Greece Quiz

Question 1

Describe Persian religious beliefs during the height of the Persian Empire.

Answer 1

The Persian Empires religion was Zoroastrianism, had 2 gods (one good, one evil), everyone gets a choice, but only the good will be happy, it was a “bridge” religion between polytheism & monotheism.

Question 2

How was the Persian religion used as a unifying factor throughout the empire?

Answer 2

It preached belief in one supreme deity, held humans to a high ethical standard, and promised salvation.

Question 3

How did geography and topography affect Greek economic, political and/or social development?

Answer 3

The Greeks would have to travel and trade a lot because they had very poor resources. This caused them to develop new ideas, when the merchants would trade from place to place and bring home new information. Also the mountainous terrain of Greece had an isolating effect of other regions.

Question 4

Define polis.

Answer 4

a Greek-city state

Question 5

Was Greek democracy really “democratic”?

Answer 5

No, because they only allowed free adult males to take part in politics and women weren’t allowed to.

Question 6

Describe Greek religious practices and beliefs.

Answer 6

The ancestors brought a collection of sky-gods with them they entered the Greek peninsula. Some of the gods represented nature, Zeus and Poseidon. conceived as human-like in appearance (taller, and more beautiful and more powerful) and humanlike in the their displays of emotions. Sacrifice the center ritual. Hoped the gods would favor them.

Question 7

How did Persian and Greek religious beliefs differ?

Answer 7

The Persians only had two gods, one good and one bad. The Greeks had more than one god and they all represented something different.

Question 8

Why did the Persian Wars begin?

Answer 8

Persia wanted to control some of the Greek city-states. Cyrus conquered Lydia, which had Greek cit-states which the Persians wanted to control.

Question 9

Why did Athens take over the battle with the Persians? Why might this shift lead to later trouble between the city-states?

Answer 9

Athens’s stubborn refusal to submit to the Persian king, even after the city was sacked twice in two successive years, and the vital role played by the Athenian navy, which made up fully half of the allied Greek fleet, earned the city a large measure of respect.

Question 10

Why was the development of the trireme so important to Athens?

Answer 10

Athen’s mastery of naval technology transformed Greek warfare and politics and brought power and wealth to Athens itself.

Question 11

How was democracy impacted by improvement of naval technology in Athen?

Answer 11

Possession of a navy allowed Athens to project its power father than it could have done with a citizen militia.

Question 12

What is the Parthenon?

Answer 12

The majestic temple of Athena.

Question 13

Would Confucius agree with Socrates’ statement the ‘he knew one more thing than everyone else: that he knew nothing?

Answer 13

Yes because it’s saying that someone older knows more than you.

Question 14

Why was Socrates put on trial?

Answer 14

He corrupted the youth of Athens and he did not believe in the gods of the city.

Question 15

What is the Socratic Method?

Answer 15

Question and answer to reach a deeper understanding of the meaning of the meaning of values such as justice, excellence, and wisdom.

Question 16

Originally, Athens had outlawed slavery. Why do you think they instituted it in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.?

Answer 16

Slaves were needed to run the shop or work on the farm while the master while the master was attending meetings of the Assembly or serving on one of the boards that oversaw the day-to-day activities of the state.

Question 17

Compare the rights of women in Sparta and Athens.

Answer 17

Sparta- Could own property, some estimates: women owned 1/3 of land in Sparta, encouraged education, seen as integral part of society, raised children.
Athens- could not own property, little/no education, no public life, raised children.

Question 18

Why did the Peloponnesian War begin, and how did Persian get involved?

Answer 18

The emergence of Athens as an imperial power in the half-century after the Persian invasion aroused the suspicions of other Greek states and led to open hostilities between former allies. Internal conflict in the Greek world allowed the Persians to recoup old losses.

Question 19

Who was Alexander, and what is his connection to Greek philosophy?

Answer 19

He was the son and heir of Philip, who crossed over into Asia, his avowed purpose was to exact revenge for Xerxes’ invasion a century and half before.

Question 20

How large was Alexander’s empire?

Answer 20

stretching from Greece to Egypt into northwest India.

Question 21

What is Hellenistic culture?

Answer 21

it is culture that is powerfully influenced by Greek culture.

Question 22

How did the Persian kings maintain control and organize such a vast empire?

Answer 22

Cyrus divided society into three social classes, warriors, priests, and peasants. Also the male head of the household had absolute control over the family. Darius I divided the empire into 20 provinces, each under the supervision of a governor who was connected to the royal family by marriage.