S2 Greece Review

On this map, Greece is...

• Blue
• Green
• Yellow
• Pink

How did the geography of Greece impacted the early Greek societies development?

• Large flatlands suitable for farming

• Mountainous terrain causing city states to be very isolated and develop independently

• Arid deserts not habitable

• On a Peninsula with few nearby islands not suitable for sea trade or developing ships

The war fought between the two major city states, which really was a Greek civil war, was

• The Persian wars

• The battle of Marathon

• The Peloponnesian War

• The Punic Wars

Athens control of the Delian League led to the rising tension between Sparta and Athens, this started the ____________ War

• Thermopylae

• Peloponnesian

• The Last Stand of The 300

• The 25 year Wall War

By 750 B.C., the __________, or city state, became the central focus of Greek life

• agora

• polis

• pantheon

• hoplite

Which of the following was the city state which totally focused on a military of highly disciplined men beginning at age 7?

• Marathon

• Athens

• Thessaloniki

• Sparta

The city state which focused on philosophy, arts, theater, and government was

• Athens

• Sparta

• Marathon

• Thermopylae

Herodotus recorded in writing the events of the Greek civil war. Because of this, historians have come to know him as what?

• A tyrant of Sparta

• The first Greek General

• The first writer of a novel

• The father of history

“Achilles was the greatest of Greece's warriors, the leader of fighters known as the Myrmidons. He wore impenetrable armor that was a gift from the god Zeus. He drove a chariot

drawn by immortal horses. Of all Greece’s warriors, the Trojans feared him the most.”

The above quote would have most likely appeared in a

• Greek Epic

• Greek Philosophy

• Greek Acropolis

• Greek Comedy

The Philosopher created the Academy

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates