Chapter 5 Section 1-4
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____1.From artwork historians have learned that Minoan life was tied to the sea.
____2.Greek drama had its roots in Athens and was created as part of religious festivals honoring Dionysus, the god of wine and celebration.
____3.Democratic city-states were the basic political unit in the Hellenistic world.
____4.After the death of Alexander the Great, Seleucus became the pharaoh of Egypt.
____5.Alexander the Great built the largest empire the world had ever seen.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____6.After the fall of Mycenaean society
a. / the city of Troy was destroyed in battle.b. / Minoan society emerged on Crete.
c. / the first Greeks appeared on the Greek mainland.
d. / Greek civilization almost disappeared.
____7.The city-state of Sparta was characterized by
a. / democratic institutions.b. / an emphasis on temple worship.
c. / an emphasis on warfare.
d. / dependence upon the sea.
____8.Which of the following gods or goddesses was the deity of war?
a. / Athena / c. / Herab. / Apollo / d. / Ares
____9.Which of the following leaders set the stage for Athenian democracy by breaking up the power of noble families?
a. / Peisistratus / c. / Solonb. / Cleisthenes / d. / Draco
____10.What was the result of the first Persian invasion?
a. / The Persians won but Darius was killed in the battle.b. / The Athenians won.
c. / The Spartans won.
d. / Ionia won its independence.
____11.The Battle of Salamis was significant because it
a. / finally exacted revenge for Darius’s defeat in Athens.b. / made a small force of Spartans martyrs for the Greek cause.
c. / marked the first time the Spartans and Athenians cooperated in battle.
d. / stranded the Persian army in Greece without naval support.
____12.Study the map titled “The Peloponnesian War.” According to the map, which side controlled much of the territory surrounding the Aegean Sea during the Peloponnesian War?
a. / the Delian League / c. / neutral statesb. / the Peloponnesian League / d. / Persia
____13.Study the map titled “The Peloponnesian War.” What statement about the Peloponnesian War is best supported by the map?
a. / Athens and Sparta were both members of the Delian League.b. / The Persian Empire sent a navy to aid Athens.
c. / Athens needed ships to communicate with its allies.
d. / Ionia refused to enter the Delian League.
“Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils—no, nor the human race.”
—from the Republic
____14.Read the excerpt from the Republic. Who was the writer of this work?
a. / Socrates / c. / Periclesb. / Plato / d. / Aristotle
____15.Which of the following historians examined his sources critically and excluded those that were unreliable?
a. / Herodotus / c. / Thucydidesb. / Homer / d. / Zenophon
____16.Which of the following playwrights wrote the tragedy about Oedipus?
a. / Aeschylus / c. / Aristophanesb. / Sophocles / d. / Euripides
____17.Greek murals or wall paintings often
a. / realistically portrayed daily life.b. / showed scenes from the Iliad and the Odyssey.
c. / illustrated the daily news.
d. / used Christian imagery.
____18.“What is truth?” is a question associated with
a. / Socrates. / c. / Aristotle.b. / Homer. / d. / Aristophanes.
____19.Who took the throne in Macedonia after King Philip II was assassinated?
a. / Alexander / c. / Darius IIb. / Philip III / d. / Archimedes
____20.In the Hellenistic world, the city-state was replaced as the main political unit by the
a. / kingdom. / c. / assembly.b. / polis. / d. / military.
____21.Alexander’s empire did not grow any larger because
a. / his generals began fighting for power. / c. / his soldiers wanted to return home.b. / the Hindu Kush defeated him. / d. / he reached all his goals.
____22.New schools of philosophy developed during the Hellenistic period, in part because
a. / people sought ways to explain the violence and bloodshed of the period.b. / people rejected the Greek gods.
c. / Alexander brought philosophers together from all over his empire.
d. / classical philosophy absorbed ideas from other cultures.
____23.Which of the following gods or goddesses was the deity of wisdom?
a. / Athena / c. / Herab. / Apollo / d. / Ares
____24.Why did the Persian emperor Darius attack the Greek mainland?
a. / to gain control of Greece’s vast natural resourcesb. / to exact revenge for the Athenians’ victory at Marathon
c. / to kidnap Helen, the beautiful queen of Athens
d. / to punish Athens for aiding the Ionians in their revolt against Persian rule
____25.Macedonia was able to take control of all of Greece in the 340s BC because
a. / the Persian Empire had soundly defeated Athens and Sparta.b. / a terrible plague had weakened Athens and Sparta.
c. / a long cycle of warfare left all of Greece vulnerable to attack.
d. / Xerxes was a brilliant commander of the Macedonian army.
Completion
Complete each statement.
26.Two distinct cultures developed in early Greece, the Minoans and the ______.
27.The ______, or city-state, was the basic political unit in Greece.
28.Many heroes of Greek stories were brought to tragic end by their ______, or great pride.
29.The ______taught that people should seek out pleasure and try to avoid pain.
30.The Macedonian king ______conquered every major city-state in Greece except Sparta before his assassination.
Matching
Select the letter of the term, person, or place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
a. / Euclid / j. / Minoansb. / Cynicism / k. / Philip II
c. / frescoes / l. / Draco
d. / Darius / m. / reason
e. / The Histories / n. / agora
f. / Mycenaeans / o. / Antigonus
g. / the Iliad / p. / phalanx
h. / helots / q. / Xerxes
i. / drama / r. / oligarchy
____31.The art of playwriting
____32.Public marketplace where people did business, gossiped, and discussed politics
____33.Spartan slaves
____34.Led the second Persian invasion of Greece
____35.The richest source of information about the Minoan way of life
____36.Clear and ordered thinking
____37.Rule by a few individuals
____38.Philosophy that rejected pleasure, wealth, and social responsibility
____39.Conquered every major city-state in Greece except Sparta
____40.Considered to be the first Greeks