Question 1

define the following term:
-Cleisthenes

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Cleisthenes was an ancient Athenian stat

Question 2

In classical Athens, male homosexuality

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A) became an important subject in many tragic plays. 
B) was practiced and tolerated in part as a means by which mature men instructed young males about the masculine world of politics and patronage. 
C) after initial toleration became increasingly subject to moral and philosophical attack as a threat to the aristocratic family. 
D) was a practice only associated with actors and priests, never gaining public acceptance. 
E) was totally outlawed, and practicing homosexuals were publicly executed. 
A) became an important subject in many tragic plays. 
B) was practiced and tolerated in part as a means by which mature men instructed young males about the masculine world of politics and patronage. 
C) after initial toleration became increasingly subject to moral and philosophical attack as a threat to the aristocratic family. 
D) was a practice only associated with actors and priests, never gaining public acceptance. 
E) was totally outlawed, and practicing homosexuals were publicly executed.

Question 3

The Spartans made the army the center of their society because

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A) Spartans did not possess any fertile land for farming. 
B) they feared a naval attack by Athens. 
C) they feared a naval attack by Persia. 
D) they feared an uprising by their helots. 
E) Thebes appeared to be a looming threat. 
A) Spartans did not possess any fertile land for farming. 
B) they feared a naval attack by Athens. 
C) they feared a naval attack by Persia. 
D) they feared an uprising by their helots. 
E) Thebes appeared to be a looming threat.

Question 4

In general, separate early Greek communities

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A) developed close ties and cooperated with one another. 
B) exchanged diplomatic representatives only. 
C) avoided all contact to appease their city gods. 
D) established formal federations early in Greece's history. 
E) became fierce rivals fighting so often as to threaten Greek civilization itself. 
A) developed close ties and cooperated with one another. 
B) exchanged diplomatic representatives only. 
C) avoided all contact to appease their city gods. 
D) established formal federations early in Greece's history. 
E) became fierce rivals fighting so often as to threaten Greek civilization itself.

Question 5

The Lycurgan reforms resulted in

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

Question 6

define the following term:
-Thales and Pythagoras

Accepted Answer

Thales and Pythagoras were both influent

Question 7

define the following term:
-phalanx

Accepted Answer

The term "phalanx" has multiple meanings

Question 8

define the following term:
-Knossus

Accepted Answer

Knossos is an ancient archaeological sit

Question 9

The Greek Parthenon

Accepted Answer

A) was dedicated to Zeus, chief of the Greek gods. 
B) is considered the greatest example of classical Greek temple architecture. 
C) was designed by the Greek architect, Doryphoros. 
D) was destroyed during the Peloponnesian War. 
E) a and b 
A) was dedicated to Zeus, chief of the Greek gods. 
B) is considered the greatest example of classical Greek temple architecture. 
C) was designed by the Greek architect, Doryphoros. 
D) was destroyed during the Peloponnesian War. 
E) a and b

Question 10

define the following term:
-Aristophanes

Accepted Answer

Aristophanes (circa 446-386 BCE) was a p

Question 11

What were the characteristics of the Greek polis ? How did it differ from the Sumerian city-state?

Accepted Answer

The Greek polis was a city-state charact

Question 12

The narrow pass where 9000 Greek hoplites under the leadership of Spartan king Leonidas held a Persian army of over 150,000 men for two days was

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A) Salamis. 
B) Marathon. 
C) Boeotia. 
D) Plataea. 
E) Thermopylae. 
A) Salamis. 
B) Marathon. 
C) Boeotia. 
D) Plataea. 
E) Thermopylae.

Question 13

Plato, in The Republic , imagines a perfect society ruled by

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A) warriors. 
B) workers. 
C) women. 
D) philosopher-kings. 
E) poets. 
A) warriors. 
B) workers. 
C) women. 
D) philosopher-kings. 
E) poets.

Question 14

Which of the following statements best describes the Mycenaeans?

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A) They were merchants who dominated Mediterranean trade in the fourth century B.C.E. 
B) They were a warrior people who achieved their apex between 1400 and 1200 B.C.E. 
C) They produced exotic articles of trade in the fifth century B.C.E. 
D) They were a people dominated by a theocracy; they were often led into battle by their warrior priesthood. 
E) They were a non-Greek speaking peoples on the island of Crete. 
A) They were merchants who dominated Mediterranean trade in the fourth century B.C.E. 
B) They were a warrior people who achieved their apex between 1400 and 1200 B.C.E. 
C) They produced exotic articles of trade in the fifth century B.C.E. 
D) They were a people dominated by a theocracy; they were often led into battle by their warrior priesthood. 
E) They were a non-Greek speaking peoples on the island of Crete.

Question 15

define the following term:
-Herodotus

Accepted Answer

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian

Question 16

define the following term:
-Dorians

Accepted Answer

Dorians were an ancient Greek tribe that

Question 17

The first of the great writers of tragedy whose plays survived was Aeschylus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which Greek philosopher said, with regard to the polis, "We must rather regard every citizen as belonging to the state"?

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A) Socrates. 
B) Plato. 
C) Aristotle. 
D) Xenophanes. 
E) Pythagoras. 
A) Socrates. 
B) Plato. 
C) Aristotle. 
D) Xenophanes. 
E) Pythagoras.

Question 19

define the following term:
-Thucydides

Accepted Answer

Thucydides was an ancient Greek historia

Question 20

One of the chief causes of the Peloponnesian War was

Accepted Answer

A) Athens' fear of Spartan imperialism. 
B) Sparta's fear of the power of Athens and its maritime empire. 
C) Athens' entry into an alliance with the Persians. 
D) an attack by Corinth and Megara on Sparta. 
E) the fear of another Persian invasion. 
A) Athens' fear of Spartan imperialism. 
B) Sparta's fear of the power of Athens and its maritime empire. 
C) Athens' entry into an alliance with the Persians. 
D) an attack by Corinth and Megara on Sparta. 
E) the fear of another Persian invasion.

Exam 3: The Civilization of the Greeks

define the following term: -Cleisthenes

In classical Athens, male homosexuality

The Spartans made the army the center of their society because

In general, separate early Greek communities

The Lycurgan reforms resulted in

define the following term: -Thales and Pythagoras

define the following term: -phalanx

define the following term: -Knossus

The Greek Parthenon

define the following term: -Aristophanes

What were the characteristics of the Greek polis ? How did it differ from the Sumerian city-state?

The narrow pass where 9000 Greek hoplites under the leadership of Spartan king Leonidas held a Persian army of over 150,000 men for two days was

Plato, in The Republic , imagines a perfect society ruled by

Which of the following statements best describes the Mycenaeans?

define the following term: -Herodotus

define the following term: -Dorians

The first of the great writers of tragedy whose plays survived was Aeschylus.

Which Greek philosopher said, with regard to the polis, "We must rather regard every citizen as belonging to the state"?

define the following term: -Thucydides

One of the chief causes of the Peloponnesian War was

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