Question 1

What resulted from the Lycurgan reforms?

Accepted Answer

A) The establishment of a permanent military state in Sparta 
B) More constitutional rights for Spartans 
C) The outlawing religion in Sparta 
D) A revolt among Spartan slaves 
E) The Peloponnesian War 
A) The establishment of a permanent military state in Sparta 
B) More constitutional rights for Spartans 
C) The outlawing religion in Sparta 
D) A revolt among Spartan slaves 
E) The Peloponnesian War

Question 2

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Herodotus

Accepted Answer

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian

Question 3

What did Early Greek philosophy seek to do?

Accepted Answer

A) Eliminate diversity from the world 
B) Explain the universe on the basis of unifying principles 
C) Undermine traditional aristocratic Greek society 
D) Turn all Greeks away from the world and toward contemplation 
E) Critique Mesopotamian thought and philosophy 
A) Eliminate diversity from the world 
B) Explain the universe on the basis of unifying principles 
C) Undermine traditional aristocratic Greek society 
D) Turn all Greeks away from the world and toward contemplation 
E) Critique Mesopotamian thought and philosophy

Question 4

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Xerxes

Accepted Answer

Xerxes was a Persian king who ruled from

Question 5

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
demos and kratia

Accepted Answer

Demos and kratia are Greek terms that re

Question 6

Which of the following descriptions of Athenian leaders is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A) Solon-sole archon and political reformer 
B) Cleon-leader of the war party in the Peloponnesian War 
C) Cleisthenes-created the ten tribes and Council of 500 
D) Pisistratus-remodeled the entire Athenian constitution while utterly neglecting his merchant supporters 
E) Themistocles-developed a navy 
A) Solon-sole archon and political reformer 
B) Cleon-leader of the war party in the Peloponnesian War 
C) Cleisthenes-created the ten tribes and Council of 500 
D) Pisistratus-remodeled the entire Athenian constitution while utterly neglecting his merchant supporters 
E) Themistocles-developed a navy

Question 7

Which statement best describes the social situation of most Greek women?

Accepted Answer

A) Women were kept under strict control, cut off from formal education, and were always assigned a male guardian. 
B) Women were afforded equal rights with men in city politics. 
C) Women were often allowed to participate in public life, especially through jury service. 
D) Women were not allowed to participate in any religious festivals. 
E) Women exercised in the nude except in Sparta and took part in the Olympic Games. 
A) Women were kept under strict control, cut off from formal education, and were always assigned a male guardian. 
B) Women were afforded equal rights with men in city politics. 
C) Women were often allowed to participate in public life, especially through jury service. 
D) Women were not allowed to participate in any religious festivals. 
E) Women exercised in the nude except in Sparta and took part in the Olympic Games.

Question 8

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Marathon

Accepted Answer

Marathon refers to both a place and an e

Question 9

Greek culture in the Archaic Age was represented in life-size stone statues of nude males known as kouros figures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What type of government did Cleisthenes' constitution establish for Athens?

Accepted Answer

A) A dictatorship 
B) A democracy 
C) An oligarchy 
D) A tyranny 
E) A kleptocracy 
A) A dictatorship 
B) A democracy 
C) An oligarchy 
D) A tyranny 
E) A kleptocracy

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT true of Greek religion?

Accepted Answer

A) It was polytheistic. 
B) Each city had a chief god or goddess. 
C) It involved ritual and sacrifice. 
D) Festivals were held to honor the gods. 
E) Myths served no particular social function. 
A) It was polytheistic. 
B) Each city had a chief god or goddess. 
C) It involved ritual and sacrifice. 
D) Festivals were held to honor the gods. 
E) Myths served no particular social function.

Question 12

Who ruled in the perfect type of society did Plato imagined in The Republic ?

Accepted Answer

A) Warriors 
B) Workers 
C) Women 
D) Philosopher-kings 
E) Poets 
A) Warriors 
B) Workers 
C) Women 
D) Philosopher-kings 
E) Poets

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Aristophanes

Accepted Answer

Aristophanes was an ancient Greek playwr

Question 14

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
King Philip II of Macedonia

Accepted Answer

King Philip II of Macedonia was a signif

Question 15

What was a consequence of the development of the polis ?

Accepted Answer

A) It fostered a sense of disunity among commoners. 
B) It divided Greece into fiercely competitive states. 
C) It discouraged the development of polytheistic religion. 
D) It retarded democracy in the organization of civic governments. 
E) It limited the development of Greek artistic and intellectual accomplishments. 
A) It fostered a sense of disunity among commoners. 
B) It divided Greece into fiercely competitive states. 
C) It discouraged the development of polytheistic religion. 
D) It retarded democracy in the organization of civic governments. 
E) It limited the development of Greek artistic and intellectual accomplishments.

Question 16

How did the geography of Greece shape the development of the polis ?

Accepted Answer

The geography of Greece played a crucial

Question 17

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Peloponnesian War

Accepted Answer

The Peloponnesian War was a protracted c

Question 18

What was the agora?

Accepted Answer

A) An important legislative body in both Thebes and Athens 
B) A barracks for a city's soldiers 
C) A neighborhood reserved for the wealthy 
D) An open space that served as a market and a place where citizens could gather 
E) A religious district where temples were constructed 
A) An important legislative body in both Thebes and Athens 
B) A barracks for a city's soldiers 
C) A neighborhood reserved for the wealthy 
D) An open space that served as a market and a place where citizens could gather 
E) A religious district where temples were constructed

Question 19

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Plato's Republic

Accepted Answer

Plato's Republic is a philosophical work

Question 20

The "great expedition" by Athens against Crete dominated much of the second phase of the Peloponnesian War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: The Civilization of the Greeks

What resulted from the Lycurgan reforms?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Herodotus

What did Early Greek philosophy seek to do?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Xerxes

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. demos and kratia

Which of the following descriptions of Athenian leaders is incorrect?

Which statement best describes the social situation of most Greek women?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Marathon

Greek culture in the Archaic Age was represented in life-size stone statues of nude males known as kouros figures.

What type of government did Cleisthenes' constitution establish for Athens?

Which of the following was NOT true of Greek religion?

Who ruled in the perfect type of society did Plato imagined in The Republic ?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Aristophanes

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. King Philip II of Macedonia

What was a consequence of the development of the polis ?

How did the geography of Greece shape the development of the polis ?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Peloponnesian War

What was the agora?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Plato's Republic

The "great expedition" by Athens against Crete dominated much of the second phase of the Peloponnesian War.

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

Filters