Ancient Greece
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- Q1Greek history was influenced by what aspect of Greece’s Geography?deserts and plainsrivers and deltasmountains and seacoastglaciers and forests30s
- Q2During the Dark Age, some Greeks settledon the Indian subcontinentin Cretein Ionia, part of Asia Minorin Mycenae30s
- Q3The ancient Greeks considered religionimportant only for mena luxury best left to womennecessary to the well-being of the stateunnecessary30s
- Q4The teachings of Homer promotedthe Phoenician alphabetthe values of courage, honor, and excellencesailing and warfareagriculture and trade30s
- Q5Which of the following was the first Greek state?IoniaMycenaeCretethe Isthmus of Corinth30s
- Q6According to one story, a young Spartan warrior was told by his mother to return from the warin order to serve on the council of elderseither carrying his shield or being carried on itwith lots of black brothbefore he turned twenty30s
- Q7Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the firstnovelcomedytragedyreal history in Western civilization30s
- Q8The word spartan has come to meana lover of literatureoligarchicalhighly self-disciplineddemocratic30s
- Q9The tyrants of ancient Greece wereall oppressive and wickedwanted to establish a democratic governmentrulers who seized power by forcesupporters of aristocrats30s
- Q10By 750 B.C., the ____, or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life.hoplitepolispantheonagora30s
- Q11What happened to the Mycenaean’s in 1100 B.C?They became part of EgyptThey defeated PersiaThey took over BabylonThey disappeared30s
- Q12The major gods and goddesses of the Greeks were believed to live on Mt. OlympusFALSETrue30s
- Q13Socrates’ most famous student was named Aristotle.TRUEFalse30s
- Q14The poet who wrote the Iliad was named Herodotus.FalseTrue30s
- Q15About 8 percent of the geography of Greece is mountainousFalseTrue30s