquests using Map 10.3,Alexander's empire,ca.323 B.C.E. How did his conquests create new cultures in the Hellenistic world?

Question 78

What was Greece like during the period after the Trojan War,from about 1100 to 800 B.C.E.?

Question 79

Discuss the nature of the Homeric epic poems,the Iliad and the Odyssey.How influential were these works to the Greeks? In what ways do these works express the Greek worldview?

Question 80

What is a polis? How did having the polis as the central political institution of classical Greece shape the history of Greece during this period?