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- 1. Multiple ChoiceType of government when a small group has the power to make decisions for the entire society. This replaced monarchies in Athens but it was replaced by Tyrannies because people were unhappy with the ruling class.TyrannyOligarchyMonarchyDemocracy
- 2. Multiple ChoiceDemocracy was completely attained during this leaders rule in Athens, all government offices were payable and all offices were elected by lottery rather than by vote, so even the poorest citizens could participate in the governmentSolonPeisistratusCleisthenesPericles
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIn 508 BCE this leader divided the citizens into 10 new tribes and increased the council from 400 to 500. He also introduced the practice of Ostracism and the direct vote by casting different color pebbles into a pot for voting.SolonPeisistratusCleisthenesPericles
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a system of government in which a leader seizes power by force and rules single handedly. He usually has absolute or total power and/or authority and rules through fear. This type of leader replaced Oligarchies in Athens because these dictator type leaders promised to make life better for Athenians.TyrannyOligarchyMonarchyDemocracy
- 5. Multiple ChoiceType of government where a king or queen rules. This was the first form of Athenian government, they did not last because kings needed help protecting the polis. Nobles demanded to share power in exchange for their help.TyrannyOligarchyMonarchyDemocracy
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Aristotle, which is NOT a good type of government to balance power between two extremes of slavery by a single person or small minority group or slavery by a large group or majority?MonarchyAristocracyMob RuleDemocracy
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT a way that rich Aristocrats got richer and farmers got poorer in Athens during the Economic collapse of 600 BC causing Clesthinies to redistribute wealth and make life better for the poor?borrowing money from rich aristocrats by using their crops as collateralusing their land to borrow money by pledging it till the loans were paid backbecoming members of the Council of 500by becoming a slave in order to survive
- 8. Multiple ChoiceGreece had many _________that are like mini countries.countiescity-statesprovincesparishes
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first Olympian that ran 140 miles in two days to warn Sparta that Athens was under attack by Persia and became known as Marathon Man?Astylos of KrotonKyniska of SpartaLeonidas of RhodesPheidippides of Athens
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis Athenian became the leader of Athens in 594 BCE placed limits on the amount of land people could own, urged farmers to grow cash crops to promote trade, extended citizenship to foreign born artisans, and allowed wealthy citizens to participate in the Assembly and law courts.SolonPeisistratusPericlesCleisthenes
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which Athenian leader softened Draco's law code, ended debt slavery, and let poor men attend the assembly?Draco himselfSolonPericlesCleisthenes - 12. Multiple ChoiceWho formed an alliance with Sparta to become a tyrant and authoritarian leader over Athens similar the Spartan militarism?SolonSocratesIsagorasCleisthenes
- 13. Multiple ChoiceForm of government found in Athens, it comes from two Greek words Demos meaning people and Kratos meaning rule.OligarchyTyrannyDemocracyMonarchy
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA landowning noble who rules with other nobles as an oligarchy.MonarchyCitizenSoldierAristocrat
- 15. Multiple ChoiceGreek word for a city-statePolisAcropolisAgoraBoule
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich polis had an army of professional, full-time soldiers?AthensSpartaThebesNone
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAthens was the birthplace of what kind of political system?DemocracyAristocracyTyrannyMonarchy
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWho really ruled in Sparta?A kingThe farmersA military oligarchyA tyrant
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe type of leader who came to power in Greece around 600 B.C. due to growing political and economic unrest among city-states was a(n)democratephoroligarchtyrant
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?rocky and mountainousflatdesertrolling plains
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhy was communication difficult between communities in Ancient Greece?deep harbors for ships on the Mediterranean Seamountains terrain and valleysdeserts and oasisvolcanic islands
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat made Athens a prime location for trade with ancient civilizations from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa?deep harbors for ships on the Mediterranean Seamountains terrain and valleysdeserts and oasisvolcanic islands
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe ancient Greeks wereMonotheisticPolytheisticAtheistScientologist
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWho was NOT a Greek philosopher?PythagorasAristotleSocratesPlato
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the word "Democracy" mean?"rule by the government""rule by the many""rule by the wealthy""rule by the people"
- 26. Multiple Choice
In Athens, what were "triremes" used in the Battle of Salamis against the Persians against the Persian leader Xerxes?
Banished citizens
A battle formation
Type of art
large fleets of fighting ships
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe most infamous Persian leader and believed in slavery who fought the Greeks at Thermopylae is called...DariusXerxesLeonidasSocrates
- 28. Multiple ChoiceEvery citizen votes on all important decisions.Direct DemocracyIndirect DemocracyMonarchyI was picking my nose when we discussed this!
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of Democracy is it when each citizen has 1 vote eachLimited DemocracyRepresentative DemocracyDirect DemocracyFull Democracy
- 30. Multiple ChoiceIn Athens, who could vote?foreignerslandowning adult malescitizen females, children, and farmerseverybody
- 31. Multiple ChoiceAbout what percentage of Athen's population was able to vote?5-10%55%25%33%
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these was a result of the geographic conditions of Greece in their early civilization?unified political organizationAristotle's Lyceum or first schools in in Athensa society centered around plantationsa reliance of sea-based commerce
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which Greek philosopher used the method of studying facts to try to understand the world in terms of logic and classification?
