Ancient History: Test 3 - Greece

Where did the Minoans live?

• Cyprus

• Peloponnesus

• Crete

• Sicily

An early Greek civilization on the mainland of Greece (they borrowed heavily from the Minoan civilization).

Also, They were the leading commercial center of the early mainland Aegean civilization

• Minoans

• Mycenaean

• Persian

• Egyptian

Invaders that conquered the Mycenaean civilization around 1200 BC

• Minoans

• Mycenaean

• Dorians

• Egyptian

What eastern civilization (empire) threatened the Greek city-states at the outset of the 5th century B.C.?

In 480 B.C., the independent Greek city-states formed an alliance under the leadership of Athens and Sparta during their conflict with this empire.

• Persians

• Babylonians

• Egyptians

• Israelites

The basic political unit of Greece was the

• parthenon

• acropolis

• polis

• olympiad

Across what body of water did Xerxes make a bridge of boats to move his army?

• Aegean Sea

• Hellespont

• Salamis Bay

• Strait of Gibralter

At what mountain-pass battle did a Spartan army (led by Leonidas) fight to its death?

• Marathon

• Salamis

• Sardinia

• Thermopylae

The alliance formed by Athens to protect Greece from further Persian attack was called the

• League of Nations

• Justus League

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

Which Persian king burned Athens?

• Darius I

• Darius II

• Solon

• Xerxes

The government of Athens under Pericles was

• a monarchy

• a tyranny

• an oligarchy

• a democracy