Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Aristophanes

Accepted Answer

Aristophanes (circa 446-386 BCE) was a p

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-oracle at Delphi

Accepted Answer

The Oracle at Delphi was a priestess at

Question 3

The polis was the Greek name for

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A)  county. 
B)  police. 
C)  people. 
D)  city-state. 
E)  culture. 
A)  county. 
B)  police. 
C)  people. 
D)  city-state. 
E)  culture.

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Sophists and rhetoric

Accepted Answer

Sophists were a group of itinerant teach

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Herodotus

Accepted Answer

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian

Question 6

Cleisthenes' constitution established the Athenian government as

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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 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Socrates

Accepted Answer

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosophe

Question 8

For the Greeks, the term arete described the

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A)  moral failure of cowards. 
B)  essential virtues of ordinary women. 
C)  duties of a citizen. 
D)  the striving for excellence. 
E)  avoidance of destructive competition. 
A)  moral failure of cowards. 
B)  essential virtues of ordinary women. 
C)  duties of a citizen. 
D)  the striving for excellence. 
E)  avoidance of destructive competition.

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Attica

Accepted Answer

Attica is a historical region in Greece,

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Aristotle

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Aristotle...

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

Accepted Answer

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides are

Question 13

Mycenaean kings used the title

Accepted Answer

A)  regulus 
B)  rex 
C)  wanax 
D)  wergilt 
E)  a and b 
A)  regulus 
B)  rex 
C)  wanax 
D)  wergilt 
E)  a and b

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-hoplites

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-hoplites...

Question 15

How did Greek males regard Greek females and what opportunities did Greek society and culture offer to women for self-expression?

Accepted Answer

Greek males generally regarded Greek fem

Question 16

The geography of Greece is characterized by smooth, well-watered plains and fields.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Greek comedy was

Accepted Answer

A)  developed before tragedy. 
B)  first organized in the festival of Cronos. 
C)  insignificant and not very popular. 
D)  used to express political views as evidenced by Aristophanes. 
E)  always under government control and thus no political views were allowed. 
A)  developed before tragedy. 
B)  first organized in the festival of Cronos. 
C)  insignificant and not very popular. 
D)  used to express political views as evidenced by Aristophanes. 
E)  always under government control and thus no political views were allowed.

Question 18

What were the causes, results, and the turning points of the Persian Wars?

Accepted Answer

The Persian Wars were a series of confli

Question 19

Unlike the women of most other Greek cities, Spartan women were expected to

Accepted Answer

A)  fight in the army alongside the men. 
B)  remain secluded at home for most of their lives. 
C)  stay physically fit to bear healthy children. 
D)  become proficient in poetry and philosophy. 
E)  rule the city in their husbands' absence. 
A)  fight in the army alongside the men. 
B)  remain secluded at home for most of their lives. 
C)  stay physically fit to bear healthy children. 
D)  become proficient in poetry and philosophy. 
E)  rule the city in their husbands' absence.

Question 20

The Sophists

Accepted Answer

A)  were professional teachers who seemingly questioned the traditional values of their societies. 
B)  had as their chief spokesman Socrates. 
C)  were led by Plato and emphasized rote memory in education. 
D)  questioned traditional Greek religion and, instead, worshiped the Egyptian god Isis. 
E)  were expelled from Athens at the beginning of the fifth century, never to return. 
A)  were professional teachers who seemingly questioned the traditional values of their societies. 
B)  had as their chief spokesman Socrates. 
C)  were led by Plato and emphasized rote memory in education. 
D)  questioned traditional Greek religion and, instead, worshiped the Egyptian god Isis. 
E)  were expelled from Athens at the beginning of the fifth century, never to return.

Exam 3: the Civilization of the Greeks

IDENTIFICATIONS -Aristophanes

IDENTIFICATIONS -oracle at Delphi

The polis was the Greek name for

IDENTIFICATIONS -Sophists and rhetoric

IDENTIFICATIONS -Herodotus

Cleisthenes' constitution established the Athenian government as

IDENTIFICATIONS -Socrates

For the Greeks, the term arete described the

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Attica

IDENTIFICATIONS -Aristotle

IDENTIFICATIONS -Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

Mycenaean kings used the title

IDENTIFICATIONS -hoplites

How did Greek males regard Greek females and what opportunities did Greek society and culture offer to women for self-expression?

The geography of Greece is characterized by smooth, well-watered plains and fields.

Greek comedy was

What were the causes, results, and the turning points of the Persian Wars?

Unlike the women of most other Greek cities, Spartan women were expected to

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