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Part 1 Multiple Choice: Record your answers on a scantron in pencil. If you don’t have a scantron, record them on the answer sheet included below.

1. In Greece, small independent city-states developed. This occurred because

a. Greek families did not get along with each other

b. The topography of the land forced the city-states to develop separately

c. Foreign invaders divided the Greeks up so they could control them

d. Each city-state had a different language and religion than the other.

2. Which is true about a direct democracy (Athens)

a. the people elect representatives to make decisions

b. the government officials are appointed by a council of Elders

c. citizens vote on the law themselves

d. kings choose their best subjects to be in charge of major offices.

3. The Athenians were different from the Spartans because they

a. focused their education on teaching military skills only

b. believed that building strength in the body was the most important thing

c. focused on educating their males in art, rhetoric, science, and philosophy.

d. did not care about military training

4. Because of the location of Ancient Greece, many Greeks earned a living

a. using the sea for fishing, trading, and piracy

b. planting alongside the huge rivers in Greece

c. Herding large animals such as cattle

d. Growing cotton for cloth

5. The Ancient Athenians were the first to create

a. The phalanx

b. slavery

c. Pythagorean Theorem

d. Democracy

6. What were the characteristics of Greek culture during the Golden Age

a. Everyone agreed about Democracy being the perfect form of government

b. social equality

c. constant warfare

d. achievements in science, math, philosophy and art

7. The ancient polis of Sparta

a. was about complete personal freedom for men and women

b. was a powerful military state

c. allowed their citizens to vote

d. focused on art and science

8. Compared to most citizens of other Greek city-states, the citizens of Sparta were

a. better educated in the sciences

b. exceptional athletes

c. Wealthier

d. Great artists

9. A teacher using the Socratic method would

a. help students speak clearly and develop rhetorical skills for debate

b. encourage students to memorize the facts

c. answer every student’s question, no matter the difficulty

d. ask students questions forcing them to defend their statements.

10. All of the following factors contributed to Macedonia’s conquest of Greece EXCEPT

a. Phillip II’s use of Greek military tactics

b. A lack of cooperation among the Greek city-states

c. Greece’s weakened state after the Peloponnesian War

d. The Macedonian alliance with Persia

11. Plato preferred the Spartan government to the Athenian because

a. He believed that the state was more important than the individual and he distrusted the Demos.

b. He resented Athenian philosophers such as Socrates

c. Sparta emphasized military prowess over intellectual/academic development.

d. He had great trust in the opinions of the masses.

12. This Golden Age Thinker developed the idea of parallel argumentation called syllogism:

a. Aristotle

b. Plato

c. Hippocrates

d. Thucydides

13. The Greek playwrights would write all of the following EXCEPT

a. comedies

b. trilogies

c. tragedies

d. histories

14. Which Golden Age person would have been most interested in understanding how government should function:

a. Herodotus

b. Archimides

c. Plato

d. Socrates

15. Greece’s Golden Age occurred during

a. the mid 700’s BC

b. the mid 600’s BC

c. the mid 500’s BC

d. the mid 400’s BC

16. Words such as police and politics take their meaning from the Greek word which means

a. soldier

b. fortress

c. city-state

d. democracy

17. A major factor in Greece’s victories during the Persian Wars was

a. the cooperation of the Greek city-states

b. the bad relationship between Athens and Sparta

c. the population of Greece was larger than the population of Persia

d. the Greek invasion of Persopolis, capital of Persia

18. All of the following is true of Spartan women EXCEPT that

a. they marry at an early age

b. they could vote

c. they were trained in boxing, wrestling, and gymnastics.

d. They could own personal property, and go out without an escort.

19. When coming down from the acropolis of a city-state, the first thing you would encounter is the open area called the

a. the highest hill in a polis

b. the valley surrounding the city

c. the village itself

d. agora

20. Homer is well known for his writing of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Greece’s most famous:

a. Historical record

b. Sacred texts

c. Military records

d. Epic narrative

21. The Persian War was started by

a. The Athenians invading the capital of Persia

b. Persia invading Peloponnesus

c. Persia conquering Ionia

d. Sparta creating the Anti-Delian League.

22. Leonidas was a Spartan king who

a. led Athens against Sparta

b. captured the Persian King Darius

c. fought against the Egyptians

d. led the 300 at Thermopylae

23. The Greek civil war was called the

a. Peloponnesian War

b. Persian War

c. Ionian War

d. Hellenization

24. The Greek Golden Age was a time when Greece was focused on

a. military dominance

b. quest for beauty and perfection

c. overseas expansion

d. conquering Persia

25. All of the following were Greek Tragedians EXCEPT

a. Aeschylus

b. Euripides

c. Socrates

d. Sophocles

26. Plato’s Metaphor explaining why humans should not trust their senses was called:

a. The Republic

b. The Cave Allegory

c. The Absolute Truth

d. The book of Nimrodia

27. Which writer proposed the idea that human beings could not escape their fate?

a. Socrates

b. Thales

c. Euripides

d. Sophocles

28. Which identifies the type of government that Sparta had

a. Democracy

b. Republic

c. Monarchy

d. Oligarchy

29. Which person would be most connected to a statement justifying Athenian hegemony?

a. Pericles

b. Darius

c. Xerxes

d. Leonidas

30. Which factor had a greater impact on the development of Spartan culture?

a. A strong desire to conquer others

b. A slave revolt by the helots

c. Persian dominance of Asia Minor

d. Athenian competition

31. The Pelopponesian War had all BUT the following result:

a. The Rise of Macedonia as a regional power

b. The collapse of Athenian hegemony

c. The rise of Thebes as a regional power

d. The collapse of Greek unity

32. Leonidas’ “suicide run” to Thermopylae accomplished:

a. The immediate defeat of the Persian Army

b. The freeing of Ionia

c. The embarrassment of Darius I

d. The mobilization of the entire Spartan army

Part Two:

Thematic Essay: Write a well organized essay that includes an introduction, (with a thesis) at least two body paragraphs that respond to the task below, and a conclusion.

Theme: Cause and Effect: The events that led to the rise of Athens as during the Greek Golden Age are directly related to the events that caused the collapse of the Ancient Greek civilization.

Task:

Describe the Historical Circumstances that led to the rise of Athens and the development of a Greek Golden Age. Explain how those circumstances eventually led to the collapse of Greek civilization.

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