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1 1. What was the ancient Greek word for city-state? agora ostrakon acropolis polis

2 2. Who was the Greeks' chief god? Hera Poseidon Zeus Athena

3 3. What was the name of the group that voted to determine government policy in ancient Athens? Assembly Senate Agora Symposium

4 4. Who could be a citizen of Athens? anyone who was born in Athens any male adult any male or female who had at least on Athenian parent any male adult who was not a slave and had two Athenian parents

5 5. The Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey were attributed to... Homer Symposium Plato Aristides

6 6. What was the main rival of Athens? Carthage Sparta Olympia Peloponnesia

7 7. What was most important to Spartans? military ability debating skills artistic ability shipbuilding

8 8. How did the Olympic Games begin? as a way to avoid military service as punishment for captured enemies as a funeral service for a king as a religious festival to honor Zeus

9 9. Why was the Delian League established by Greek city-states? to battle the Peloponnesian League led by the Spartans to prepare for the growing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War to establish a community education program for Athenian youth to defend themselves against any future Persian invasions

10 10. What was an important Greek building, a temple to honor Athena, called? Acropolis Coliseum Lyceum Parthenon

11 11. Who won the Peloponnesian War? Peloponesia Sparta Athens Rome

12 12. What is the Socratic method? a question-and-answer system of learning a way of electing members of the Assembly a military strategy another term for the jury system

13 13. For Plato, one of the goals of philosophy was to find... the explanations for natural phenomena, such as lightning. the culprits responsible for the unjust death of Socrates. secrets of the future in the stars. the perfect forms of life in the ideal state.

14 14. What areas did Alexander the Great conquer? Western Europe Asia all the way to China Greece, Persian Empire, the Middle East all of Africa above the equator

15 15. What was Rome's chief governing body? Assembly Acropolis Senate Supreme Court

16 16. Which of the following did Hannibal not do during the Second Punic War? raid Saguntum attack Rome by land trek across the Alps sail across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy

17 17. For what is Julius Caesar remembered? being a great general craving power no matter what the cost starting a civil war in Rome all of the above

18 18. Why is Caesar Augustus considered one of Rome's greatest leaders? He enlarged the Roman Empire by conquering Gaul. He established peace that lasted for a long time. He made Christianity a legal religion. all of the above

19 19. What was the Pax Romana? the long period of peace in the Roman Empire the words placed on public buildings in ancient Rome the motto of the Delian League the highest rank in the Roman army

20 20. Who were Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aeschylus? the most famous Spartan generals in the Peloponnesian War the major Athenian dramatists the Roman consuls appointed by Julius Caesar the heroes at the battle of Thermopylae

21 21. Which of the following was most important to Aristotle? truth warfare wealth equality

22 22. What did the Edict of Milan do? made Caesar a god ended the Punic Wars made Latin the official language of the Roman Empire made Christianity a legal religion in the Roman Empire

23 23. What do followers of Allah and students of the Koran (Qu'ran. believe in? Greek Orthodoxy Islam Christianity Judaism

24 24. What did the eastern part of the Roman Empire become? the Byzantine Empire Ostrogothia Phoenicia the Visigoth Empire

25 25. What are the White House, Capitol, and Jefferson Memorial based on? Roman and Spanish architecture Byzantine architecture Greek and Turkish architecture Greek and Roman architecture


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