Glencoe World History © 2012 Georgia Edition

Chapter 4: Ancient Greece, 1900-133 B.C.

Ancient Greece

1
The Minoan civilization, which flourished between 2700 B.C. and 1450 B.C., was established _____.
A)in Athens
B)in Mycenae
C)on Crete
D)in Troy
2
Homer taught that the Greek value of arête, or excellence, is achieved through _____.
A)study
B)honor
C)worship
D)struggle
3
The Greek city-states relied on infantrymen called _____ for their defense.
A)helots
B)hoplites
C)phalanx
D)oracles
4
The art of _____ was the Spartan ideal.
A)war
B)debate
C)tyranny
D)law
5
During the Age of Pericles, the Athenians became deeply attached to their political system of _____.
A)direct democracy
B)oligarchy
C)tyranny
D)representative democracy
6
A turning point in the Great Peloponnesian War came when _____.
A)a plague killed more than a third of the people in Athens
B)Sparta destroyed the Athenian fleet
C)the Athenians charged the Spartans outside the city walls
D)the Spartans were able to break down the city walls of Athens
7
In order to learn the will of the gods, the Greeks _____.
A)built temples
B)made use of oracles
C)developed festivals
D)developed a body of religious doctrine
8
_____ taught that the essence of the universe could be found in music and numbers.
A)Socrates
B)Aristotle
C)Pythagoras
D)Plato
9
Greek culture spread in Southwest Asia during the Hellenistic Era because _____.
A)Hellenistic rulers encouraged a massive spread of Greek colonists to Southwest Asia.
B)Greek administrators, architects, actors, and others moved to the new Greek cities.
C)All government business was transacted in Greek rather than native languages.
D)All of these.
10
The most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era was _____.
A)Archimedes
B)Epicurus
C)Euclid
D)Zeno
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