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By 750 B.C. the ____________ or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life
a) hoplite
b) agora
c) polis
d) pantheon

What was the first greek state?
a) Tarsus
b) Mycenae
c) Ionia
d) Crete

The gov't of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was
a) ruled by a few
b) ruled by a tyrant
c) contolled by a popular vote
d) ruled by a king

What happened at Thermopylae?
a) An outnumbered Greek fleet defeated the Persian fleet
b) A Greek force of 7,000 held off the Persian army of 180,000 for two days
c) the Athenians built a fleet of 200 ships
d) An outnumbered Athenian army attacked and defeated the Egyptians decisively

Herodotus wrote ______________, which is commonly regarded as the first real history in western civilization
a) The republic
b) Oedipus Rex
c) Orestreia
d) History of the Persian Wars

According to Plato, individuals could not achieve a good life unless:
a) they lived in a just and rational state
b) they were ruled by a good queen
c) they lived a moral and pious life
d) they strictly followed a vegetarian diet

The conquests of Alexander the Great created the
a) the Dark ages, a time of great sadness for the Greek people
b) Hellenistic era, an age that saw the expansion of the Greek language and Greek ideas to the non-Greek world
c) Macedonian Age, a period of advancement in art
d) Age of lawlessness, a period of extreme cruelty and anarchy

The astronomer Eratosthenes determined that
a) the moon controlled the cyclic rise and fall of the tides
b) the earth is the center of the universe while the Sun rotates around it
c) the earth was round and calculated its circumference to be 24, 675 miles relatively close to the actual figure
d) Pluto is part of out solar system

Homers Illiad and Odyssey were
a) epic poems
b) two immense ships
c) statues of the Gods
d) immense paintings

The gov't of Athens after Cleisthenes became:
a) the foundation for Athenian democracy
b) an early advocate of communism
c) a tyranny of men with new wealth
d) chaotic and disorganized

Who said the unexamined life is not worth living
a) Zenos
b) Aristotle
c) Socrates
d) Euripedes

According to Greek religion, the Gods lived
a) within the hearts of the people who worshipped him
b) In natural objects like rocks, trees, and streams
c) on the moon
d) on Mount Olympus

Euclid wrote the elements, which was a
a) treatise on the geometry of spheres and cylinders
b) revolutionary exploration of art, including the value of painting
c) textbook on plane geometry that has been used up to modern times
d) discussion of specific gravity, which he discovered while in his bath

Formation in which Greek soldiers fought, in which they marched shoulder to shoulder
a) arete
b) hoplite
c) phalanx
d) tyrant

The western shores of Asia where many Greeks settled during the Dark ages, present day Turkey
a) Persia
b) Mesopotamia
c) Macedonia
d) Ionia

Greek rulers who seized power from the aristocracy through the use of paid soldiers
a) Ephors
b) Tyrants
c) Phalanx
d) Hoplites

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

Knossos was the central city of the Mycenaen civilization
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Sophocles was a Greek playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The acropolis was a fortified place and also served as the religious center of the Greek Polis
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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