Ch. 9 Test Review - 6th grade
Answer questions 1 - 3 and bring it on a separate sheet of paper for the test.
1.
Use the map to explain what happened at Thermopylae and why it might have prevented Athens’s defeat in
the Second Persian War.
2.
Explain why trade was important to Alexandria’s development as a major learning center.
3.
Why did the Persian Wars encourage Greek city-states to unite? How did the alliances that
resulted actually help to divide the Greeks instead? What were the results of these divisions?
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4.
Which structure is considered to be the finest example of classical Greek architecture?
a. The temple of Apollo
c. The Great Library at Alexandria
b. The stadium at Olympia
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5.
d. The Parthenon
Much of the knowledge that added to Greek learning in the Hellenistic Age came from
a. China.
c. India.
b. Egypt.
d. Persia.
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6.
Which group resented Athens’s growing power after winning the Second Persian War?
a. Sparta, members of the Peloponnesian League, and members of the Delian League
b. Only Sparta and members of the Peloponnesian League
c. Only Sparta and members of the Delian League
d. Only Sparta
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7.
The Spartan king _____ helped defend the Greeks at _____.
a. Themistocles/Salamis
c. Leonidas/Thermopylae
b. Xerxes/Salamis
d. Leonidas/Naxos
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According to this passage from The Hippocratic Oath, why might it be important for a doctor
to keep secret what he learns from a patient?
“I will prescribe treatment for the good of my patients according to my ability and never do harm to anyone.
In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients. All that I learn from my patients I
will keep secret.”
a. Because if a doctor’s treatment of a patient does not work, the doctor hopes his
reputation will not be damaged by gossip
b. Because a doctor who earns a patient’s trust will be able to treat that patient more
completely
c. Because being a doctor was highly competitive and doctors had to compete for patients
d. Because no doctor could enter a patient’s house unless there was first an oath of privacy
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9.
Why could the Persian defeat at Salamis be considered the turning point in the Second Persian War?
a. The Greek victory prevented Athens from being captured.
b. The battle broke Persian naval power in the region.
c. The Greeks turned back an invading Persian army.
d. The victory allowed the Greeks to recapture Ionia.
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10.
Which event BEST shows the spread of Hellenistic culture?
a. The division of Alexander’s empire into kingdoms
b. Alexander’s last major battle in what is now Pakistan
c. Alexander’s destruction of the city-state of Thebes
d. The creation of a new city in Egypt called Alexandria
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11.
Greek Doctors and Scientists
Name
Achievement
Aristarchus
First suggested that the Earth revolves around the sun
Aristotle
Realized that the Earth is round
Democritus
First to name “atoms,” the particles that form all matter
Eratosthenes
Used geometry to measure the size of the Earth
Hippocrates
Believed that all diseases have natural causes. Created a standard
of conduct for doctors.
Whose work can be linked to the earlier observations of Thales of Miletus?
a. Aristarchus and Democritus
c. Eratosthenes and Aristotle
b. Democritus and Eratosthenes
d. Aristotle and Aristarchus
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Each of the following ancient Greeks valued observation and the knowledge gained through
the senses in reaching scientific conclusions EXCEPT
a. Aristotle.
c. Plato.
b. Hippocrates.
d. Thales.
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weapon?
Which ancient Greek is said to have used his observations of nature to develop a military
a. Archimedes
c. Hercules
b. Achilles
d. Pythagoras
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14.
Why did the ancient Greeks study and write about the past?
a. They wanted a record of their accomplishments to look back on.
b. They believed it was important to pass knowledge on to future generations.
c. They thought that learning why past events took place would help make them wise.
d. They wanted more information about the gods for use in religious ceremonies
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15.
Which of the following best demonstrates cultural diffusion in the Hellenistic Period?
a. Greek customs that mixed with other cultures’ ideas and customs throughout
Alexander’s empire
b. The influence of the Iliad on Alexander the Great and his desire to be like Achilles
c. Alexander’s liberation of Ionia and Egypt from the Persians
d. The many new cities named after Alexander throughout his empire
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16.
Which Greek philosopher’s method of teaching his followers is still used by teachers today?
a. Aristotle
c. Socrates
b. Plato
d. Zeno
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17.
The origins of Hellenistic culture can be traced to
a. Asia.
c. Greece.
b. Egypt.
d. Macedonia.
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18.
