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1. What was the ancient Greek word for city-state?
• agora
• ostrakon
• acropolis
• polis
2. Who was the Greeks' chief god?
• Hera
• Poseidon
• Zeus
• Athena
3. What was the name of the group that voted to determine government
policy in ancient Athens?• Assembly
• Senate
• Agora
• Symposium
4. Who could be a citizen of Athens?
• anyone who was born in Athens
• any male adult
• any male or female who had at least on Athenian parent
• any male adult who was not a slave and had two Athenian parents
5. The Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey
were attributed to ...• Homer
• Symposium
• Plato
• Aristides
6. What was the main rival of Athens?
• Carthage
• Sparta
• Olympia
• Peloponnesia
7. What was most important to Spartans?
• military ability
• debating skills
• artistic ability
• shipbuilding
8. How did the Olympic Games begin?
• as a way to avoid military service
• as punishment for captured enemies
• as a funeral service for a king
• as a religious festival to honor Zeus
9. Why was the Delian League established by
Greek city-states?• to battle the Peloponnesian League led by
the Spartans
• to prepare for the growing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War
• to establish a community education program for Athenian youth
• to defend themselves against any future Persian invasions
10. What was an important Greek building, a temple to
honor Athena, called?• Acropolis
• Coliseum
• Lyceum
• Parthenon
11. Who won the Peloponnesian War?
• Peloponesia
• Sparta
• Athens
• Rome
12. What is the Socratic method?
• a question-and-answer system of learning
• a way of electing members of the Assembly
• a military strategy
• another term for the jury system
13. For Plato, one of the goals of philosophy was to
find ...• the explanations for natural
phenomena, such as lightning.
• the culprits responsible for the unjust death of Socrates.
• secrets of the future in the stars.
• the perfect forms of life in the ideal state.
14. What areas did Alexander the Great
conquer?• Western Europe
• Asia all the way to China
• Greece, Persian Empire, the Middle East
• all of Africa above the equator
15. What was Rome's chief governing body?
• Assembly
• Acropolis
• Senate
• Supreme Court
16. Which of the following did Hannibal not do during
the Second Punic War?• raid Saguntum
• attack Rome by land
• trek across the Alps
• sail across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy
17. For what is Julius Caesar remembered?
• being a great general
• craving power no matter what the cost
• starting a civil war in Rome
• all of the above
18. Why is Caesar Augustus considered one of
Rome's greatest leaders?• He enlarged the Roman Empire by
conquering Gaul.
• He established peace that lasted for a long time.
• He made Christianity a legal religion.
• all of the above
19. What was the Pax Romana?
• the long period of peace in the Roman Empire
• the words placed on public buildings in ancient Rome
• the motto of the Delian League
• the highest rank in the Roman army
20. Who were Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aeschylus?
• the most famous Spartan generals in the Peloponnesian War
• the major Athenian dramatists
• the Roman consuls appointed by Julius Caesar
• the heroes at the battle of Thermopylae
21. Which of the following was most important to
Aristotle?• truth
• warfare
• wealth
• equality
22. What did the Edict of Milan do?
• made Caesar a god
• ended the Punic Wars
• made Latin the official language of the Roman Empire
• made Christianity a legal religion in the Roman Empire
23. What do followers of Allah and students of the Koran (Qu'ran. believe in?
• Greek Orthodoxy
• Islam
• Christianity
• Judaism
24. What did the eastern part of the Roman Empire
become?• the Byzantine Empire
• Ostrogothia
• Phoenicia
• the Visigoth Empire
25. What are the White House, Capitol, and
Jefferson Memorial based on?• Roman and Spanish architecture
• Byzantine architecture
• Greek and Turkish architecture
• Greek and Roman architecture