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What was the first civilization to develop in Europe?RomeGreeceEgyptFrance - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What was a unified formation of Greek soldiers called?PhalanxPhylangeAssemblyEphor
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is another name for a Greek city-state?Polling PlaceAcropolisPolisOligarchy
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who were the ancient people who lived on the island of Crete and built a grand palace in the city of Knossos?MinoansRomansPersiansSpartans
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What ancient civilization eventually replaced the Minoans as the major power in the Aegean sea, after the Minoan civilization disappeared?RomansSpartansPersiansMycenaeans
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.what is a hilltop in a Greek city state called?
(It housed a fort and a temple to the city-state's local god or goddess)AgricultureThermopylaeAcropolisEphor - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is a government where only a few, very wealthy people rule?DemocracyTyrannyOligarchyAssembly
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is a form of government in which all citizens get a vote?DemocracyAssemblyOligarchyTyranny
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.AthensDelphiCorinthSparta
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education.
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)SpartaAthensDelphiCorinth - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An empire started by Cyrus the GreatGreeceRomePersiaEgypt
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.300 Spartan soldiers held the Persian army to a stalemate for three days before the Persians eventually defeated them in what famous battle?Battle of the GreeksBattle of ThermopylaeBattle of Little Big HornBattle of Pericles
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who was the leader of Athens after the defeat of the Persians and took athens into a "Golden Age" of prosperity and achievement?PericlesLeonidasThemistoclesSocrates
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the name for thinkers who reflect on the meaning of life?SoldiersPhilosophersEphorsHelots
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Athenian society DID NOT consider educated women as equal to men.
For instance, women COULD NOT participate in political activities or own property, and they were always under the care of a male family member.TrueFalse - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Even in a democracy like Athens, slavery WAS common.
Most Athenian households had at least one enslaved person.TrueFalse - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Athens joined with other city-states to form a defensive league, or protective group, to defend its members against the Persians after the Persian War.
What was it called?Delian LeagueCouncil of EldersGeneral AssemblyGreek Alliance - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which other city-state rose up and opposed Athens after Athens became the strongest power in Greece?RomeOlympiaCorinthSparta
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.After the Persian War, Athens and Sparta came into conflict with one another. Eventually, war broke out between the two city-states.
What was this war called?Persian War IIGreek WarPeloponnesian WarWar Between the City-States - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.After Sparta defeated Athens and gained control of Greece, the Spartans were able to rule the Greek empire for another thousand years.TrueFalse