HIS 101, Unit 3 Terms

What is the period known as the 'Dark Age' in Archaic Greece?

• 1000–750 BCE

• 500–300 BCE

• 2000–1500 BCE

• 800–600 BCE

Who is the author of the Iliad and Odyssey?

• Homer

• Virgil

• Sophocles

• Euripides

What ancient games were held in Olympia and are still celebrated today?

• Olympic Games

• Commonwealth Games

• Asian Games

• Pan American Games

What term was used by the ancient Greeks to refer to themselves?

• Hellenes

• Romans

• Spartans

• Athenians

Who was the Greek god of fire and metalworking?

• Hephaestus

• Apollo

• Poseidon

• Hermes

What was the name of the famous oracle in ancient Greece?

• Oracle of Delphi

• Oracle of Athens

• Oracle of Sparta

• Oracle of Corinth

What is the Greek word for city-state?

• Polis

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Oikos

What is the name for the fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill?

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Stoa

• Theatre

What was the name for heavily armed Greek infantry soldiers?

• Hoplites

• Phalanx

• Centurions

• Samurai

What was the name for the area of southern Italy and Sicily colonized by Greeks?

• Magna Graecia

• Gallia Cisalpina

• Etruria

• Lusitania