Classical Greece Test Review

Who introduced direct democracy in Athens?

• Solon

• Pericles

• Alexander

• Cleisthenes

Who is the ancient Greek king of the gods?

• Poseidon

• Apollo

• Hermes

• Zeus

How did Athens benefit by forming the Delian League?

• Athens used the league money to build a powerful navy.

• Athens paid the league to conquer neighboring city-states.

• Athens drew military and political leaders from the league.

• Athens relied on the league to expand its colonies.

What different plans did Athens and Sparta develop to win the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens used more warriors; Sparta used better technology.

• Athens had more food; Sparta had more weapons.

• Athens relied on siege tactics; Sparta relied on alliances.

• Athens used sea power; Sparta used land power.

What happened when Athens attacked Syracuse?

• Macedonia conquered all Greek city-states.

• Persia intervened to end the war.

• Sparta destroyed the Athenian fleet.

• Sicily became a Greek colony.

What did Philip II of Macedonia want to do?

• Ally with Thebes

• Conquer Persia

• Colonize Egypt

• Destroy Sparta

Who accomplished Philip II's military goal?

• Alexander

• Aristotle

• Pericles

• Sophocles

How far did the Macedonian Empire stretch by 323 B.C.?

• from Egypt to Spain

• from Italy to Mesopotamia

• from Greece to India

• from Macedonia to Persia

Which Greek historians recorded events in ancient Greece?

• Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles

• Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

• Homer, Aesop, and Aristophanes

• Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

Who left a lasting impact in philosophical thinking?

• Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

• Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles

• Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

• Homer, Aesop, and Arisophanes