Assistance from ____ helped Athens defeat the mighty Persian empire in 480 B.C.
a. the Egyptian army
c. the Delian League
b. Ionia
d. Sparta
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Alexander the Great’s army was said to have numbered in the tens of thousands. What
might be the impact of such a massive army as it passed through the countryside?
a. The army brought its own resources and never demanded extra food from local people.
b. The army’s need for food was so large that it might have resulted in a shortage for local
people’s needs.
c. The army captured enough food for its needs from the enemy’s supplies.
d. The army was able to purchase all of the food it needed from merchants along the way.
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20.
The defeat of which city-states was key to the Macedonians’ conquest of Greece?
a. Athens and Sparta
c. Thebes and Athens
b. Sparta and Thebes
d. Only Sparta
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21.
About how long did Alexander the Great’s empire remain united?
a. About 10 years
c. About 500 years
b. About 100 years
d. About 1000 years
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tragedies?
Which of these ancient Greek playwrights became famous for writing something other than
a. Aeschylus
c. Euripides
b. Aristophanes
d. Sophocles
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23.
Why did Sparta want to weaken Athens’s power in ancient Greece?
a. Sparta feared Athens’s control over the Delian League.
b. Sparta resented Athens’s fame as a center of art and learning.
c. Sparta feared Athens’s democratic form of government.
d. Sparta resented the power of the Delian League.
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24.
What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?
a. Athens entered a “golden age” of art and culture.
b. The Greek city-states were conquered by Macedonia.
c. Athens was forced to give up its democratic form of government.
d. The Greeks defeated an invading Persian army.
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25.
Alexandria became an important center for the study of
a. Medicine and mathematics.
c. shipbuilding.
b. weapons and warfare.
d. economics.
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26.
Which ruler was MOST responsible for uniting Greece?
a. Alexander the Great
c. Pericles
b. King Philip
d. Xerxes
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27.
The Greek author _____ used the story form known as a _____ to teach moral lessons.
a. Sophocles/tragedy
c. Aristophanes/comedy
b. Pindar/lyric poetry
d. Aesop/fable
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28.
How did Alexander keep control of Greece after his father, King Philip, died?
a. He allowed city-states to have their own governments.
b. He united the city-states in a great war against Persia.
c. He destroyed a rebellious city-state as a warning to the others.
d. He introduced Hellenistic culture to the city-states.
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Which of the following factors was MOST important in making Athens the most powerful
Greek city-state after the Persian Wars?
a. Its relationship with Sparta
c. Its democratic form of government
b. Its support for art and learning
d. Its control of the Delian League
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30.
Who was the most powerful and important of the Greek gods and goddesses?
a. Apollo
c. Hercules
b. Athena
d. Zeus
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31.
Which development eventually led to the Peloponnesian War?
a. Creation of the Peloponnesian League and the Delian League
b. Rivalry between Athens and Sparta for power in Greece
c. Athens’s jealousy over Persian support of Sparta
d. Persian attacks on Greek colonies in Ionia
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32.
In the following passage, why does Sophocles emphasize obedience as a path to wisdom?
“There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise.”
—Sophocles, Antigone
a. Because those who use big words don’t understand how to be obedient
b. Because part of being wise is knowing when to be humble and obedient
c. Because one can’t be happy if one is proud
d. Because pride in old age can lead to wisdom
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Look again at the map showing the battles of Greece and Persia. Why was the city-state of
Ionia the first Greek territory to be conquered by the Persians?
a. The Ionians were mostly farmers and had a small army that was easily defeated.
b. It was closest to the Persian empire and the farthest from the rest of the Greek citystates.
c. Darius wanted to marry a daughter of the king of Ionia.
d. Defense at home was weak because the Ionian army was away fighting the Battle of
Marathon.
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34.
According to the ancient Greeks’ beliefs, where did most of their major gods live?
a. In caves deep underground
c. On Mount Olympus
b. In the sea
d. At Delphi on Mount Parnassus
35.
Assistance from ___________ helped Athens defeat the mighty Persian empire in 480 B.C.
36.
Hades, Poseidon, and Apollo are all gods described in the stories of Greek ______________.
37.
The customs the Greeks introduced into the empire of Alexander the Great mixed with the arts and
ideas of the conquered lands to create a new form of culture called __________ culture.
38.
east.
Alexander the Great created a huge empire that spread from Egypt in the west to __________ in the
39.
The ________________ of teaching is still used by teachers today.
40.
After the Persian Wars, __________ became the most powerful city-state in ancient Greece.