Ancient Greece Test

Question 1

Why did the Athenians stay within their walled city during the Peloponnesian Wars?

Answer 1

they were not strong enough to defeat the Spartan army

Question 2

What was the new type of philosophy that was created that encourages people to take what live gives calmly and logically?

Answer 2

Stoics

Question 3

Which city won the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 3

Sparta

Question 4

What is the main peninsula of Greece called?

Answer 4

Peloponnesus

Question 5

What was the actual name of the battle of “the 300”?

Answer 5

Thermopylae

Question 6

What two poems told the story of the Trojan war and Mycenaean civilization?

Answer 6

Iliad and Odyssey

Question 7

Which philosopher wrote “The Republic” where he talked about his distrust of democracy and ideas for a perfect government?

Answer 7

Plato

Question 8

What did the Greeks call their city-states?

Answer 8

Polis

Question 9

Which culture was NOT a part of Alexander’s new blended culture?

Answer 9

Chinese

Question 10

What was the new culture created by Alexander called?

Answer 10

Hellenistic

Question 11

What was the name that Greeks gave to people who moved to their cities but did not speak Greek?

Answer 11

Barbari

Question 12

What is it called when a small group of wealthy landowners take control of a government?

Answer 12

Aristocracy

Question 13

Which philosopher talked of finding the “golden mean” and established the basics of modern liberal arts education?

Answer 13

Aristotle

Question 14

The first Greek civilization was found on which island?

Answer 14

Crete

Question 15

Euclid and Pythagoras were able to make new advances in what field of study?

Answer 15

Geometry

Question 16

True or False:

Cleopatra went to greece and helped implement many reforms in Athens and made it a much more open and free society.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

True or False: We only know much of the history of Mycenaean civilization because of epic poems written by the Greek poet Homer.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False: The Persians became angry with Greece and tried to get revenge on them by invading at the Battle of Marathon.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False:

Minos is the city-state or polis that is on the island of crete.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

True or False: The Mycenaean civilization was a civilization based on trade.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or False: Phillip II was the first king to unite all of Greece under one ruler.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

True or False: Spartans were a very disciplined, warrior-based society.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True or False:

Greek philosophers mission was to seek truth and understanding.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

True or False:
The most important result of Alexander’s conquest was the spreading of Greek and mixing of Greek culture with other parts of the world.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or False:

The oldest civilization that was found in Greece was named after King Minos.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or False:

Early Greeks lived as one unified civilization that got along very well.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

The father of Greek philosophy was ______________, who was eventually killed because the people of Athens grew tired of him.

Answer 27

Socrates

Question 28

The main god of Greece was ____________ and he was thought of as the father of all the gods.

Answer 28

Zeus

Question 29

The city of ____________________ became the center of the Greek empire and culture after the death of Alexander.

Answer 29

Alexandria

Question 30

Women in Athens played an important role in the organization of _____________________ ceremonies.

Answer 30

Religious

Question 31

The Mycenaeans were able to defeat the city of Troy by using a(n) ______________________ to sneak into the city and then destroy it.

Answer 31

Trojan Horse

Question 32

Dorian slaves were called _________________ and had to be strictly controlled because they outnumbered their masters.

Answer 32

Helots

Question 33

__________________________ was the father of Greek medicine and the oath that doctors take today is still named for him.

Answer 33

Hippocrates

Question 34

Greece was eventually controlled by a(n) ____________________ where the wealthy citizens of a city rule.

Answer 34

Isthmus

Question 35

Explain the Socratic Method. What was the purpose of using this method?

Answer 35

The Socratic method was basically just to ask many questions. It’s purpose was to help people understand their way of thinking and their beliefs.

Question 36

How did the geography of Greece cause the civilization to be divided? What helped keep them connected?

Answer 36

The geography of Greece caused the civilization to be divided because its mountains and seas separated all of them from each other. They stayed connected by using those seas to travel across and trade with each other as well.