Greece and Rome

What effect did the geography of ancient Greece have on its early development?

• The mountainous terrain led to the creation of city-states.

• A lack of natural seaports limited communication.

• An inland location hindered trade and colonization.

• Abundant natural resources encouraged self-sufficiency.

What is a government run by the people known as?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

Which of the following is true regarding Athens and Sparta?

• They were monotheistic.

• Athens was ruled by a democracy, whereas Sparta was governed by two kings.

• Women in Athens had more rights than the women in Sparta.

• Sparta was ruled by a democracy, whereas Athens was governed by two kings.

Which of the following is not an achievement of the Ancient Greeks?

• Republic

• Geometry

• Philosophy

• Democracy

Who created the lever and pulley?

• Euclid

• Pythagoras

• Homer

• Archimedes

Who wrote the Republic which described an ideal society in which philosophers would serve as kings?

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Alexander the Great

Who tutored Alexander and believed that an ideal leader should be a virtuous one?

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Plato

• Archimedes

Who used a questioning strategy and was eventually forced to kill himself for being accused of corrupting the youth?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Alexander the Great

• Socrates

Who wrote the Iliad?

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Homer

Who spread a Hellenistic culture throughout the many lands he conquered?

• Julius Caesar

• Alexander the Great

• Cleopatra

• Crassus