Ancient Greece

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What type of government does the following list describe?

-There is one ruler.
-The ruler usually inherited power.
-The ruler passed on leadership to his son.

democracy

monarchy

oligarchy

tyranny

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How did tyrants sometimes lose power?

They died of old age or illness.

They were replaced by stronger individual.

They were overthrown by the people.

They were voted out of office.

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How were laws developed in a monarchy?

The Assembly voted on them.

The king made them.

The aristocrats made them.

There were no laws in a monarchy.

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In ancient Greek settlements, governments tended to develop in a predictable order. Which form of government usually came first?

democracy

monarchy

oligarchy

tyranny

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Which of the following best describes a difference between a king and a tyrant?

A king is elected, but a tyrant seizes power.

A king is elected, but a tyrant inherits power.

A king inherits power, but a tyrant seizes it.

A king leads the assembly, but a tyrant disbands it.

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Which of the following best describes democracy in Athens?

Citizens elected representatives to make decisions.

Only free men could speak in the Assembly.

Widows replaced their dead husbands in the Assembly.

Citizens supported oligarchs, who made decisions.

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Who most likely would have said these words?

"I was in the army when people started complaining that members of the government were getting richer and passing laws that made everyone else poorer. So I stepped forward, and with their help, I became leader."

a king

a citizen

an aristocrat

a tyrant

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What trend took place under Greek oligarchies?

The farmers became richer.

The poor became poorer.

The army became stronger.

The aristocrats became weaker.

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What made many Greek tyrants popular?

giving more rights to the poor

giving more land to aristocrats

conquering other city-states

forcing oligarchs to be fairer

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How did Athenian direct democracy differ from American representative democracy?

Important issues were decided by voting.

Every citizen could vote on every issue.

The citizens shared in the ruling power.

The citizens had a role in governing themselves.

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Who had the most power in Sparta?

the kings

the Council of Elders

the priestesses

the Assembly

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What was the main purpose of Spartan education?

to prepare brave soldiers

to prepare skilled craftspeople

to prepare strong athletes

to prepare active citizens

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What was an important result of the Persian wars?

They caused Greeks to invent new gods.

They led to the decline of Sparta.

They enabled Persia to conquer Europe.

They preserved Greek independence.

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What was most surprising about the outcome of the Persian wars?

The Persian Empire fell apart after the wars.

The Persian Empire attacked Greece again 30 years later.

The Greeks won while fighting in a foreign land.

The Greeks won with less land and fewer people.

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What did King Darius rule?

Asia Minor

the Persian Empire

Ionian colonies

the Greek city-states

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Why was the Greek victory at Marathon so surprising?

The Greeks had no help from the Spartans.

The Persians had come by ship instead of marching.

Greece was much smaller than the Persian Empire.

The Greeks waited several days before attacking.

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Why did Leonidas decide to fight the Persians at Thermopylae?

The Persian army would have to go through a narrow pass.

The Spartans were very familiar with the area.

The Persians would be tired from their long march.

The Spartans were counting on their Greek allies nearby.

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At the temple at Delphi, an ancient Greek could ask questions of a priestess. She responded with the words of what god?

Zeus

Apollo

Athena

Aphrodite

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What does the Greek love of sports show about ancient Greeks?

They treated their slaves as equals in sports.

They valued physical health as much as intellect.

They valued victory more than anything else.

They treated men and women as equals in sports.

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Which of the following was true of Athenian theaters and is also true of theaters today?

The seats rise around the stage so people can see and hear.

The back of the theater is open, so some people can sit outside.

The theater is built into the side of a hill with the stage at the bottom.

The aisles separate the people who pay high prices from those who don't.

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Where did the Greeks believe their gods and goddesses lived?

Mount Olympus

Delphi

the Acropolis

the Parthenon

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What was the purpose of a Greek temple?

to hold religious ceremonies inside

to let people see statues of the gods

to allow people to worship inside

to give gods and goddesses a place to live

23.

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How did Greek sculpture in the Golden Age of Athens differ from earlier Greek and Egyptian sculpture?

It was painted.

It was lifelike.

It was decorated.

It was detailed.

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Why were Greek outdoor theaters shaped like bowls?

to make them easier to build

to carry on an ancient tradition

to ensure that everyone could hear

to take up less valuable space

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What did Socrates encourage his fellow citizens to do?

question their religion

question other people's beliefs

question government decisions

question their own beliefs

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The Greek city-states fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War. What was a major effect of the war?

Sparta was able to conquer Thebes.

Macedonia was able to conquer Greece.

Athens was able to enter a golden age.

Thebes was able to develop astronomy.

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Alexander helped the Greek city-states unite by

forcing them to speak the same language.

taking away many of their freedoms.

focusing their attention on a common enemy.

having Sparta's leader lead all of Greece.

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What does it mean to say that Alexander conquered by using kindness?

He let towns that surrendered to his army keep their own leaders.

He convinced people to vote for him to make him their only leader.

He gave people gifts of gold and jewels in order to become their leader.

He offered lessons for people in the religion he wanted them to practice.

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What is one way Alexander used religion to control his empire?

He enslaved people who did not share his religion.

He encouraged people to believe he was a god.

He insisted that everyone believe in Greek gods.

He developed a new religion that all would share.

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How might Alexander have described his approach to unifying his empire?

"I respect the beliefs of many different peoples."

"I am a great leader who has conquered the world."

"I make sure everyone practices the same religion."

"I have Macedonians run the local governments."

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Alexander built cities with these features: an agora, a temple, a theater, and a university. Why did he design cities this way?

Because he enjoyed watching people buy and sell their goods.

Because he wanted the cities to be like Greek cities.

Because he believed people needed a public place to pray.

Because he thought it would encourage people to attend plays.

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What happened to Alexander's empire after he died?

Alexander's son Philip took over.

Greece conquered Macedonia.

Alexander's empire fell apart.

Sparta won the Peloponnesian War.

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What was the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

The Greeks defeated the Macedonians.

Thebes defeated Sparta.

Sparta defeated Athens.

The Macedonians and Greeks became allies.

34.

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With which field are Pythagoras and Euclid associated?

chemistry

geometry

linguistics

literature

35.

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Because the ancient Greeks developed democracy, which of the following is part of American politics today?

a council of elders

juries of citizens

a national religion

a symbolic royalty

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What would Socrates have liked about the way Greeks approached their studies?

They asked a lot of questions.

They worked in large groups.

They believed in the gods.

They built machines to help them.

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Greece contributed to our language today. The word geography comes from the Greek words meaning

classifying plants

classifying animals

writing about Earth

writing about the stars

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LOOK AT THE IMAGE NUMBERED 38 TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION:

How can you tell that this is a Doric column?

It is simple.

It sits on a base.

It is very decorative.

It has a frieze.

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USE PICTURE 39 TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

This picture of the Lincoln Memorial shows that

Americans value the teachings of ancient Greek religion.

Americans use stone from Greece to build public buildings.

Americans are influenced by ancient Greek architecture.

Americans use ancient Greek architecture to design homes.

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LOOK AT THE MAP LABELED 40; USE THIS MAP TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

What is one way Sparta's geography affected its attitudes or actions?

Spartans traded with people from all over the world.

Sparta developed a democratic government.

Spartans were suspicious of outsiders.

Spartans changed their way of life frequently.