Question 1

The immediate cause of the Persian Wars was

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A)  a revolt of the Ionian Greek colonies in Asia Minor. 
B)  the Ionian invasion of Persia. 
C)  the capture of the Persian queen by Aristagoras of Miletus. 
D)  the Persian defeat of Sparta. 
E)  the ambition of Athens to take over Ionia. 
A)  a revolt of the Ionian Greek colonies in Asia Minor. 
B)  the Ionian invasion of Persia. 
C)  the capture of the Persian queen by Aristagoras of Miletus. 
D)  the Persian defeat of Sparta. 
E)  the ambition of Athens to take over Ionia.

Question 2

The story that when told that the many Persian arrows would darken the sky, a Greek warrior supposedly said, "That is good news. We will fight in the shade," is associated with the Battle of Thermopylae.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Plato's Republic

Accepted Answer

Plato's Republic is a philosophical work

Question 4

The establishment of the hoplite military system based upon the phalanx formation was an entirely a military phenomenon, having no impact on the political or social life of the Greek city-state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What significant philosophical differences separated Plato and Aristotle?

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Plato and Aristotle, two of the most inf

Question 6

Early Greek philosophy attempted to

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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)  replace the gods and religion in the lives of the Greeks with pure reason. 
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)  replace the gods and religion in the lives of the Greeks with pure reason.

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Pericles' Funeral Oration

Accepted Answer

Pericles' Funeral Oration is a famous sp

Question 8

Spartan helots

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A)  farmed the land as sharecroppers. 
B)  had war declared on them every year. 
C)  had achieved the right to hold land themselves by the sixth century B.C. 
D)  were conscripted to fight in the city's phalanx. 
E)  a and b 
A)  farmed the land as sharecroppers. 
B)  had war declared on them every year. 
C)  had achieved the right to hold land themselves by the sixth century B.C. 
D)  were conscripted to fight in the city's phalanx. 
E)  a and b

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-arete

Accepted Answer

Arete is a concept in ancient Greek phil

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

Accepted Answer

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are two of the

Question 11

During the migrations of the Greek Dark Age, many Ionians

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A)  occupied northern Greece. 
B)  took control of the Peloponnesus. 
C)  crossed the Aegean Sea to settle in Asia Minor. 
D)  moved to Crete. 
E)  abandoned Attica in favor of the Peloponnesus. 
A)  occupied northern Greece. 
B)  took control of the Peloponnesus. 
C)  crossed the Aegean Sea to settle in Asia Minor. 
D)  moved to Crete. 
E)  abandoned Attica in favor of the Peloponnesus.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Thebes

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Thebes is an ancient city in Greece that

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Magna Graecia

Accepted Answer

Magna Graecia, which means "Great Greece

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Cleisthenes

Accepted Answer

Cleisthenes was an ancient Athenian stat

Question 15

The neighbors of the Spartans who were free inhabitants and required to pay taxes and perform military service but who were not citizens of Sparta were

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A)  helots. 
B)  gerousia. 
C)  ephors. 
D)  paella. 
E)  perioikoi. 
A)  helots. 
B)  gerousia. 
C)  ephors. 
D)  paella. 
E)  perioikoi.

Question 16

Hesiod's famous poem about the pleasures of ordinary work is titled

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A)  Labor and Rest. 
B)  Work to Rest. 
C)  Work of the Gods. 
D)  The Republic. 
E)  Works and Days. 
A)  Labor and Rest. 
B)  Work to Rest. 
C)  Work of the Gods. 
D)  The Republic. 
E)  Works and Days.

Question 17

The English archeologist who discovered and named Minoan civilization on Crete was Sir Arthur Evans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The narrow pass where 9000 Greek hoplites held a Persian army of over 150,000 men for three 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 19

The strategoi in Athens

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A)  made the laws that governed the city. 
B)  was the judicial body. 
C)  administered the laws and was the day-to-day government. 
D)  kept the numerous slaves under control. 
E)  was a board of ten generals. 
A)  made the laws that governed the city. 
B)  was the judicial body. 
C)  administered the laws and was the day-to-day government. 
D)  kept the numerous slaves under control. 
E)  was a board of ten generals.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-polis

Accepted Answer

The term "polis" refers to the city-stat

Exam 3: the Civilization of the Greeks

The immediate cause of the Persian Wars was

The story that when told that the many Persian arrows would darken the sky, a Greek warrior supposedly said, "That is good news. We will fight in the shade," is associated with the Battle of Thermopylae.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Plato's Republic

The establishment of the hoplite military system based upon the phalanx formation was an entirely a military phenomenon, having no impact on the political or social life of the Greek city-state.

What significant philosophical differences separated Plato and Aristotle?

Early Greek philosophy attempted to

IDENTIFICATIONS -Pericles' Funeral Oration

Spartan helots

IDENTIFICATIONS -arete

IDENTIFICATIONS -Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

During the migrations of the Greek Dark Age, many Ionians

IDENTIFICATIONS -Thebes

IDENTIFICATIONS -Magna Graecia

IDENTIFICATIONS -Cleisthenes

The neighbors of the Spartans who were free inhabitants and required to pay taxes and perform military service but who were not citizens of Sparta were

Hesiod's famous poem about the pleasures of ordinary work is titled

The English archeologist who discovered and named Minoan civilization on Crete was Sir Arthur Evans.

The narrow pass where 9000 Greek hoplites held a Persian army of over 150,000 men for three days was

The strategoi in Athens

IDENTIFICATIONS -polis

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