Chapter 07 True/False Quiz

. Beginning in the early 440s BC, Pericles began establishing colonies in such western regions as Italy, Thrace, and the Black Sea.

. Once Samos rebelled against the Athenians in 440 BC, Byzantium followed suit.

. Only Athens contained an acropolis.

. The Parthenon combines both Doric and Ionic architectural styles.

. Most of the city's everyday activities, such as marketing or political debates, took place in the agora.

. The Athenian assembly met outdoors on the Pnyx.

. According to Empedocles, all substances were formed from different combinations of earth, air, fire, and water.

. The term "atom" meant "that which can be infinitely divided."

. Hippocratic medicine emphasized the discovery of spiritual explanations for all diseases.

. Herodotus sometimes invented encounters between real-life figures to make a larger historical point.

. One of Aeschylus' most significant innovations was adding a single actor to interact with the chorus.

. At the end of The Eumenides, Orestes is declared not guilty of his mother's murder on the grounds that avenging his father's death took precedence over everything else.

. The sophists were distrusted for their emphasis on rhetoric.

. When Athens demanded that Potidaea relinquish all ties to Corinth, Potidaea immediately complied.

. Beginning in the early 440s BC, Pericles began establishing colonies in such western regions as Italy, Thrace, and the Black Sea.

. Once Samos rebelled against the Athenians in 440 BC, Byzantium followed suit.

. Only Athens contained an acropolis.

. The Parthenon combines both Doric and Ionic architectural styles.

. Most of the city's everyday activities, such as marketing or political debates, took place in the agora.

. The Athenian assembly met outdoors on the Pnyx.

. According to Empedocles, all substances were formed from different combinations of earth, air, fire, and water.

. The term "atom" meant "that which can be infinitely divided."

. Hippocratic medicine emphasized the discovery of spiritual explanations for all diseases.

. Herodotus sometimes invented encounters between real-life figures to make a larger historical point.

. One of Aeschylus' most significant innovations was adding a single actor to interact with the chorus.

. At the end of The Eumenides, Orestes is declared not guilty of his mother's murder on the grounds that avenging his father's death took precedence over everything else.

. The sophists were distrusted for their emphasis on rhetoric.

. When Athens demanded that Potidaea relinquish all ties to Corinth, Potidaea immediately complied.

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