Ancient Greece Chapters 1-9

What is the Socratic method?

• A question and answer system of learning

• a way of electing members of the Assembly

• a military strategy

• another term for the jury system

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

• Peloponnesus

• Athens

• Sparta

• Rome

For Plato, one of the goals of philosophy was to find

• the explanations for natural phenomena, such as lightning

• the culprits responsible for the unjust death of Socrates

• secrets of the future in the stars

• the perfect forms of life in the ideal state

What was an important Greek building, a temple to honor Athena, called?

• Acropolis

• Lyceum

• Colosseum

• Parthenon

Why was the Delian League established by Greek city-states?

• To battle the Peloponnesian League led by the Spartans

• to prepare for the growing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War

• to establish a community education program for Athenian youth

• to defend themselves against any future Persian invasions

How did the Olympic Games begin?

• as a way to avoid military service

• as a funeral service for a king

• as punishment for captured enemies

• as a religious festival to honor Zeus

What was most important to Spartans?

• military ability

• artistic ability

• debating skills

• shipbuilding

What city-state was the main rival of Athens?

• Carthage

• Olympia

• Sparta

• Peloponnesus

The Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey were said to have been written by

• Homer

• Plato

• Aristides

• Socrates

Who could be a citizen of Athens?

• Anyone who born in Athens

• Any male adult

• Any male or female adult who had at least one Athenian parent

• any male adult who was not enslaved and had two Athenian parents