Chapter 3

Classical Greece

(ca. 1650 –338 B.C.)

Question

Since the Neolithic period, ___________ has provided the basis for Greek society.

a) agriculture b) pottery c) ship-building d) weapon-making

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Answer

Since the Neolithic period, ___________ has provided the basis for Greek society.

a) agriculture (correct) b) pottery c) ship-building d) weapon-making

Hint: See page 63.

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Question

Which of the following was NOT an Athenian dramatist?

a) Aristophanes b) Euripides c) Sophocles d) Aeschylus

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Answer

Which of the following was NOT an Athenian dramatist?

a) Aristophanes (correct) b) Euripides c) Sophocles d) Aeschylus

Hint: See page 76.

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Question

The modern city of ________ in France began as a Greek colony.

a) Marseilles b) Lyon c) Paris d) Orléans

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Answer

The modern city of ________ in France began as a Greek colony.

a) Marseilles (correct) b) Lyon c) Paris d) Orléans

Hint: See page 67.

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Question

The idea that the states of Greece, whether large or small, should live together in peace and freedom, each enjoying its own laws and customs, was known as a) Federalism.

b) Common Peace.

c) the Unity of Greece.

d) hegemony.

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Answer

The idea that the states of Greece, whether large or small, should live together in peace and freedom, each enjoying its own laws and customs, was known as a) Federalism.

b) Common Peace. (correct) c) the Unity of Greece.

d) hegemony.

Hint: See page 87.

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Question

All of the following were geographical areas of

Greece EXCEPT a) Laconia.

b) Thessaly.

c) Polis.

d) Attica.

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Answer

All of the following were geographical areas of

Greece EXCEPT a) Laconia.

b) Thessaly.

c) Polis. (correct) d) Attica.

Hint: See page 59.

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Question

The Iliad and Odyssey are attributed to a) Hesiod.

b) Minos.

c) Homer.

d) Sappho.

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Answer

The Iliad and Odyssey are attributed to a) Hesiod.

b) Minos.

c) Homer. (correct) d) Sappho.

Hint: See page 61.

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Question

All of Greece, EXCEPT ________, was united in one political body under the leadership of Philip II.

a) Sparta b) Athens c) Thebes d) Macedonia

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Answer

All of Greece, EXCEPT ________, was united in one political body under the leadership of Philip II.

a) Sparta (correct) b) Athens c) Thebes d) Macedonia

Hint: See page 89.

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Question

The basis of Cleisthenes’s political system was the a) boule.

b) demos.

c) aristocrats.

d) deme.

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Answer

The basis of Cleisthenes’s political system was the a) boule.

b) demos.

c) aristocrats.

d) deme. (correct)

Hint: See page 69.

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Question

The last Athenian fleet was destroyed by _______ at the Battle of Aegospotami, thus ending the

Peloponnesian War.

a) Pericles b) Lysander c) Alcibiades d) Cleon

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Answer

The last Athenian fleet was destroyed by _______ at the Battle of Aegospotami, thus ending the

Peloponnesian War.

a) Pericles b) Lysander (correct) c) Alcibiades d) Cleon

Hint: See page 74.

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Question

“Isonomia,” as an ideal form of government, was used in a) Sparta.

b) Corinth.

c) Athens.

d) Thebes.

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Answer

“Isonomia,” as an ideal form of government, was used in a) Sparta.

b) Corinth. (correct) c) Athens.

d) Thebes.

Hint: See page 65.

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