WO-Classical Greece A

What battle although a Persian victory, is a symbol of Greek independence and nationalism?

• Sparta
• Peleponnessus
• Thermopylae
• Salamis

Where did the Greeks establish city-states and colonies?

• Along the Atlantic Coast
• Along the Mediterranean Sea
• Along the Arabian Sea
• Along the Red Sea

Why is Greece known as a "classical civilization of the West"?

• Russia based its alphabet on Greek
• Many of the traits of American civilization come from the Greeks
• Much of the traits of Chinese civilization come from the Greeks
• Many of the traits of Arab civilization comes from the Greeks

What was NOT related to Greek civilization?

• Minoan civilization on Crete
• Mycenean Civilization
• Indo-European peoples
• Dravidian

Why did the Geography of Greece prevent unification of the Balkan peninsula?

• There was not enough sea going trade
• The peninsula was divided by mountains so that the city-state predominated Greek Politics
• There was too much sea going trade
• Slavery had not developed yet

What were the two leading city-states of Greece?

• Olympus and Athens
• Sparta and Athens
• Sparta and Corinth
• Athens and Thebes

What Athenian leader led Athens into its' Golden Age of power, wealth, democracy and culture in the 5th century B.C.E.?

• Solon
• Cliesthenes
• Pericles
• Socrates

What was the result of Peleponnesian Wars?

• Athens defeated Sparta
• Sparta defeated Athens
• Sparta defeated Athens but so weakened Greece that it was conquered by Macedonia
• Persia lost to Athens and Sparta

What is a Greek city-state?

• Polis
• acropolis
• agora
• Parthenon

What is the difference between direct democracy of Athens and the kind of democracy we have in the U.S. today?

• Athens did not hold elections
• Athens elected representatives
• Athens had elections to vote on all laws
• The U.S. has elections to vote on all laws