Ancient Greece

Which of the following geographical characteristics match the overall topography of Greece?

• Broad rivers with wide flood plains

• Tremendous glaciers

• Rocky mountain chains and rolling hills

• Winding coastlines with multiple bays and peninsulas

Centered around the city of Knossos, which Greek civilization below was ruled exclusively by a thalassocracy, or an empire consisting entirely of islands and territories in the sea?

• The Mycenaeans

• The Minoans

• The Spartans

• The Macedonians

The epic poems attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are tales of the exploits of the warrior kings of this Greek civilization?

• The Mycenaeans

• The Minoans

• The Spartans

• The Macedonians

The poleis first rose to prominence in Greek history after the downfall of the ________ Civilization, and the beginning of the Greek "Dark Age"

• Mycenaean

• Minoan

• Macedonian

• Persian

Which of the following are examples of a Greek poleis?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Thebes

• Troy

The Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata are examples of epic Indian literature that we studied that glamorize warriors and their accomplishments. Which Greek figure in literature did the same thing for his culture?

• Aristophanes

• Homer

• Aristotle

• Plato

Which of the following statements about military structure in a Greek poleis is TRUE?

• Middle class citizens were responsible for their own armor and weapons and were known as hoplites.

• Upper class citizens were the only ones who could afford to raise and keep horses, so they formed the cavalry.

• Slaves were conscripted into the army to serve as human shields.

• The poleis' military consisted primarily of Persian mercenaries

Arrange the words below into the proper order to fill in the spaces in the sentence to make it true.

The Spartan government functioned as an ___________, whereas the people of Athens preferred a structure that was a _________ with occasional instances of _______, such as the rule of men like Solon and Cleisthenes.

• tyranny, oligarchy, democracy

• democracy, oligarchy, tyranny

• oligarchy, democracy, tyranny

• oligarchy, tyranny, democracy

The permanent class of slaves subjugated by and forced to work for the Spartans was known as the ______

• Helots

• Ephors

• Thebans

• Satyrs

The main source of slavery in Athens was not military conquest, like in Sparta, but instead it was ______

• Inability to repay personal debts

• Religious disagreement

• Desertion from the army

• Overflowing orphanges