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Ch. 5 - Test
Ch. 5 - Test - Ancient Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In this type of government people rule themselves instead of being ruled by a king. | democracy |
| The geography of Greece can be described as | rocky - mountainous - a peninsula - mostly unfarmable |
| The Greeks learned the alphabet from these sea faring people. | Phoenicians |
| A polis is a Greek | city-state |
| The Greeks believed the gods lived on top of this mountain, the tallest in Greece. | Mount Olympus |
| Greek people continue to believe in the myths today. T or F | False |
| Greek poets wrote epics based on the myths. T or F | True |
| Myths are stories about the gods and their adventures. T or F | True |
| The Greeks used myths to explain things they did not understand. T or F | True |
| These nine daughters of Zeus were the goddesses of learning, inspiration, and the arts. | Muses |
| The oracles were believed to be the children of Hades. T or F | False |
| The ancient Greeks often consulted oracles before making important decisions. T or F | True |
| The oracles would often respond in unclear ways. T or F | True |
| The Greeks believed the oracles were able to read the rustling of leaves or marks on animals as "signs from the gods." T or F | True |
| This blind poet is believed to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. | Homer |
| Sparta's citizens enjoyed traveling and visitors from other poli. T or F | False |
| Spartan men did not live at home until they were about thirty-years-old. T or F | True |
| Sparta valued physical courage, strength, and bravery in war. T or F | True |
| Spartan men did not live at home until they were about thirty-years-old. T or F | True |
| The Spartans had conquered many people and made them slaves. T or F | True |
| The southern part of Greece is known as | Peloponnesus |
| Every male born in Athens was a member of this law making organization. | Assembly |
| Ancient Greece was a unified nation. T or F | False |
| Most Americans are monotheistic. T or F | True |
| We aren't sure that Homer actually existed. T or F | True |
| The leaders of the Athenian assembly were chosen by lot. T or F | True |
| The Persians were never able to defeat the Greeks. T or F | True |
| This Greek god was the ruler of the sky and "the father of gods and men." | Zeus |
| This Greek god was the ruler of the underworld. | Hades |
| This Greek god was the ruler of the sea. | Poseidon |
| She was the Greek goddess of memory, and the mother of the Muses. | Mnemosyne |
| This goddess was the protector of women and marriage. | Hera |
| This 27-year war between Sparta and Athens began in 431BC. | Peloponnesian War |
| This word comes from a Greek term that means "the love of wisdom." | philosophy |
| Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all spent parts of their lives in this city. | Athens |
| Teachers use the "socratic method" when they | ask questions |
| This philosopher was a student of Socrates. He wrote much of what we know about Socrates. | Plato |
| Plato founded a school called the Academy. T or F | True |
| Plato taught that the ideals of truth or justice cannot exist in the material world. T or F | True |
| Plato believed in democracy. T or F | False |
| Plato believed the government should raise children. T or F | True |
| Aristotle, King Philip, and Alexander the Great were all from this region north of the Greek peninsula. | Macedonia |
| Alexander lived to be a very old man. T or F | False |
| Alexander believed the Greeks were ignorant. T or F | True |
| Alexander created an empire that reached as far as India. T or F | False |
| Alexander's empire lasted over 900 years. T or F | False |
| Alexander was a coward and was hated by his soldiers. T or F | False |
| Persia is now known as | Iran |
| A bad leader who appeals to people's emotions rather than logic. | demagogue |
| A widespread sickness. | plague |
| An alliance among cities for protection from outside invaders. | league |
| Who won the Peloponnesian War. | Sparta |
| The Sophists were popular with the leaders of Athens. T or F | False |
| What did Socrates want his students to consider? | new ideas |
| Who tutored Alexander the Great. | Aristotle |
| Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes were all leaders of Greek city-states. T or F | False |
| Alexander the Great became pharaoh of Egypt. | True |
| The leader of Athens during the city's "Golden Age" | Pericles |
| Philosopher who angered the leaders of Athens and was forced to drink poison hemlock. | Socrates |
| This philosopher believed in using logic and reason to explain events. | Aristotle |
| The ideas of the Greeks traveled to other lands with his army. | Alexander the Great |
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