Classical Greece

Who introduced direct democracy in Athens?

• Solon

• Cleisthenes

• Alexander

• Pericles

How did Athens benefit from forming the Delian League?

• Athens drew military and political leaders from the league

• Athens paid the league to conquer neighboring city-states

• Athens relied on the league to expand its colonies

• Athens used league money to build a powerful navy

Who is ancient Greek king of the gods?

• Apollo

• Poseidon

• Zeus

• Hermes

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

• Sicily became a Greek colony

• Sparta destroyed the Athenian fleet

What did Phillip II of Macedonia want to do?

• ally with Thebes

• colonize Egypt

• conquer Persia

• destroy Sparta

Who accomplished Philip's II military goal?

• Alexander

• Aristotle

• Pericles

• Sophocles

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

• from Egypt to Spain

• from Greece to India

• from Italy to Macedonia

• from Macedonia to Persia

Who left a lasting legacy in philosophical thinking?

• Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles

• Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

• Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

• Homer, Aesop, and Aristophanes

Which Greek historians recorded events in Ancient Greece?

• Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles

• Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

• Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

• Homer, Aesop, and Aristophanes