Greece Quiz CIS #2

Which Greek polis valued education, philosophy and the arts? 

• Argos
• Corinth
• Athens
• Sparta

Which polis had a military society that was dominated by their army and military training?

• Argos
• Athens
• Corinth
• Sparta

Who would have been a citizen in Athens?

• All men and women
• Free, landowning, Athenian men
  
• All men
  
• Men and women born in Athens

Who invaded Greece, but eventually lost due to the fact that the Greek city-states, including  Sparta and Athens, joined together to defend their homeland?

• Minoans
• Peloponnesians
  
• Egyptians
• Persians
  

Who invaded Greece, but eventually lost due to the fact that the Greek city-states, including  Sparta and Athens, joined together to defend their homeland?

• Minoans
• Peloponnesians
  
• Egyptians
• Persians
  

Which type of democracy does the United States use – where we elect representatives to debate/vote on issues and all men and women citizens can vote in elections?

• Reclusive Democracy
  
• Indirect Democracy
  
• Representative Democracy
• Repetitive Democracy

Which Persian leader built a strong Persian army and created the largest empire the world had seen at the time?

• Cyrus the Great
• Cleisthenes
• Hammurabi
• Pericles

How did Athenians win the battle of Marathon, even though they were outnumbered 2 to 1?

• The Athenians used war elephants
• The Athenians used the Chinese invention of gunpowder
• The Athenians had physically prepared for battle
• The Athenians used brilliant battle strategies
  

Which great Athenian leader led the Greeks during the Persian War, led Athens when the city  was at its height, and was first to begin to pay people who served in public office?

• Solon
  
• Lycurgus
  
• Achilles
  
• Pericles
  

In what war were the Spartans and Athenians enemies?

• The Persian Wars
  
• The Theban War
  
• The Peloponnesian War
  
• The Trojan War