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Ancient Greece
Test Description: World History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) By 750 B.C. the ____________ or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life
A
pantheon
B
hoplite
C
agora
D
polis
2) What was the first greek state?
A
Crete
B
Ionia
C
Tarsus
D
Mycenae
3) The gov't of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was
A
ruled by a king
B
ruled by a few
C
contolled by a popular vote
D
ruled by a tyrant
4) What happened at Thermopylae?
A
A Greek force of 7,000 held off the Persian army of 180,000 for two days
B
An outnumbered Greek fleet defeated the Persian fleet
C
An outnumbered Athenian army attacked and defeated the Egyptians decisively
D
the Athenians built a fleet of 200 ships
5) Herodotus wrote ______________, which is commonly regarded as the first real history in western civilization
A
Orestreia
B
The republic
C
History of the Persian Wars
D
Oedipus Rex
6) According to Plato, individuals could not achieve a good life unless:
A
they lived a moral and pious life
B
they were ruled by a good queen
C
they strictly followed a vegetarian diet
D
they lived in a just and rational state
7) The conquests of Alexander the Great created the
A
Age of lawlessness, a period of extreme cruelty and anarchy
B
Macedonian Age, a period of advancement in art
C
the Dark ages, a time of great sadness for the Greek people
D
Hellenistic era, an age that saw the expansion of the Greek language and Greek ideas to the non-Greek world
8) The astronomer Eratosthenes determined that
A
the earth was round and calculated its circumference to be 24, 675 miles relatively close to the actual figure
B
Pluto is part of out solar system
C
the earth is the center of the universe while the Sun rotates around it
D
the moon controlled the cyclic rise and fall of the tides
9) Homers Illiad and Odyssey were
A
epic poems
B
immense paintings
C
two immense ships
D
statues of the Gods
10) The gov't of Athens after Cleisthenes became:
A
an early advocate of communism
B
a tyranny of men with new wealth
C
chaotic and disorganized
D
the foundation for Athenian democracy
11) Who said the unexamined life is not worth living
A
Aristotle
B
Socrates
C
Euripedes
D
Zenos
12) According to Greek religion, the Gods lived
A
on Mount Olympus
B
within the hearts of the people who worshipped him
C
on the moon
D
In natural objects like rocks, trees, and streams
13) Euclid wrote the elements, which was a
A
discussion of specific gravity, which he discovered while in his bath
B
revolutionary exploration of art, including the value of painting
C
textbook on plane geometry that has been used up to modern times
D
treatise on the geometry of spheres and cylinders
14) Formation in which Greek soldiers fought, in which they marched shoulder to shoulder
A
phalanx
B
tyrant
C
arete
D
hoplite
15) The western shores of Asia where many Greeks settled during the Dark ages, present day Turkey
A
Macedonia
B
Ionia
C
Mesopotamia
D
Persia
16) Greek rulers who seized power from the aristocracy through the use of paid soldiers
A
Ephors
B
Hoplites
C
Phalanx
D
Tyrants
17) Five elected officials in Sparta, who were responsible for the education of the youth and conduct of all citizens
A
Ephors
B
Arete
C
Hoplites
D
Tyrants
18) Knossos was the central city of the Mycenaen civilization
A
True
B
False
19) Sophocles was a Greek playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex
A
False
B
True
20) The acropolis was a fortified place and also served as the religious center of the Greek Polis
A
True
B
False
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