Ancient Greece

Heavily armed infantry men or food soldiers are known as ___

• phalanx

• spartans

• cavalry

• hoplites

Athenians devised the practice of ___ to promote themselves against overly ambitious politicians

• tyranny

• ostracism

• democracy

• warfare

In order to know the will of the gods, the Greeks consulted a(n) ___

• oracle

• Delphi

• festival

• temple

___ comes from the Greek word that means "love of wisdom"

• Literature

• Theatre

• Philosophy

• Mathematics

How did the physical geography of Greece affect the Greeks?

• It helped to make their city-states fiercely independent

• It encouraged them to focus on the truth and beauty

• It was one of the factors that made them fierce, skilled warriors

• It prevented them from making contact with other civilizations

How did Cleisthenes create the foundation for democracy in Athens?

• By declaring war on Sparta

• By creating an Athenian assembly

• By giving aristocrats land to the poor

• By discouraging the study of the arts

What brought Sparta and Athens together as allies?

• The common values, beliefs, and culture

• The movement of the Delian League of Athens

• The threat of the Persian Empire

• The Great Peloponnesian War

Who benefited from the power struggles of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes?

• Philip II of Macedonia

• The Delian Leauge

• Women in all three societies

• Pericles of Athens

Which of the following is true of Aristole?

• He developed the Pythagorean theorem

• He designed the Parthenon, the greatest example of the classical Greek temple

• He defined the subject of logic

• He is considered the greatest historian of the ancient world.

Which fo the following best describes Sparta?

• A city-state that valued alliance with other cultures

• A Macedonian democracy

• A strict society run by helots

• A military state focused on the art of war