Socrates
Aristotle
Plato
Alexander
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the Greek philosophers live?SpartaAthensChinaEgypt
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher was a student of Socrates and was placed under house arrest and accused of conspiring against Athenian democracy?PlatoAristotleAlexander
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWho was a student of Aristotle and conquered much of the Greek world?PlatoSocratesAlexander the GreatZeus
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher did not write any books based on the belief that debating was better than writing?SocratesPlatoAristotlePluto
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher started an Academy in Greece because he valued education greatly through rigorous and difficult academic training and education?AristotleSocratesPlatoConfucius
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher wrote "The Republic" and thought that Athens should be ruled by enlightenment philosophers like himself?PlatoSocratesAristotleConfucius
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhich Athenian philosopher was the student of Plato and used observation and logic to study nature creating the first field of science?SocratesPlatoAristotleCopernicus
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Socrates do that got him into trouble?He tried to overthrow the Athenian government by starting a revolution.He abandoned his belief in the gods and goddesses and became a Christian.He accused Athenian leaders of leading young people into error and disloyalty.He encouraged people to question the very things they thought they knew especiallly religious teaching and traditions.
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Socrates sentenced to death?He tried to overthrow the Athenian government through rebellion and radicalization.He was corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and piety which is talking falsely against the gods.He stole silver from the treasury to build a mighty military.He protested democracy for the way that it was practiced in a limited way.
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWho is best associated with this scene?AristotlePlatoSocratesHippocrates
- 44. Multiple ChoiceSocrates: "The unexamined life..."...is not worth living."...is better than extinction."...is the life of a stone."...is a life of pleasure only."
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWho was Plato's student and developed a system of logic and classification that classified good and bad governments?SophoclesSocratesAristotleAesop
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a league or alliance, especially of confederate states that form an agreement of mutual protection that was created by the Delian League in Greece?Federal SystemAristocracyConfederacyOligarchy
- 47. Multiple Choice
Which military weapon was invented by the Athenians which allowed them to win a decisive victory against the Persians?
Longbow
Hoplite
Crossbow
Sling
- 48. Multiple Choice
Which was the leading democratic Greek city-state?
Athens
Sparta
Corinth
Rhodes
- 49. Multiple Choice
Which was the military city-state ruled by an oligarchy of aristocrats?
Athens
Sparta
Corinth
Rhodes
- 50. Multiple Choice
What does "Demos" mean in ancient Greek?
slaves
voters
people
rule
- 51. Multiple Choice
What does "Kratos" mean in ancient Greek?
slaves
voters
people
rule
- 52. Multiple Choice
What type of democracy was Athens in its beginning?
full
representative
limited
mob rule
- 53. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT a reason for the political economic crisis in 600 B.C.?
farmers pledged their crops to land-owners
farmers pledged their land to the wealthy
farmers sold themselves into slavery
farmers were given voting rights in the new assembly
- 54. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT one of Solon's reforms?
outlawed slavery based on debt
established four classes of citizens
citizens can press charges
women, slaves, and foreigners were given the right to vote
- 55. Multiple Choice
What was Solon's classes of people based on?
equality
ownership
status
race
- 56. Multiple Choice
What social and economic problem was growing that caused riots in Athens?
slavery was being abolished
leaks about government corruption
growing gap between the rich and poor
reforms of the classes of people
- 57. Multiple Choice
Which branch of government, that Cleisthenes, created is similar to the U.S. Congress?
a voting body of citizens known as Ecclesia
a representative body that created law and proposed foreign policy known as the council
a court system that decided law based on Draco's laws known as the Jury System
a group of leaders or Chief Executives known as magistrates
- 58. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT one of the classes in Sparta?
citizens
non-citizens
slaves
suffragists
- 59. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT true about Spartan's highest social class?
they were aristocratic Spartiates
the were military professionals that rarely saw their families
the pursued the arts of war while slaves famed their lands
they included all genders, ethnic groups, and age groups based on skill
- 60. Multiple Choice
Who did Isagoras ally with against Cleisthenes to take over Athens?
Perisian commander Xerxes
Spartan general Cleomenes
Emperor Solon of Athens
the Etruscans of Rome
- 61. Multiple Choice
Who helped Cleisthenes to drive out the tyrant Hippias from Athens in the 6th Century?
Trojans
Sparta
Perisans
Romans
- 62. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT correctly matched about Athenian philosophers?
Socrates was concerned with the individual
Plato was concerned with the group
Aristotle was concerned with the world
Herodotus was concerned with equality and justice
- 63. Multiple ChoiceWhere did Direct Democracy begin?SpartaAthensCorinthTroy
- 64. Multiple ChoiceEvery citizen votes on all important decisions.Direct DemocracyIndirect DemocracyMonarchyI was picking my nose when we discussed this!
