Unit 2: Quiz 2: The Greek Civilization

Alexandria

After Aristotle, the seat of Greek philosophy and science moved to:

Three

After his death, Alexander's empire was divided into______parts.

False

Delphi was a major Greek shipbuilding center.

False

Most Greeks were monotheists-they believed in only one god.

despot

A person who came to power outside of constitutional means was known as a(n):

wooden horse

According to Homer, Troy was conquered through a trick involving a:

academic

Alexander declared that Alexandria was destined to be the outstanding___________center of the Mediterranean world.

Egypt

Alexander founded the city of Alexandria in the country of ______.

East and West

Alexander the Great had the goal of fusing the________into one empire.

False

Although it was great in its time, Greek art and architecture have disappeared over the centuries, and we do not know what they looked like.

archon

An administrator appointed by the Athens Council was called a(n):

Thales

Astronomer, concluded everything comes from water

Salamis

Athenian naval victory

True

Athens was a limited democracy because some classes did not have full rights.

Mycenae

Clay tablets found on Crete indicate a conquest of the island around 1500 B.C. by invaders from:

Melos

During the Peloponnesian War the Athenians massacred the men of:

Olympic games

Every four years Greek athletes met near the west coast of the Peloponnesus for the:

Pythagoras

Famous mathematician

Crete

Greek civilization probably began on the island of:

rocky to farm

Greeks turned early to fishing and commerce because the Greek soil was too:

Troy

Heinrich Schliemann, the archaeologist, excavated ancient:

The State

In Sparta all authority was considered to come from_________

Evans

Knossos was excavated in the twentieth century by the English archaeologist, Sir Arthur:

True

Macedonia was a strong state located north of Greece.

Cyrus

Persian leader

False

Philip always treated with great kindness the people he defeated.

True

Philip of Macedonia was finally able to defeat the Greek states and bring them under his control.

Socrates

Philosopher that taught by asking questions

Aristotle

Plato's greatest student

playwrights

Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes were famous Athenian

Cleisthenes

The Greek ruler who changed the basis of representation from families to territories was

Corinth

The Peloponnesian War began as a commercial rivalry between Athens and:

True

The Roman culture rose from the ruins of ancient Greece.

Homer

The Trojan War was best described by the Greek poet:

arrogance

The attitude of Athenians toward themselves and their empire can be described as one of___________

True

The chief god of all the Greek gods was Zeus.

Aegean Sea

The early history of the Greek peoples took place on the shores of the:

Knossos

The first Greek capital was located at:

True

The greatest example of Greek architecture was the Parthenon in Athens.

Minos

The massive ruins on Knossos were the remains of the palace of King:

Classical Period

The period in Greece from Homer to about 330 B.C. is known as:

Invasions and Migrations

The period in Greece from around 1100 to 750 B.C. was one of:

his beliefs

The philosopher Socrates was executed for:

dictatorial

The powers Solon was given to control the arguing factions of Athens are called:

a political vacuum

The result of Pericles' death was:

Pericles

The ruler over the "Golden Age" of Athens was:

Athens and Sparta

The two most important Greek city-states between 700 and 500 B.C. were:

Hellespont

Troy was located at the straits known as the:

-poor soil for agriculture -overcrowding of city-states

Two causes for Greek colonization and expansion throughout the Mediterranean were:

True

Two features of Athens' Golden Age were energetic commerce and culture.

-Nazi Germany -Communist Russia

Two modern states characterized by Spartan suppression of the individual are:

Herodotus

Wrote a history of Egypt still used today

Plato

Wrote a utopian treatise called the Republic

Homer

Wrote the Odyssey and Iliad

False

Years of fighting the Peloponnesian War strengthened the Greek states.

postulate

assume without proof; take for granted

Persians

burned Athens after victory at Thermopylae

lingua franca

common language used for communication by people speaking different languages

referendum

direct vote by citizens on a bill already passed by a lawmaking body

oligarchy

government in which a few people hold the ruling power

totalitarian

government that suppresses all opposition and controls all aspects of people's lives

avarice

greed for wealth

Marathon

humiliating Persian defeat

ostracism

method of temporary banishment practiced in Athens

Bosporous

narrow strait of water between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea

initiative

the right of ordinary citizens to introduce or enact new laws on their own by vote

franchise

the right to vote

inculcate

to impress on the minds of others by frequent repetition; teach persistently