World History: Chapter #3 Powerpoint Lesson

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Geography played a critical role in the development of Greek history.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What ancient civilization had modern plumbing in the palace?

• Minoan

• Mayan Civilization
• Roman Empire
• Ancient Egypt

Fill in the Blank

Who was the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey?

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Greek mythology played a dominant role in forming Greek culture

• True

• False

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Multiple Choice

Where was the earliest center of civilization in the Aegean region located?

• Athens
• Troy
• Mycenae
• Crete

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Which Aegean culture displayed a love for military pursuits?

• Minoan culture
• Mycenaean culture

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From which two epic poems do we get s glimpse of Greek life during the period from 1150-750BC? To whom are these poems attributed?

• Iliad and Odyssey, attributed to Homer
• Beowulf and Nibelungenlied, attributed to unknown authors
• Divine Comedy and Canterbury Tales, attributed to Dante
• Aeneid and Metamorphoses, attributed to Virgil

Multiple Choice

What athletic contests began as an attempt to please the Greek gods through physical prowess?

• The Panhellenic Games
• The Ancient Olympic Games
• The Pythian Games

Open Ended

Why did the isolation of the Greek city-states result in a spirit of independence and love of individualism?

Open Ended

Contrast the Greek view of work with Genesis 2:15, 3:17-19, and 1 Thessalonians 4:10-12.

Multiple Choice

What term refers to a rule by a few?

• theocracy
• oligarchy
• democracy
• monarchy

Multiple Choice

The basic political unit of Greece was the

• city-state
• democracy
• empire
• polis

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Sparta formed which league to protect against foreign invasion?

• Delian League
• Peloponnesian League

Multiple Choice

What was the chief magistrate in Athens called?

• Archon
• Consul

Multiple Choice

Although Pericles took Athens a step toward democracy, it was Solon who established a true “rule by the people

• True

• False

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Open Ended

List and define the four basic forms of government found in the Greek city-state.

Multiple Choice

What two Greek city-states represented two opposing ways of life within Greek society?

• Athens and Sparta
• Corinth and Thebes
• Rhodes and Delphi
• Miletus and Argos

Multiple Choice

Which Greek city-state was characterized by creativity, commercial endeavors, democracy, and individualism?

• Athens
• Sparta

Open Ended

How did the Spartan system affect family life?

Multiple Choice

Which Persian king led attacks at Thermopylae and Salamis Bay?

• Xerxes I
• Cyrus the Great
• Darius I
• Artaxerxes I

Open Ended

Summarize what occurred at the Battle of Thermopylae.

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Which city-state was the leader of the Delian League?

• Sparta
• Corinth
• Athens
• Thebes

Multiple Choice

Who was the influential leader of Athens during its Golden Age?

• Socrates
• Pericles

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Which eastern civilization threatened the Greeks at the outset of the fifth century?

• Macedonian Kingdom
• Persian Empire

Multiple Choice

At which battle did the an unorthodox charge by the Greeks help them to win a decisive victory?

• Battle of Thermopylae
• Battle of Plataea
• Battle of Marathon
• Battle of Salamis

Multiple Choice

Where did Xerxes make a bridge of boats to move his army?

• Nile River
• Hellespont
• Amazon River
• Mediterranean Sea

Multiple Choice

Which group of city-states emerged as victors in the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens
• Sparta

Open Ended

Why did the end of the Peloponnesian war not lead to peace?

Multiple Choice

Over what area did Philip II originally rule?

• The Kingdom of Persia
• The Byzantine Empire
• The Roman Empire
• The Kingdom of Macedon

Multiple Choice

Who led the Persian army that Alexander the Great defeated?

• Darius III
• Artaxerxes II
• Xerxes I
• Cyrus the Great

Multiple Choice

Name three regions Alexander conquered.

• China, India, Persia

• Persia, Egypt, India
• Rome, Asia Minor, Europe

• Greece, Sparta, Athens

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Multiple Choice

Who was Alexander the Great's teacher who instilled in his young pupil a love for Greek culture?

• Plato
• Aristotle

Open Ended

Why did Greek culture spread throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia Minor?

Multiple Choice

What new culture emerged by blending Greek and Near Eastern cultures?

• Roman culture
• Hellenistic culture
• Byzantine culture
• Minoan culture

Multiple Choice

Who is the father of geometry?

• Euclid
• Pythagoras
• Descartes
• Aristotle

Multiple Choice

Who is the Father of Medicine?

• Hippocrates
• Galileo
• Plato
• Aristotle

Multiple Choice

Name the Greek philosopher and mathematician who concluded the universe could be explained in math terms.

• Pythagoras
• Socrates
• Euclid
• Aristotle

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Who was the astronomer and geographer who determined the circumference of the globe?

• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Eratosthenes

Multiple Choice

Name the two forms of Greek drama

• opera and ballet
• melodrama and farce
• tragedy and comedy
• epic and lyric

Open Ended

Identify the three styles of Greek architecture

SECTION REVIEW

Open Ended

How did the Greek advances in science, math, art, literature, and architecture influence Western culture?