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 forests30sEditDelete
- Q2During the Dark Age, some Greeks settledon the Indian subcontinentin Cretein Ionia, part of Asia Minorin Mycenae30sEditDelete
- Q3The ancient Greeks considered religionimportant only for mena luxury best left to womennecessary to the well-being of the stateunnecessary30sEditDelete
- Q4The teachings of Homer promotedthe Phoenician alphabetthe values of courage, honor, and excellencesailing and warfareagriculture and trade30sEditDelete
- Q5Which of the following was the first Greek state?IoniaMycenaeCretethe Isthmus of Corinth30sEditDelete
- 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 twenty30sEditDelete
- Q7Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the firstnovelcomedytragedyreal history in Western civilization30sEditDelete
- Q8The word spartan has come to meana lover of literatureoligarchicalhighly self-disciplineddemocratic30sEditDelete
- Q9The tyrants of ancient Greece wereall oppressive and wickedwanted to establish a democratic governmentrulers who seized power by forcesupporters of aristocrats30sEditDelete
- Q10By 750 B.C., the ____, or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life.hoplitepolispantheonagora30sEditDelete
- Q11What happened to the Mycenaean’s in 1100 B.C?They became part of EgyptThey defeated PersiaThey took over BabylonThey disappeared30sEditDelete
- Q12The major gods and goddesses of the Greeks were believed to live on Mt. OlympusFALSETrue30sEditDelete
- Q13Socrates’ most famous student was named Aristotle.TRUEFalse30sEditDelete
- Q14The poet who wrote the Iliad was named Herodotus.FalseTrue30sEditDelete
- Q15About 8 percent of the geography of Greece is mountainousFalseTrue30sEditDelete
- Q16~The 8th century BC the Greeks adopted a new system of writing based on the Phoenician alphabetTrueFALSE30sEditDelete
- Q17Spartan women were trained inrunning, wrestling, and javelin throwingart, music, and poetry.cooking, cleaning, and combat.sewing, sword-fighting, and trade.30sEditDelete
- Q18In what way did a boy’s life in Athens differ from a boy’s life in Sparta?Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.Athenian boys citizens at 30; Spartan boys citizens at 18Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys to the military30sEditDelete
- Q19Greek civilization began in a river valley.TrueFalse30sEditDelete
- Q20Communities in ancient Greece were ______.separated by rugged mountains and valleysseparated by rivers and desertsseparated by deserts and mountainsseparated by valleys and rivers30sEditDelete