Exam 2: The Rise of Greek Civilization

The priests of ________ preached moderation, including two famous sayings: "Know thyself" and "Nothing in excess."

The Spartan constitution contained which element(s) of government?

Athenian freedom would have been destroyed and future achievements in Greek culture may have never occurred without ________ in 490 b.c.e.

What sports or contests made up the Greek athletics? What were the intrinsic and tangible incentives for Greek athletes?

Who ruled Spartan government?

How does the Iliad reveal the powers of the king, the noblemen, and the common soldiers in government during the Greek Middle Ages?

The striking creations of the palaces uncovered at such sites as Phaestus, Haghia Triada, and Cnossus detail much unique character and beauty.Based on the description of the palaces, what can we deduce about the daily lifestyle and living structures of the people living within the palaces?

When Spartans defeated Tegea, instead of taking away land and subjugating them, they let them keep their land and their freedom in exchange for ________.

Which of the following was a result of the First Messenian War?

Which of the following is true of the tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras?

Which of the following ended the calm rule of Ionia by Greece, stirring the Ionian Rebellion?

Solon changed the constitution of Athens so that citizenship, currently the privilege of males whose fathers were citizens, was extended to include ________.

A ________ was a carefully organized occasion, the center of aristocratic social life.

A tyrant usually ________.

Which of the following is a long-lasting contribution that tyranny made to the development of Greek civilization?

Crete was the site of the earliest Bronze Age settlement, and modern scholars have called the civilization that arose there ________ after the legendary king of Crete.

An effect of Draco's special authority to codify and publish laws for the first time was the ________.

By the time the last tyrants left, they were universally hated for their ________.

The Persians controlled both sides of the ________, the route to the grain fields beyond the Black Sea.

By confronting the Greeks with the differences between themselves and the new people they met, colonization gave them a sense of cultural identity and fostered a ________ spirit.