Chapter 3, BJU, Ancient World History

The leading commercial center of the early mainland Aegean civilization was

• Knossos

• Minos

• Mycenae

• Troy

The Olympic Games were originally held in honor of

• Apollo

• Athena

• Poseidon

• Zeus

The basic political unit of Greece was the

• Acropolis

• Olympiad

• Parthenon

• Polis

The Spartan way of life centered on

• Artistic abilities

• Military Training

• Philosophical Writing

• Religious ceremonies

Sparta formed which league to thwart the advance of Athenian democracy

• Corinthian League

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• Spartan League

At what mountain pass battle did a Spartan army fight to its death?

• Marathon

• Salamis

• Thermopylae

• Sardinia

Which Persian king burned Athens?

• Darius I

• Darius III

• Solon

• Xerxes

The alliance formed by Athens to protect Greece from further Persian attack was called the

• Corinthian League

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• Spartan League

The government of Athens under Pericles was

• A monarchy

• A tyranny

• An oligarchy

• A democracy

The Peloponnesian War developed over

• Succession in the Spartan government

• Succession in the Athenian government

• A rivalry between Athens and Sparta

• A rivalry between Persia and Greece