Transcript Ancient Greece - Mount Carmel Academy

Ancient Greece
Test Review
Battleship
Greece consists of a mountainous peninsula and
numerous islands. How did this impact Greek
History?
 A) It allowed for small communities which helped encourage people to participate in
political affairs.
 B) The mountains and Islands isolated the Greeks from each other creating fiercely
independent communities.
 C) Forced Greeks to become expert seafaring traders.
 D) All of the above
Which of the following was the very first
Greek Civilization?
 A) Mycenae
 B) Crete
 C) Minoan
 D) Knossos
True or False: The Mycenaean Civilizations was
a lose alliance of independent city-states who
built on trade and military strength. Although
their collapse led to the “Dark Ages of
Greece,” they set the stage for the Greek
Civilization, that we know, to emerge.
 True
Homer’s epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey,
were based on the true story of the Trojan War.
However, as these stories were used as
educational text, how did this effect Greek
culture?
 A) It led to an increase hike in “doe-nut” sales
 B)It led to the Gods becoming more than just a religious belief, they were apart of
everyday life.
 C) Religion became less of a factor in Greek culture.
 D) Homer and his epic poems had no impact on Greek culture.
Define epic poem.
 A long poem that rhymes
 A long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero.
 A short poem that tells the deeds of everyday life in Ancient Greece.
 Whenever Donald Trump opens his mouth.
What was the Greek word for city-state? It
became the central focus of Greek life. Our
word politics is derived from this word.
 A)Polis
 B)Acropolis
 C) Agora
 D)Hoplites
______ went into battle as a unit, marching
shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular
formation know as a _________.
 A) Hellespont; Bosporus
 B)Bosporus; Hellespont
 C)Phalanx; Hoplites
 D)Hoplites; Phalanx
Define Tyrant (In the Greek Sense):
 A) Rulers who seized power by force from the people
 B) Rulers who were popularly elected, but cruel and wicked
 C) Rulers who seized power by shrewd political maneuvering from the
monarchs
 D) Rulers who seized power by force from the aristocrats
A political system that is a government by
the people or by rule of the many is…
 A) Democracy
 B) Oligarchy
 C) Tyranny
 D) Kanye 2016
The end of ______ then allowed for many new
people to participate in government by the
people. This led to the development of
__________, which is government by the people or
rule of the many. Other city-states remained
committed to government by an __________, or
rule by the few.
 A) Oligarchy; Democracy; Tyranny
 B) Tyranny; Oligarchy; Democracy
 C) Democracy; Tyranny; Oligarchy
 D) Tyranny; Democracy; Oligarchy
This Greek City state had an oligarchical, military
state that was ruled by a council of elders
composed of two kings and 28 citizen over the
age of 60. A group of five men, who were
elected every five years , known as the ephors
were charged with the education of the youth.
 A) Athens
 B) Corinth
 C) Sparta
 D) Thebes
This city-state started out as an oligarchy,
but due to economic turmoil fell into
tyranny. However, the people overthrew
the tyrant and created a democracy.
 A) Athens
 B) Corinth
 C) Sparta
 D) Thebes
The city-state of ________ embraced democracy,
philosophy, and the arts, while ________
discouraged their citizens from studying
philosophy, literature, or the arts- subjects that
might encourage new thoughts.
 A) Athens; Corinth
 B) Athens; Sparta
 C) Sparta; Athens
 D) Thebes; Sparta
Why did Darius, the leader of the
Persian Empire, invade Greece?
 A) Yogurt…. He was all about that yogurt!
 B) Revenge against Greece for killing his father
 C) A preemptive strike against a growing threat
 D) Revenge against Greece for supporting an unsuccessful revolt on the
Ionian coast.
What did the victory over the Persians
cost the Greeks?
 A) Athens was abandoned and subsequently sacked and burned
 B) Many men were lost and much of their farmland was scorched and
burned.
 C) Yogurt…. Darius took all the YOGURT!
 D) They were forced to listen to Donald Trump go on a racist rant for a full
20 minutes.
What was the role of the Delian League in
the creation of the Athenian Empire?
 A) Sparta took control of the league, allowing Athens to ostracizing them,
eliminating their only rival city-state
 B) Athens led the city-states in the creation of the Delian League in order to
defend all of Greece against Persian invasions, which all the city-states
were grateful for.
 C) After the Persians were defeated, Athens moved the treasury from the
Island of Delos to Athens, giving them the ultimate economic power over
other city-states.
 D) Both B and C
Who participated in the Great
Peloponnesian War?
 A) Athens vs Sparta
 B) Athens and their allies vs Sparta and their allies
 C) Persia vs Greece
 D) Persia and their allies vs Greece and their allies
How did the Great Peloponnesian War
weaken the Greek State?
 A) After the war, the Greek city-states vowed never to fight another war
again. Allowing the Macedonians to march an army into Greece and
claim victory.
 B) The war was fought primarily on Greek soil, and the Persians were able to
destroy the Greek economy.
 C) After the war, Sparta and Athens (as well as other city-states) continued
petty wars, ignoring the growing threat of Macedonia to their North.
 D) After the war, Greek city-states were afraid another Persian invasion was
inevitable, ignoring the growing threat of Macedonia to their North.
Define the term Philosophy:
 A) The ramblings of your Uncle Phil when he tries to grasp the idea of
“Snap-Chat”
 B) an organized system of thought that comes from the Greek word
meaning “love of wisdom.”
 C) Dramas that dealt with universal themes still relevant today such as the
nature of good and evil, the rights of the individual, the nature of divine
forces, and the nature of human beings.
 D) None of the above