- 65. Multiple ChoiceWho said "All things in moderation?"SocratesPlatoAristotleAlexander the Great
- 66. Multiple Choice
What military tool was used, as first invented by the Athenians, where one man would protect the next man with shields while charging with spears?
Trireme
Hoplite
Bireme
Aqueducts
- 67. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was the birthplace of democracy?SpartaThebesGreeceAthens
- 68. Multiple Choice
Which was Socrates written work?
The Truth
How to Question
He did not have any written works
The Science of Thinking
- 69. Multiple Choice
Why was Socrates killed?
They found that he plagiarized from other philosophers
He taught students how to think for themselves, which was viewed as problematic
He committed treason against Athens
He stole military weapons from Sparta
- 70. Multiple Choice
What was Socrates main belief, or, what did he encourage his students to do?
Question everything
Know everything
Prove everything wrong
- 71. Multiple Choice
What was the Socratic method?
A variable and solution technique
A question and answer technique
A experiment and solution technique
A test and and question technique
- 72. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher opened a school named Lyceum that focused on teaching the sciences?PlatoAristotleSocratesMittens
- 73. Multiple Choice
In the allegory, the prisoners represent...
philosophers forced to live among the nomal people
people who do not realize that they are not seeing reality
Aristotle's students
students in Gilchrist High Schools
- 74. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Plato, the escaped prisoners who leave the cave are like...philosophers who are closer to the Formsstudents who study mathematicsartists who represent the Forms in a much closer way than we see realitystudents who get to leave during tutorial
- 75. Multiple Choice
What can the prisoners see in the cave?
the fire
the puppets
the shadows
the people
- 76. Multiple Choice
Plato's allegory reminds us that popular opinion can be
always right
beyond question
wrong
complex
- 77. Multiple Choice
The allegory suggests that truths about reality are
always easy to accept
impossible to see
not always obvious
easy to acquire
- 78. Multiple ChoiceWho was a student of Aristotle?PlatoSocratesAlexander the GreatZeus
- 79. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher started an Academy in Greece?AristotleSocratesPlatoZeus
- 80. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher wrote "The Republic"?PlatoSocratesAristotleConfucious
- 81. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Socrates do that got him into trouble?He tried to overthrow the Athenian government by starting a revolution.He abandoned his belief in the gods and goddesses and became a Christian.He accused Athenian leaders of leading young people into error and disloyalty.He encouraged people to question the very things they thought they knew.
- 82. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Socrates sentenced to death?He tried to overthrow the government.He was corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens.He stole silver from the treasury.He protested democracy.
- 83. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher made great advances in the field of logic?SocratesPlatoAristotle
- 84. Multiple ChoiceTo be Ignorant is to be...confusedintelligentlacking in knowledge or training; unlearnedof the mind
- 85. Multiple ChoiceAn Allegory is...To think or imaginea story, poem, or picture that has a hidden meaningthe end of a storyfirm or secure
- 86. Multiple Choice
How do the prisoners respond to the one who is freed from the cave and returns?
Praising him
Believing him
Ignoring him
Refuting him
- 87. Multiple Choice
What word best describes the prisoner who is freed and shown the outside world?
enlightened
oppressed
enraged
lethargic
- 88. Multiple ChoiceAncient Greek communities are calledassembliesstationscity-statesgovernments
- 89. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of laws did the oligarchs pass?they passed laws that favored the richthey passed laws that helped the poor improve their livesthey passed laws that were fair to both the rich and the poorthey passed laws that were unfair to the rich
- 90. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a polis?Greek marketplaceGreek city-stateGreek hospitalGreek Temple
- 91. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a group of armed foot soldiers arranged close together in rows?phalanxpolisagorahoplite
- 92. Multiple ChoiceIn what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military.Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.Athenian boys became citizens at 30; Spartans became citizens at 18.
- 93. Multiple ChoiceAt what age did children in Sparta begin training to defend their city?57911
- 94. Multiple ChoiceType of government when a small group has the power to make decisions for the entire society. This replaced monarchies in Athens but it was replaced by Tyrannies because people were unhappy with the ruling class.TyrannyOligarchyMonarchyDemocracy
- 95. Multiple ChoiceThe Parthenon is on top of __________.a volcanothe Acropolisa churcha cave
- 96. Multiple ChoiceThe Parthenon was a ____________Greek templeGreek churchItalian statuegovernment building
- 97. Multiple ChoiceThe Parthenon was built to honor ________.ZeusMedusaAthena
- 98. Multiple ChoiceThe Greek city-states fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War. What was a major effect of the war?Sparta was able to conquer Thebes.Macedonia was able to conquer Greece.Athens was able to enter a golden age.Thebes
- 99. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened to Alexander's empire after he died?Alexander's son Philip took overGreece conquered MacedoniaAlexander's empire fell apartSparta won the Peloponnesian War
- 100. Multiple Choice
This term means: the form of Greek culture spread throughout the ancient world by Alexander the Great
Hellenistic
Futuristic
Greektastic
Alexanderistic
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