Question 1

Under Cleisthenes’ reforms, who could participate in Athenian government?

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only male property owners born in Athens

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all male citizens born in Athens

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all male and female citizens of Athens

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only wealthy male citizens of Athens

Question 2

What reform did Pericles make?

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paid jurors and public officials

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organized citizens into four classes

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cancelled citizens’ debts

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freed enslaved farmers

Question 3

Why did Athens and other Greek city-states form the Delian League?

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to defend against the Persian Empire

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to share natural resources and trade

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to counter the Peloponnesian League

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to colonize the Mediterranean

Question 4

What city-state started the Peloponnesian League?

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Sparta

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Athens

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Delos

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Corinth

Question 5

For what god did ancient Greeks build the largest temple in a city-state?

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for their patron god or goddess

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for the king of the gods

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for their favorite Olympian

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for the god or goddess of war

Question 6

In Greek mythology, what god did Icarus offend by flying too close to the sun?

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Apollo

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Hera

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Athena

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Zeus

Question 7

The Peloponnesian War broke out between which powers?

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Athens and Sparta

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Greece and Persia

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Athens and the Delian League

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Greece and Troy

Question 8

During the Peloponnesian War, what other disaster did Athens face, besides attacks from Sparta?

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plague

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famine

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drought

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internal revolt

Question 9

What event ended the truce between Athens and Sparta?

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Athens’ siege of Syracuse

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Sparta’s attack on Sicily

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Sparta’s alliance with Persia

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Athens’ disbanding of the Delian League

Question 10

What action did Sparta take against a defeated Athens?

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replaced the city’s democracy with an oligarchy

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burned all of the city’s ships and temples

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enslaved most of the city’s citizens

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destroyed the city-state and surrounding lands

Question 11

What Athenian historian recorded the events of the Peloponnesian War?

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Thucydides

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Herodotus

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Pericles

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Homer

Question 12

Why were ostracons made and cast?

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to banish citizens thought to be dangerous

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to elect citizens as representatives

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to select citizens for military service

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to vote on laws in the citizens’ assembly

Question 13

What ruler united Greece under Macedonian rule?

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Philip II

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Achilles

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Alexander

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Aristotle

Question 14

How did Macedonian forces overwhelm and defeat Greek armies?

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by fighting with a phalanx formation

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by starving them through a prolonged siege

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by destroying their sea power

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by razing their farms and towns

Question 15

What lands did Alexander the Great conquer first?

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Persia

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India

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Uzbekistan

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Egypt

Question 16

Why did Alexander’s empire stop when and where it did?

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His soldiers were war-weary and wanted to go home.

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He had conquered all of the lands that he wanted.

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He could not cross the mountains of Asia.

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His forces had run out of food and other supplies.

Question 17

What word describes the geographic spread of Hellenistic Greek culture?

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diffusion

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dissipation

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denunciation

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decolonization

Question 18

What city became the center of Hellenistic Greek culture?

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Alexandria

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Thebes

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Athens

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Corinth

Question 19

Which Greek philosopher became known for his question-and-answer teaching style?

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Socrates

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Xenophon

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Plato

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Aristotle

Question 20

What did the Greek author Aesop write?

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fables that teach moral lessons

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treatises on philosophy

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mythologies about Greek deities

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histories of Greek wars

Question 21

What art form, performed in amphitheaters, formed a center of Greek cultural life?

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comedic and tragic plays

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public political debates

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lessons in rhetoric

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readings of epic poetry

Question 22

Ancient Greeks are best known for what type of art?

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sculptures of the human form

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tapestries depicting historic events

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abstract and geometric mosaics

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paintings of mythological beasts and deities

Question 23

What common Greek architectural feature does the Parthenon display?

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columns

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arches

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turrets

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domes

Question 24

How did ancient Greek courts resemble those of the United States?

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They provided for a trial by jury.

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They included summaries of evidence.

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They protected against cruel and unusual punishment.

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They secured citizens the right to an attorney.

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