Chapter 3 Quiz

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. The first Greek culture was called the _______.

Hittites correct incorrect

Amphorans correct incorrect

Mycenaeans correct incorrect

Trojans correct incorrect

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. Linear A and Linear B are _______.

Styles of column correct incorrect

Architectural styles correct incorrect

Forms of poetry correct incorrect

Early written scripts correct incorrect

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. Scholars call the culture which predated the Mycenaeans on the island of Crete _______.

Your response

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. The legendary Greek poet known as Homer composed _______. (Select all that apply)

The Iliad correct incorrect

Romeo and Juliet correct incorrect

The Odyssey correct incorrect

The Aeneid correct incorrect

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. The Greek Dark Age, part of a wider catastrophe in the Near East, began around what year?

Your response

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. The widely-spread Greek colonies maintained cultural unity with mainland Greece thanks to: (Select all that apply)

Their hierarchical government run from the Greek mainland correct incorrect

Swift communication by sea correct incorrect

Panhellenic festivals and games correct incorrect

Constant contact with other cultures correct incorrect

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. The individual soldiers in a Greek phalanx were known as _______

Phalanxites correct incorrect

Archers correct incorrect

Infantry correct incorrect

Hoplites correct incorrect

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. The Archaic Era was full of social strife in Greek city-states because the growing importance of commoners in the phalanx _______.

Led them to demand political power. correct incorrect

Led them to start invading other countries. correct incorrect

Led to them trying to dominate colonies. correct incorrect

Led to the rise of socialism. correct incorrect

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. Citizenship in a Greek polis was _______.

Only for men. correct incorrect

Hereditary. correct incorrect

Open to all residents. correct incorrect

Earned, never granted. correct incorrect

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. The cult of masculinity that dominated Greek culture was the result of _______.

The low numbers of women in the population. correct incorrect

Their religion, which promoted a patriarchal society. correct incorrect

The warlike nature of their society correct incorrect

The importance of childbearing in ancient societies and the respect that role earned women. correct incorrect

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. Lyric and elegy are both forms of _______.

Your response

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. The two greatest lyric poets of ancient Greece were _______ and _______.

Homer correct incorrect

Sappho correct incorrect

Pindar correct incorrect

Aeneas correct incorrect

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. Spartan militarization was driven by the need to _______.

Conquer Greece. correct incorrect

Create an empire in the Mediterranean. correct incorrect

Keep their slave population in check. correct incorrect

Counter the threat from Athens. correct incorrect

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. Slaves in Sparta _______.

Performed all agricultural and craft labor correct incorrect

were used as foot soldiers in the army. correct incorrect

Were treated as beloved members of their families correct incorrect

Were few and far between correct incorrect

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. The Ionian League, a confederation of Greek poleis, was led by _______.

Ionia correct incorrect

Sparta correct incorrect

Miletus correct incorrect

Athens correct incorrect

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. The reliance on reason as the basis for establishment of truth is also known as _______.

Your response

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. The "father of Athenian democracy" was _______.

Socrates correct incorrect

Pericles correct incorrect

Clesithenes correct incorrect

Alexander correct incorrect

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. The Athenian ekklesia was _______.

The legislative assembly correct incorrect

The aristocratic governing body correct incorrect

Imposed on them by a tyrant correct incorrect

A powerless assembly of residents correct incorrect

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. In Athens, officeholders served _______.

A constitutional monarch correct incorrect

An all-powerful tyrant correct incorrect

The city and its constitution correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The Persian Wars happened in the 5th century BCE between Persia and

Your response

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. The mainland city which came to the aid of the Ionian poleis in the Persian War was _______.

Miletus correct incorrect

Athens correct incorrect

Sparta correct incorrect

Thebes correct incorrect

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. A trireme was ______.

A warship correct incorrect

A chariot correct incorrect

A calvary unit correct incorrect

A type of cannon correct incorrect

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Based on Map 3.2, how would you say Greek poleis likely communicated with each other?

By road correct incorrect

By sea correct incorrect

By messenger pigeon correct incorrect

They had little communication correct incorrect

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Looking at the image of the vase on the right, which depicts an athletic contest, what does the image indicate about Greek society?

Athletes were treated like gods correct incorrect

Athletes were considered lower class correct incorrect

Greeks valued physical strength and fitness correct incorrect

None of the above. correct incorrect

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Based on this photo of the Battle of Salamis, what was the main source of power for Greek triremes? Select all that apply.

Engine correct incorrect

Oars correct incorrect

Sails correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect