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Connections: A World History (Judge/Langdon)
Chapter 7 Classical Greece and Its Expansion into Asia, 2000−30 B.C.E.
7.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Communication was difficult in Ancient Greece because of

A) geographical barriers.
B) religious differences.
C) language differences.
D) political regulations.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 141
Section: Early Greece
Question Type: Factual
2) Which man discovered the remains of the Mycenaean civilization?

A) Herodotus
B) Arthur Evans
C) Heinrich Schliemann
D) Pericles
Answer: C
Page Ref: 142
3) By about what date did Indo-Europeans reach Greece?

A) around 5000 B.C.E.
B) before 1650 B.C.E.
C) around 500 B.C.E.
D) after 1200 BCE
Answer: B
Page Ref: 142
4) What was the relationship between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations?

A) Minoan settlers probably created Mycenae.
B) Mycenaean probably borrowed from Minoan.
C) The two emerged independently.
D) Mycenaean colonists created the Minoan civilization.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 142
Question Type: Conceptual
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5) How did the work of Heinrich Schliemann at Troy transform our understanding of early Greek
civilization?
A) He found the Cretan Minoan civilization.
B) He proved it was much less sophisticated than previously thought.
C) He showed that Mycenae was destroyed by war.
D) He showed that the Iliad and Odyssey were based on a historical past.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 144
6) The Greek polis was

A) an alliance of cities.
B) an independent city state.
C) an open space where citizens could assemble.
D) a farming village.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 143
7) Rule by a class of well-born families is known as

A) monarchy.
B) oligarchy.
C) aristocracy
D) tyranny.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 143
8) The type of government in which a small group of people rule society is known as
A) democracy.
B) oligarchy.
C) tyranny.
D) aristocracy.
Answer: B
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9) Which of these means the rule of one legitimate ruler?
A) oligarchy
B) monarchy
C) democracy
D) tyranny
Answer: B
Page Ref: 143
10) Thebes, the largest Greek city-state, numbered at most about how many adult male citizens?
A) 1,000
B) 40,000
C) 500,000
D) 200,000
Answer: B
Page Ref: 143
11) What was the main goal of Greek colonization in the Archaic Period?
A) increasing the power of each city-states
B) overcoming shortages of land for cultivation
C) expanding trade
D) finding a source of slaves
Answer: B
Page Ref: 144
Section: Archaic Greece, 750-500 B.C.E.
12) Greek colonies were centered on

A) the Danube River valley
B) the Tigris and Euphrates river valley
C) the Mediterranean Sea basin
D) the Nile River valley
Answer: C
Page Ref: 145
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13) Other than the Greeks, what other people established colonies outside their home area?
A) Egyptians
B) Persians
C) Hittites
D) Phoenicians
Answer: D
Page Ref: 145
14) Formed from five separate villages, which city-state's name means "The Scattered"?
A) Athens
B) Thebes
C) Sparta
D) Corinth
Answer: C
Page Ref: 145
15) Which of the following was NOT a component of Spartan government?

A) two kings
B) a council of twenty-eight members
C) a public assembly open to all male citizens
D) a military dictator
Answer: D
Page Ref: 145
16) What explains the importance of military regimentation in Spartan life?

A) The city-state was largely made up of subject peoples.
B) Athens and Sparta were in conflict from their beginnings.
C) Persia had made Sparta the target of its aggression.
D) Sparta had made an enemy of Crete.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 146
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17) What was the goal of the Peloponnesian League?
A) minimizing conflict among neighboring states
B) creating a trade network
C) ending the Persian threat
D) destroying Athens
Answer: A
Page Ref: 146
18) Which Athenian aristocrat developed the first legal code in Greece?
A) Hammurabi
B) Solon
C) Draco
D) Plato
Answer: C
Page Ref: 146
19) Which of the following should NOT be associated with the reforms of Solon?
A) an end to debt slavery
B) creation of a strong monarchy in Athens
C) the positioning of himself as a mediator between the rich and poor
D) the inclusion of all citizens in the political system
Answer: B
Page Ref: 146
20) How did the political systems in Athens and Sparta differ?
A) Athens didn't have hereditary kings; Sparta did.
B) Athens was not a military dictatorship; Sparta was.
C) Athens allowed women to vote; Sparta didn't.
D) Athens allowed all people to have a voice in the government; Sparta didn't.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 145-146
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21) How did Athenian democracy differ from today's perception of democracy?
A) Athenian democracy didn't include all citizens.
B) Athenian democracy ignored class distinction.
C) Athenian democracy included women in the political process.
D) Athenian democracy was economic as well as political.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 146-47
22) Which of the following statements about the Persian Wars is NOT true?
A) Victory fostered the Greeks' identification with accountable government.
B) Most Greeks failed to fight at all.
C) Opposition to Persia united all of the city-states.
D) Victory boosted the Greeks' self-confidence.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 147
Section: Classical Greece, 500-338 B.C.E.
23) What was the goal of the Delian League?

A) monopolizing Aegean trade
B) defense against Persia
C) defeat of Sparta
D) alliance against Athens
Answer: B
Page Ref: 147
24) Why did Sparta come to challenge the Delian League?

A) Athenian dominance of the League threatened Sparta.
B) Sparta was jealous of Athenian democracy.
C) Most of the members of the Peloponnesian League defected to the Delian League.
D) Spartan sea power was threatened by the League.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 147
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25) Which of the following statements accurately describes Athens between the Persian and
Peloponnesian Wars?
A) They were building an empire and enjoying political and economic dominance.
B) They were attempting to appease the Spartans and avoid war.
C) They were rebuilding after their defeat at the hands of the Persians.
D) They were enacting legislation designed to avoid future wars.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 147-48
26) Who dominated Athenian politics at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War?
A) Pericles
B) Herodotus
C) Lycurgus
D) Solon
Answer: A
Page Ref: 148-49
27) In the long run, who was the real winner in the Peloponnesian War?
A) Athens
B) Sparta
C) Persia
D) Macedon
Answer: D
Page Ref: 149
28) Which man is revered as the first genuine historian?

A) Aristophanes
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Thucydides
Answer: D
Page Ref: 149
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29) What is known as the "suicide of Greece"?
A) the Persian Wars
B) Athenian dominance in the region
C) the Peloponnesian War
D) the unification of the Greek city-states
Answer: C
Page Ref: 149
30) The world's first historical thesis statement centered on the subject of the cause of
A) the Persian Wars.
B) Alexander's eastern campaign.
C) the fall of Persia.
D) the Peloponnesian War.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 149
31) Which of the following best describes the results of the Peloponnesian War?
A) Athens defeated the Persians and rose to prominence as the most powerful Greek
polis.
B) Athens defeated Sparta and took control of the Delian and Spartan Leagues.
C) The Greeks basically destroyed each other and opened the door for conquest by the
Macedonians.
D) The era of Athenian dominance was ended, and Sparta became the dominant force in
Greece and eventually defeated the Macedonians.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 149
32) Which man wrote plays whose theme was the conflict between reason and emotion?
A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes
Answer: B
Page Ref: 150
Section: The Arts and Philosophy in Classical Greece
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33) The Parthenon is a temple dedicated to
A) Athena
B) Zeus
C) Poseidon
D) Apollo
Answer: A
Page Ref: 149
34) Which man satirized the famous and powerful Greeks?

A) Sophocles
B) Euripides
C) Aristophanes
D) Aeschylus
Answer: C
Page Ref: 150
35) Which man wrote Oedipus the King and Antigone?

A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes
Answer: C
Page Ref: 150
36) Who was the first Athenian dramatist of the Classical Period?
A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes
Answer: A
Page Ref: 150
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37) Which man used a philosophical method that consisted of asking questions?
A) Plato
B) Sophocles
C) Aristotle
D) Socrates
Answer: D
Page Ref: 151
38) Socrates' insistence that his students think for themselves was interpreted by Athenian
authorities as
A) teaching young people to question their elders.
B) a long overdue educational reform.
C) an attempt to lead students to overthrow the monarch and establish a democracy.
D) philosophically interesting but politically unimportant
Answer: A
Page Ref: 150
39) Which of the following statements concerning The Republic is correct?

A) It was an epic poem written by Homer.
B) It was a dialogue written by Plato.
C) It was a political theory written by Aristotle.
D) It was a drama written by Euripides.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 151
40) Which of the following statements best represents Plato's attitude toward democracy?
A) It is the only logical choice for government in an educated society.
B) It is absurd because it gives power to the most popular instead of the educated.
C) It leads to political inequality, but this is a necessary evil.
D) It is the best form of government.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 151
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41) Which of these led Plato to distrust Athenian democracy?
A) the Persian Wars
B) the Delian League
C) the Peloponnesian War
D) the conquests of Alexander
Answer: C
Page Ref: 151
42) Which of the following statements about Aristotle is NOT true?

A) He laid the foundation for many of the science courses studied in schools today.
B) He was a poet and philosopher.
C) He was a leading Athenian dramatist.
D) In his later years he tutored Alexander the Great.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 152
Section: Classical Greek Society and Religion
43) The majority of Greek slaves were

A) criminals.
B) foreigners.
C) orphans.
D) debtors.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 152
44) Which of the following rights was NOT given to Spartan women?
A) the right to vote
B) the right to voice their opinions publicly
C) the right to own property
D) the right to transact business without the husband's consent
Answer: A
Page Ref: 152
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45) Which of the following does NOT accurately portray Athenian family norms?
A) Women were protected by male guardians until marriage.
B) Spouses were expected to remain faithful to each other.
C) Athenian husbands had almost total authority over their households.
D) Virginity before marriage was highly prized for both genders.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 153
46) The Greek gods would be best described as

A) powerful and immortal but sharing many human traits.
B) distant, uncaring, and uninvolved in human affairs.
C) worshiped out of love rather than fear.
D) incapable of pain, lust or other human feelings.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 153
47) Which man united the Greek city-states by conquest in 338 BCE?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Darius III
C) Philip II of Macedon
D) Pericles
Answer: C
Page Ref: 155
Section: The Empire of Alexander the Great
48) Alexander the Great was unable to conquer India because

A) the Indian army proved to be too powerful.
B) Alexander's men staged a mutiny.
C) Alexander lost the will to fight after the death of his mother.
D) the Chinese army crossed the mountains and helped India fight.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 156
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49) Alexander the Great’s empire included all of the following EXCEPT
A) Egypt.
B) Arabia.
C) Persia.
D) Greece.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 156
50) Alexander's conquest of Egypt was significant for Greece because the conquest
A) was the first time in history that the Greeks had seen Egypt.
B) opened the door for his invasion of Palestine.
C) paved the way for the Greeks to conquer the rest of Africa.
D) secured the Mediterranean coastline, which meant that Persia couldn't use it to invade
Greece.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 156
51) Which man calculated the circumference of the earth during the Hellenistic Era with amazing
accuracy?
A) Aristophanes
B) Archimedes
C) Eratosthenes
D) Aristotle
Answer: C
Page Ref: 159
Section: Connections and Conflicts in the Hellenistic World
52) Which man believed in a heliocentric universe?

A) Aristotle
B) Aristarchus
C) Archimedes
D) Ptolemy
Answer: B
Page Ref: 159
121
53) What area of science was created by Archimedes?
A) hydrostatics.
B) astronomy.
C) physics.
D) botany.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 159
54) Which of the following beliefs represents Stoic philosophy?

A) All matter is composed of atoms.
B) Pleasure is simply the absence of pain.
C) One should not attempt to alter destiny.
D) One should virtuously do one's duty even in times of crisis.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 159
7.2 True/False Questions
1) Geography was the main barrier to Greek unification.

Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 141
2) Heinrich Schliemann proved that the Iliad and the Odyssey might be based on fact.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 143
3) Alexander claimed to be a descendent of Achilles.

Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 155
4) Alexander developed a keen appreciation for the cultural achievements of the Persian Empire.
Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 157
122
5) According to Thucydides, Sparta's fear regarding Athenian imperialism led to the suicide of
Greece.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 149
6) Plato favored democracy as the best form of government for Greece.

Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 151
7) Sparta and her allies formed the Delian League.

Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 147
8) Slavery was common in Greece, as was the case in most of the ancient world.
Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 152
9) Large bureaucracies were basically unknown in the Greek city-states.

Answer: TRUE
Page Ref: 142
10) Hellenistic culture was purely Greek, with no eastern elements.

Answer: FALSE
Page Ref: 158
7.3 Short Answer Questions
1) Which three men in Athens were known for writing tragedies?

Answer: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Page Ref: 150
123
2) Who were the helots?
Answer: Spartan slaves, from conquered neighboring states.
Page Ref: 152
3) Who was the goddess of wisdom?

Answer: Athena
Page Ref: 149
4) Who said "the unexamined life is not worth living"?

Answer: Socrates
Page Ref: 151
5) What name means "The Scattered"?

Answer: Sparta
Page Ref: 145
6) Who wrote The Republic?

Answer: Plato
Page Ref: 151
7) Which man wrote the first legal code in Greece?

Answer: Draco
Page Ref: 146
8) Which of Alexander's generals took Egypt after Alexander's death?

Answer: Ptolemy
Page Ref: 157
124
9) Who, according to Plutarch, believed himself to be "a governor from God and a reconciler of
the world"?
Answer: Alexander the Great
Page Ref: 157
10) Which city-state created and dominated the Delian League in Greece?
Answer: Athens
Page Ref: 147
7.4 Essay Questions
1) Discuss the state of Athens between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.
Page Ref: 147-149
2) Discuss commerce in the Hellenistic world and evaluate its significance in the lives of Greek
commoners.
Page Ref: 158-159
3) Compare and contrast gender roles in Sparta and Athens.

Page Ref: 146-147; 153
Section: Archaic Greece, 750-500 B.C.E., Classical Greek Society and Religion
4) Compare and contrast the practice of slavery in Sparta and Athens.

Page Ref: 152-153
5) Compare and contrast Hellenic and Hellenistic Greece.

Page Ref: 147-149; 158-162
Section: Classical Greece, 500-338 B.C.E., Connections and Conflicts in the Hellenistic World
6) Evaluate the role of religion in Greek society.

Page Ref: 154-155
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7) How did Alexander successfully rule Persia after he conquered it?

Page Ref: 155-157
8) Discuss the different forms of government utilized by the Greeks.

Page Ref: 144-145
9) What were the most important Greek and Macedonian influences on West Asia?
Page Ref: 158-161
10) Discuss the Persian Wars and the effect these wars had on western civilization.
Page Ref: 147
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7.1 Multiple-Choice Questions

1) Communication was difficult in Ancient Greece because of

2) Which man discovered the remains of the Mycenaean civilization?

3) By about what date did Indo-Europeans reach Greece?

4) What was the relationship between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations?

6) The Greek polis was

7) Rule by a class of well-born families is known as

12) Greek colonies were centered on

15) Which of the following was NOT a component of Spartan government?

16) What explains the importance of military regimentation in Spartan life?

23) What was the goal of the Delian League?

24) Why did Sparta come to challenge the Delian League?

28) Which man is revered as the first genuine historian?

34) Which man satirized the famous and powerful Greeks?

35) Which man wrote Oedipus the King and Antigone?

39) Which of the following statements concerning The Republic is correct?

42) Which of the following statements about Aristotle is NOT true?

43) The majority of Greek slaves were

46) The Greek gods would be best described as

48) Alexander the Great was unable to conquer India because

52) Which man believed in a heliocentric universe?

54) Which of the following beliefs represents Stoic philosophy?

7.2 True/False Questions

1) Geography was the main barrier to Greek unification.

3) Alexander claimed to be a descendent of Achilles.

6) Plato favored democracy as the best form of government for Greece.

7) Sparta and her allies formed the Delian League.

9) Large bureaucracies were basically unknown in the Greek city-states.

10) Hellenistic culture was purely Greek, with no eastern elements.

7.3 Short Answer Questions

1) Which three men in Athens were known for writing tragedies?

3) Who was the goddess of wisdom?

4) Who said "the unexamined life is not worth living"?

5) What name means "The Scattered"?

6) Who wrote The Republic?

7) Which man wrote the first legal code in Greece?

8) Which of Alexander's generals took Egypt after Alexander's death?

7.4 Essay Questions

3) Compare and contrast gender roles in Sparta and Athens.

4) Compare and contrast the practice of slavery in Sparta and Athens.

5) Compare and contrast Hellenic and Hellenistic Greece.

6) Evaluate the role of religion in Greek society.

7) How did Alexander successfully rule Persia after he conquered it?

8) Discuss the different forms of government utilized by the Greeks.

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