HISTORY- QUIMESTRAL EVALUATION

Can you distinguish what concept is the definition about?

The Persian Empire, which is sometimes called the__________________, was enormous, stretching from Anatolia (we now call this Turkey) and Egypt across to the north of India and Central Asia. It lasted from 550-330 B.C.

• Chaldean Empire

• Achaemenid Empire

• Macedonian Empire

• Seleucid Empire

What option contains the words to complete the statement?

Subservience to the _________the Persians lived just east of the Tigris and Euphrates valley. They probably descended from_______________, whose descendants are sometimes called Indo-Europeans. The Persian situation change drastically, when _____________began to lead them.

• Medes, Noah’s son Shem, Cyrus the Great

• Medes, Noah’s son Aram, Darius the Great

• Medes, Noah’s son Ham, Xerxes

• Medes, Noah’s son Japhet, Cyrus the Great

What is the correct order of the periods of Greek history?

1.       Hellenistic Period

2.       Archaic Period

3.       The Dark Ages

4.       Classical Period

• 2, 4, 1, 3

• 3, 2, 4, 1

• 4, 1, 3, 2

• 2, 3, 1, 4

Can you distinguish which of following events don’t belong to the Hellenistic period

1.       This period doesn’t last a large time period.

2.       Alexander the Great become the main character and representative of this period.

3.       Ancient Greece was devastated by war and eventually invasion by the Dorians.

4.       The democratic system was fully created and implemented.

5.       The Greeks conquered the Persians

• 1, 3, 5

• 3, 4

• 4, 3, 5

• 2, 3

Answer true or false to the following statements

1.    Homer was the author of Iliad and Odyssey. T    F

2.    Greek was the official language only in certain City-States. T    F

3.    Zeus Is the god of the sky, and is considered the ruler, protector, and father of all gods and humans. T    F

4.    Apollo was recognized as the god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. T    F

• 1T, 2T, 3F, 4F

     

• 1F, 2F, 3T, 4T

• 1T, 2F, 3T, 4F

•    1T, 2F, 3F, 4T

Can you distinguish what of the following options doesn’t belong

to the Greco- Persian Wars

•         

  Thermopylae

•         Marathon

•       Punic

• Salamis

• Platea

Can you recognize what characteristics belong to each city state? (look at the picture)

• 1b, c, f ; 2a, d, e

• 1 a, c, f ; 2b, d, e

• 1b, e, f ; 2a, c, d

• 1a, b, f ; 2c, d, e

What option justify the following statement?

The Peloponnesian Wars were a series of military conflicts in Ancient Greece between

• Athens and Sparta

• Corinth and Thebes

• Rhodes and Athens

• Syracuse and Sparta

Answer true or false to the following statements

1.       To the ancient Greeks, philosophy was a pursuit of truth and inquiry into the nature of the universe. T    F

2.       Zeno is often considered the first Western philosopher.   T    F

3.       There were 19 inspirational muses.  T    F

4.       Drama was a critical art of ancient Greek life.     T    F

• 1T, 2T, 3F, 4F

• 1F, 2F, 3T, 4T

• 1T, 2F, 3F, 4T

• 1F, 2T, 3T, 4F

What option contains the words to complete the statement?

 

Alexander III of Macedon ____________He succeeded his father, _______________, to the throne in 336 BC at the age of ____________.

• 554- 534 B.C.; Philip II; 26

• 552- 536 B.C.; Philip II; 24

• 550- 538 B.C.; Philip II; 22

•      556- 532 B.C.; Philip II; 20