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CHAPTER 1 OUR CLASSICAL HERITAGE PRACTICE QUIZ

Authored by Stephen Ragland

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6th - 8th Grade

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CHAPTER 1 OUR CLASSICAL HERITAGE PRACTICE QUIZ
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Which statement identifies an important influence of ancient Greece on the founders of the American constitutional republic?

The founders adopted democratic principles.
The founders based their laws on ethical ideas of justice.

The founders established a representative form of government.

The founders created a government with a separation of powers.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

In ancient Athens, all adult male citizens were able to vote in the Assembly, the legislative body that decided on important issues facing polis. What did the practice illustrate?

The separation of powers
Representative government
The rise of democratic principles
The protection of individual rights

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Which characteristics did the government of the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece share with the government of ancient Rome?

Republicanism
Civic Participation
Separation of Powers
Representative Government

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The diagram shows the impact of an important tradition.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

Voting Rights

Republicanism

Separation of powers

Ethical ideas of justice

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

The statement below was made in a speech by Pericles, the leader of Athens, around 430 B.C. " Our Government does not copy the laws of our neighbors. Instead, it serves as an example to them. We are called a democracy because our government is in the hands of the many and not of the few..." How did the example mentioned in this speech influence the founders of the American constitutional republic, 2,500 years later?

They designed a system of checks and balance
They gave political power to an all-powerful ruler
They created a government of elected representatives.
They placed the final power of government in ordinary citizens.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

The passage below was written by John Adams in his book Defence of the Constitution of Government of the United States of America (1787). The Republic of Athens, the school mistress of the whole civilized world, for more than a thousand years in arts, eloquence and philosophy.... was for a short period... the most democratical commonwealth in Greece." Based on the passage, with which statement about ancient Athens would Adams have agreed?

Its government protected individual rights.
Its government was based on majority rule.
Its government was based on ethical ideas of justice.
Its government was controlled by an all-powerful dictator.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

The statement below was sent by George Washington to John Burgoyne, a leading British general, during the American Revolution. "The associated armies in America act from the noblest motives, liberty. These same principles [inspired] the arms of Rome in the days of glory..." Which conclusion can be drawn from this statement?

The ancient Romans believed all individuals were equal in the eyes of God.
Washington hoped to make himself as powerful as the emperors of ancient Rome.
Washington was inspired by the example of ancient Romans who defended Republicanism.
The Romans created a Separation of powers to protect their form of republican government.

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