An Ancient Greek Cultural And Political History Test
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- 1.Two major groups who settled within Greece itself were
- A.
The Aeolians and Dorians.
- B.
The Agamemnons and Homers
- C.
The Achilles and Phoenicians.
- D.
The Knossos and Evans
- 2.Greek history was influenced by Greece's
- A.
Rivers and deltas.
- B.
Mountains and seacoast.
- C.
Glaciers and forests
- D.
Deserts and plains
- 3.Most historians think Minoan civilization was
- A.
Invented by Homer.
- B.
Conquered by Rome.
- C.
Invaded and destroyed by Mycenaeans.
- D.
Destroyed by a tidal wave.
- 4.The teachings of Homer included
- A.
The values of courage, honor, and excellence.
- B.
Agriculture and trade.
- C.
The Phoenician alphabet.
- D.
Sailing and warfare.
- 5.During the Dark Age, some Greeks settled
- A.
In the Indian subcontinent.
- B.
In Ionia, part of Asia Minor.
- C.
In Mycenaea.
- D.
In Crete.
- 6.The reforms of Cleisthenes
- A.
Supported tyranny.
- B.
Laid the foundations of democracy.
- C.
Laid the foundations of a palace.
- D.
Created a dual kingship.
- 7.Spartan warrior was told to return from war
- A.
With his shield or on it.
- B.
Before he turned 20.
- C.
To repay his debts.
- D.
With lots of black broth.
- 8.Aristocrats in Athens did all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Control political life.
- B.
Reject Solon.
- C.
Own the best land.
- D.
Run the oligarchy.
- 9.Greek tyrants were
- A.
Supporters of aristocrats.
- B.
Rulers who seized power by force.
- C.
All oppressive and wicked.
- D.
Hired soldiers.
- 10.The word spartan has come to mean
- A.
Oligarchical.
- B.
Lover of literature.
- C.
Democratic.
- D.
Highly self-disciplined.
- 11.After losing the battle of Thermopylae to the Persians, the Athenians
- A.
Colonized Ionia.
- B.
Abandoned their city.
- C.
Traded wine with Xerxes.
- D.
Fled to Italy.
- 12.Athens, by the mid-fifth century B.C., every male citizen
- A.
Voted on all major issues.
- B.
Was in the military.
- C.
Was lower class.
- D.
Broke pottery.
- 13.Greek city-colonies in Asia Minor
- A.
Provoked a Persian invasion of Greece.
- B.
Welcomed the Persians.
- C.
Ransacked Athens.
- D.
Conquered Sparta.
- 14.During the Age of Pericles, all of the following were true EXCEPT
- A.
Athens took over leadership of the Greek world.
- B.
Office holders were paid.
- C.
Not all residents were citizens.
- D.
The Delian League moved to Persia.
- 15.In 479 B.C., a large, unified Greek army
- A.
Defeated the Persians.
- B.
Defended the pass.
- C.
Voted its own leaders.
- D.
Assisted Ionian cities.
- 16.Greeks used rituals to
- A.
Find a route to China.
- B.
Show the power of humans.
- C.
Encourage the gods to be generous.
- D.
Elect kings.
- 17.Herodotus wrote what is considered
- A.
The first novel.
- B.
The first comedy.
- C.
The first real history in Western civilization.
- D.
The first tragedy.
- 18.Like other peoples, Greeks considered religion
- A.
Important only for men.
- B.
To be based on doctrine.
- C.
Unnecessary.
- D.
Necessary to the well-being of the state.
- 19.The sixth-century philosopher Pythagoras taught that
- A.
We should classify things by observation.
- B.
War and politics were purely human.
- C.
There was a higher world of Ideal Forms.
- D.
Truth was to be found in music and numbers.
- 20.Greek tragedies examined all of these topics EXCEPT
- A.
Human nature.
- B.
Good and evil.
- C.
Individual rights.
- D.
Criticism of intellectuals.
- 21.Archimedes is associated with all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Value of pi.
- B.
Earth’s circumference.
- C.
Geometry of spheres.
- D.
Specific gravity.
- 22.Epicureanism taught all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Pleasure means physical satisfaction.
- B.
Pleasure is freedom from worry.
- C.
Happiness is the goal of life.
- D.
Freedom comes from a mind at rest.
- 23.Stoicism taught that
- A.
Public service is evil.
- B.
Inner peace comes from following God’s will.
- C.
Friendship is an idea.
- D.
Self-interest should drive people.
- 24.Alexander’s empire extended as far east as
- A.
Babylon
- B.
Rome
- C.
India
- D.
Japan
- 25.After Alexander’s death, all of the following happened EXCEPT
- A.
Greeks and Macedonians became the ruling class.
- B.
Four Hellenistic kingdoms emerged.
- C.
Non-Greek government officials learned Greek.
- D.
His united empire continued.
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