Pericles and the "Golden Age" of Athens
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- Q 1/8Score 0When historians refer to the time called the "Golden Age" of Athens, what is meant by "Golden Age"?29a time of peace, prosperity, wealth, and cultural developmenta time when mining and resources focused on obtaining golda time of heroes and constant warfarea time when religion controlled all aspects of life
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- Q1When historians refer to the time called the "Golden Age" of Athens, what is meant by "Golden Age"?a time of peace, prosperity, wealth, and cultural developmenta time when mining and resources focused on obtaining golda time of heroes and constant warfarea time when religion controlled all aspects of life60s
- Q2The culture of Athens valued which of the following?slavery and conquestwarfare and military trainingmeditation and inner peaceart, science, literature, theater, and trade60s
- Q3Athens created something called the Delian League after the Persian Wars. This league was...a selection of soldiers who were trained to fight togethera group of priests who tried to control Athensa group of scientists who developed new tools and technologya group of allied city states who agreed to work together and if needed, fight together60s
- Q4When Pericles was leader of Athens, he began construction on the Parthenon. This is is...a traditional myth about the religion of Athensa palace for himself and his familya huge temple to Athenaa large fighting ship60s
- Q5Which position or job did Pericles have in ancient Athens?all of thesepoliticianpublic speakergeneral60s
- Q6Women in Athens had a very different life from Spartan women. In which way was their life different?Athenian women had more military trainingAthenian women ran Athenian businesses and farmsAthenian women went to school and became highly educatedAthenian women were expected to stay home and did not go out in public often60s
- Q7In Athens, boys had which opportunities?choices of many jobs and opportunitiesmilitary training at the age of 18all of theseeducation if they could afford it60s
- Q8Athens was the first to develop and use which political system?democracythe caste systemsocial hierarchiespolytheism60s
