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Chapter 4: The Ancient GreeksMultiple ChoiceIdentify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.____1.Which of the following did Athenian soldiers promise to do in their oath?a.pay back loans at harvest timeb.sell themselves into slaveryc.protect the constitutiond.obey the oracle____2.Who became popular by giving land to landless farmers?a.Xerxesc.Peisistratusb.Solond.Agamemnon____3.Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece?a.to increase his country’s wealthc.for revengeb.to win gloryd.all of these____4.Which of these did the Mycenaeans learn from the Minoans?a.navigation by the sun and starsb.winemakingc.making iron toolsd.pottery making____5.Spartan men could return to their homes when they werea.20.c.40.b.30.d.60.____6.The time around 600 B.C. is called the Dark Age becausea.people forgot how to make candles.b.people forgot how to read and write.c.there was a great famine.d.there was a terrible plague.____7.Early Greeks lived bya.fishing.c.herding goats and sheep.b.trade.d.all of these____8.The Athenian assembly appointed ten generals, whoa.collected taxes.b.led armies into battle.c.carried out the assembly’s laws.d.tried to increase trade.____9.Who could be citizens of Greek city-states?a.native-born men and womenb.free, native-born, land-owning menc.land-owning womend.foreign-born men____10.The Greek alphabet was based on which of these alphabets?a.Egyptianc.Mesopotamianb.Phoeniciand.Syrian____11.In America, who has the right to vote?a.all citizensb.adult malesc.all citizens, 18 years and olderd.males and females____12.Athenian laws area.proposed by the council.b.signed by the president.c.approved by half the assembly.d.voted on by females.____13.In America, citizens with voting rights cana.make the laws.b.vote for or against any law.c.propose new laws.d.vote for or against the officials who make the laws.Herodotus’s HistoryXerxes addresses the Persians: “I have found out a way whereby we may at once win glory, and likewise get possession of a land which is as large and as rich as our own . . . while at the same time we obtain satisfaction and revenge. . . . My intent is to . . . march an army through Europe against Greece, that thereby I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians from the wrongs committed by them against the Persians and against my father.”—HerodotusThe Persian Wars, Book VII____14.What was Xerxes planning to do?a.colonize Northern Africac.unite the Greek city-statesb.conquer Greeced.build an acropolis____15.If Xerxes’ plan is successful, what will he gain?a.possession of a rich landc.gloryb.satisfaction and revenged.all of the above____16.Who committed wrongs against the Persians?a.Europeansc.Greeksb.Turksd.Romans____17.Which group promised to pass on their fatherland in a better condition?a.Spartan soldiersc.Minoan soldiersb.Delian soldiersd.Athenian soldiers____18.The History of the Persian Wars was written bya.Herodotus.c.Agamemnon.b.Pericles.d.Apasia.____19.The Mycenaeans came to Greece froma.Western Europe.c.Central Asia.b.India.d.China.____20.In a direct democracy, who decides government matters?a.all the peoplec.elected representativesb.womend.the king____21.When the Spartans needed room for expansion, theya.conquered neighboring land.b.set up colonies in Asia Minor.c.bought land from neighbors.d.all of the above____22.The Minoans made their living asa.soldiers.c.weavers.b.traders.d.farmers.____23.Xerxes was king ofa.Athens.c.Delos.b.Persia.d.Crete.____24.The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis because their shipsa.could move around quickly.c.came from the Spartan Navy.b.outnumbered their enemies.d.sank.____25.Mycenaeans could pay their taxes ina.Athenian coins.c.wheat, livestock, or honey.b.paper money.d.salt.____26.The Delian League began as an alliance toa.protect the Greeks from the Persians.b.make Athens rich.c.make trade more profitable.d.build faster ships.____27.Crete is approximately ____ miles from Cyprus?a.100c.500b.10d.200____28.Which islands were on a trade route to the west?a.Cyprus and Sicilyc.Corsica and Creteb.Corsica and Troyd.Corsica and Sicily____29.Athens, Sparta, and Troy are in which area?a.Egyptc.Asia Minorb.Greeced.Greek ColoniesPericles’ Funeral Oration“Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law; When it is a question of putting one person before another in positions of public responsibility, what counts is not membership of a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses. No one . . . is kept [out of government] because of poverty.”—Pericles, as recorded by Thucydides,History of the Peloponnesian War____30.Why did Pericles call his government a democracy?a.Only rich people could vote.b.Power belonged to the whole people.c.Public offices were for men only.d.none of these____31.What did the Greeks use to decide who should hold public office?a.classc.wealthb.primary electionsd.ability____32.How did the Greeks apply the law?a.Everyone was equal.c.Poor people were better.b.Women were better.d.Rich people were better. ................
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