Greece and Rome Quiz

Which statement best summarizes the difference between Sparta and Athens?

• Sparta stressed stern discipline, while Athens glorified the Individual

• Athens stressed stern discipline, while Sparta glorified the Individual

• Sparta was a military power, while Athens had no military

• Athens was an oligarchy, while Sparta was a democracy

Which philosopher thought we could discover the ideal society through pure reason?

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Plato

• Darius

Which is: "government by the people"

• Democracy

• Aristocracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

What is the Roman name for a privileged, landowning, upper-class citizen?

• patrician

• dictator

• plebeian

• spartan

How did Romans supply their cities with water?

• Romans built cities where there were natural springs

• Romans only built cities on the banks of rivers

• Roman engineers built aquaducts that carried water to the cities

• Romans relied exclusively on abundant rainfall

Which city-state on the northern coast of Africa fought three wars against Rome?

• Carthage

• Thebes

• Egypt

• Sardinia

Who was the Roman leader appointed dictator in 44 BCE and then assassinated that same year?

• Brutus

• Caesar

• Octavian

• Sulla

Greek Sophists taught the art of skillful and persuasive speaking called...

• rhetoric

• tragedy

• slander

• legislature

Which city-state dominated Greece after the Persian Wars?

• Athens

• Macedonia

• Sparta

• Persia

Which war ended Athenian dominance in Greece as Sparta took control?

• Peloponnesian War

• Persian War

• Punic War

• War of the Orders