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Question 1

What type of government did Athens develop?

Answer 1

Democratic Government

Question 2

The Persians were unable to conquer what region?

Answer 2

The Aegean Region

Question 3

What civilization did the Mycenaean civilization copy?

Answer 3

The Minoan Civilization

Question 4

Who was believed to rule from his throne on Mount Olympus?

Answer 4

Zeus

Question 5

Who taught his students by asking them questions so they would come to conclusions themselves?

Answer 5

Socrates

Question 6

Philosophy taught people to use what two things instead of blind trust in the gods?

Answer 6

Reason and observation

Question 7

What unified the ancient world, enabling the new of Jesus to spread quickly?

Answer 7

Hellenization

Question 8

What two religions gave people the hope to escape the cycle of reincarnation?

Answer 8

Buddhism and Jainism

Question 9

Who organized and wrote a city’s laws so everyone could read them?

Answer 9

Lawgiver

Question 10

Someone who gained support from the people by promising reforms was called what?

Answer 10

Tyrant

Question 11

A wealthy, landowning noble was called what?

Answer 11

Aristocrat

Question 12

Someone who seized control from kings was called what?

Answer 12

Tyrant

Question 13

What was the first major European civilization?

Answer 13

Crete

Question 14

Western governments are based on the Greek concept of what?

Answer 14

democracy

Question 15

What was the long conflict between Sparta and Athens called?

Answer 15

The Peloponnesian War

Question 16

Philip of Macedonia conquered and controlled most of what region?

Answer 16

Greece

Question 17

A law that is very harsh is called what?

Answer 17

A Draconian Law

Question 18

What people originally settled Crete and built Knossos?

Answer 18

Minoans

Question 19

What people settled on the southern end of the Greek peninsula?

Answer 19

Mycenaeans

Question 20

What people built Sparta and invaded southern Greece and islands in the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 20

Dorians

Question 21

The Peloponnesian War was a long conflict between what two cities?

Answer 21

Sparta and Athens

Question 22

Who conquered and controlled most of Greece?

Answer 22

Philip of Macedonia

Question 23

The Minoans settled where?

Answer 23

Island of Crete

Question 24

The Minoans built what capital city, famous for its large palace?

Answer 24

Knossos

Question 25

The Dorians built what city?

Answer 25

Sparta

Question 26

The Mycenaeans settled where?

Answer 26

Southern part of the Greek Peninsula

Question 27

What was the first Persian King to fail at conquering the Aegean region?

Answer 27

Darius I

Question 28

Who was the ruler during the Golden Age of Athens?

Answer 28

Pericles

Question 29

The second Persian king who failed to conquer the Aegean region was?

Answer 29

Xerxes

Question 30

What does Philosophy mean?

Answer 30

"the love of wisdom"

Question 31

What helped spark modern thinking and science?

Answer 31

Greek Philosophy

Question 32

What was the process of non-Greeks adopting Greek customs?

Answer 32

Hellenization

Question 33

When citizens rule the city, state, or nation, it is called a what?

Answer 33

A Democracy

Question 34

Democracy means what?

Answer 34

"Citizen rule"

Question 35

The Greeks recovery from their Dark Ages included what three things?

Answer 35

1) They started colonizing other areas 2) They valued literacy and developed a new system of writing 3) The amount of trade between Greek cities and other ports increased

Question 36

Alexander the Great is known primarily for what three things?

Answer 36

1) He conquered the Persian Empire 2) His empire reached from Greece to Northern India 3) Several cities where named for him, like Alexandria, Egypt

Question 37

What were several improvements that took place under Pericles's leadership?

Answer 37

1) Government officials received pay 2) Common people held government jobs 3) common people started working on various work projects which provided jobs

Question 38

The fall of Athens came in this order:

Answer 38

1) Sparta started a war against Athens 2) Sparta and the Persians destroyed the Athenian Navy and lay seige to the city 3) Athens surrendered and the city was ruined

Question 39

A ship powered by three rows of oarsmen and fitted with a battering ram was called what?

Answer 39

Trireme

Question 40

The Golden Age of Athens lasted for what dates?

Answer 40

477 B.C. to 431 B.C.