Pre-Test, Weeks 19-23 (Studies Weekly)

What is another name for the Persian Empire?

• the Macedonian Empire

• the Achaemenid Empire

• the Assyrian Empire

• the Babylonian Empire

Who was the king who first created the Persian Empire?

• Darius I

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes

• Zoroaster

Who fought each other in the Persian Wars?

• Sparta and Athens

• The Romans and the Greeks

• The Greeks and the Persians

• The Egyptians and the Spartans

Who won the battle of Marathon?

• Persia

• Athens

• Sparta

• France

What famous Greek had an influence in our modern day mathematics?

• Aristole

• Thucydides

• Plato

• Euclid

In ancient Greece, who was allowed to vote?

• rich men

• women

• poor men

• both A and C

Which event began as a religious ceremony to honor Zeus?

• Aesop

• Homer

• Trojan Horse

• Olympic Games

Which peace offering was given to the people of Troy by the Spartans?

• Aesop

• Homer

• Trojan Horse

• Olympic Games

From 1929 until 1993, the country of Macedonia was part of which Balkan country?

• Yugoslavia

• Egypt

• Greece

• Albania

Alexander's famous tutor Aristotle used Homer's epic poem "The Iliad" to teach hime about the culture of the ______.

• Romans

• Macedonians

• Egyptians

• Greeks