Review Test

Test answers
1. Huang He
- China
2. Nile
- Egypt
3. Euphrates
- Mesopotamia
4. Indus
- India
5. Mississippi
- United States
6. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Greece?
- Most land is suitable for farming
7. Approximately____ of Greece is covered by mountains.
- 3/4
8. These sea people invaded Mycenae, burning palace after palace.
- Dorians
9. Which was not one of the main crops grown by the ancient Greeks?
- Corn
10. Which of these is a large island off the southeast coast of Greece?
- Crete
11. This the government in which the state is ruled by a king?
- Monarchy
12. this the government in which the state is ruled by the land-owning nobility.
- Aristocracy
13. This is an alternative form of government in which an alliance was formed with well-armed soldiers to rule outside the framework of the polis.
- Tyranny
14. From 1600 BC to 1200 BC, Greece was dominated by_____ kings.
- Mycenaean
15. Which of the following a not a characteristic of the period from 1150 BC to 750 BC?
- Dorians planted the seed of democracy
16. He and his Spartan allies were driven from power by the very first "people's revolution."
- Isagoras
17.Who was the leader who ushered in the age of democracy in Greece?
- Cleisthenes
18. What was the name for the meeting where aristocrats would drink, party, and discuss politics?
- Symposium
19. Who composed narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds?
- Homer
20. Who was the ruler of the Greek Gods?
- Zeus
21. Who was the goddess of wisdom, and Zeus' favorite child?
- Athena
22. The fortified hilltop at the center of Athens was known as the
- Acropolis
23. A narrative poem that celebrates heroic deeds is a(n)
- epic
24. A story about gods, such as the stories created by the Greeks as a way to understand nature and human passions, is a(n)
- Myth
25. A battle formation in which foot soldiers stood side by side, holding overlapping spears and shields, is a
- Phalanx
26. This was a three-level Athenian battleship which was rowed by up to 170 men.
- Trireme
27. The public center which served as both a market and a place to exchange ideas was the
- Agora
28. The narrative poem which described the events of the Trojan War was
- The Iliad
29.The narrative poem which told of the adventures of a war hero trying to return home was
- The Odyssey
30. Citizen-soldier who were expected to fight for their homeland were
- hoplites
31. This was a magnificent building which housed a giant statue of Athena
- Parthenon
32. This war was fought between Athens and Sparta for almost 30 years.
- Peloponnesian War
33.This was a porting competition where the common man could actually compete against aristocrats.
- Olympics
34. This is a notion of excellence and virtue; the act of living up to one's full potential.
- arete
35. This city-state was the birthplace of democracy and the head of the Delian League.
- Athens
36. He was the prominent leader during Athens' Golden Age.
- Pericles
37. This prominent city-state had a fearsome infantry and was located in southeastern Peloponnese.
- Sparta
38. This was the god of the sea, rivers, the floods and the earthquakes.
- Poseidon
39. He was sentenced to death by a jury of his peers
- Socrates
40. He wrote out The Apology, which related the word and teaching of another philosopher
- Plato
41. he ran an influential school called The Lyceum
- Aristotle
42. He tutored Alexander the Great
- Aristotle
43. He developed a method of asking questions to develop critical thing
- Socrates
44. He developed The Allegory of the Cave
- Plato
45. Death of Socrates
- 399 BCE
46. the Dorian Age
- 1150-750 BCE
47. The common Greeks revolt against their leaders
- 508 BCE
48. Mycenaeans kings dominate Greece
- Around 1600 BCE
49. Homer composed his narrative poems
- 1150-750 BC
50. Which of the following modern-day countries would not be considered a member of "Western civilization"?
- China