Ch. 8 Review - Greek Civilization

Who said, "Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I will move the earth?"

• Philip II

• Homer

• Euripedes

• Archimedes

Socrates disagreed with the Sophists about __________.

• freedom of speech

• whether absolute right and wrong existed

• teaching methods

• whether students should be taught how to debate

Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor from Persian rule?

• Philip II

• Demosthenes

• Alexander the Great

• Euclid

The Greeks performed rituals because __________.

• it was part of their Christian beliefs

• they hoped to influence the decisions of gods and goddesses

• they liked to dance

• they believed that ancestors could influence their destinies

__________ was Greece's northern neighbor.

• Macedonia

• Thebes

• Egypt

• Rome

__________ told King Ptolemy that "there is no royal way to learn geometry."

• Euclid

• Pythagoras

• Aristotle

• Poseidon

How did Aristotle's idea of government differ from Plato's?

• Aristotle thought the ideal government was a direct democracy.

• Aristotle thought democracy was not a good system of government.

• Aristotle thought ordinary citizens should have some part in government.

• Their ideas did not differ at all.

Aesop's life shows that __________.

• slavery in Greece was not necessarily a lifelong condition

• Greek rulers were deeply moral people

• Greeks believed epic poems were real history

• Greeks slaves were deeply moral people

Greeks thought their gods and goddesses __________.

• were perfect

• were imperfect

• lived in heaven

• controlled human destinies

Before Euripedes began to write drama, most Greek plays __________.

• were comedies

• were about heroes and gods

• were tragedies

• made fun of politicians and scholars