Question 1

Which sentence best describes the structure of the Spartan government circa 600 B.C.E.?

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A)   Sparta was organized and led by a core of military generals who were elected annually before the spring campaigns.
B)   Sparta was ruled by a citizen assembly, a council of elders, and two kings.
C)   Sparta was a democracy modeled after the government of its rival, Athens.
D)   Sparta was ruled by a cadre of military officers.
E)   Sparta was an oligarchy ruled by a small group of wealthy merchants.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Solon was an aristocrat who had made his name and fortune as a hoplite soldier and thus had the respect of every faction in Athenian society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Sparta:

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A)   required all citizens to do manual labor in order to preserve equality between them.
B)   depended on the enslaved labor of helots.
C)   relied on an elite, professional, mercenary army.
D)   relied on its navy for self-defense.
E)   devoted itself to the arts and to the preservation of the culture of the past.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 4

The catalyst of the Persian Wars was:

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A)   the imperial concerns of the Persians.
B)   a revolt instigated by the Ionian Greeks against the Persians.
C)   the imperial concerns of the Greeks.
D)   a dispute between Sparta and Athens that the Persians were asked to resolve.
E)   the unprovoked invasion of Euboea by the Persians.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

By the sixth century B.C.E.,the Greeks founded numerous colonies around the Mediterranean basin.The most historically significant colonies were located in:

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A)   France and North Africa.
B)   Anatolia and Italy.
C)   Syria and the Black Sea.
D)   Egypt and Palestine.
E)   the Levant and Mesopotamia.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 6

The Spartans failed to come to the aid of the Athenians during the battle of Marathon because they were occupied in putting down a helot rebellion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What was the effect of rising democracy on the position of women in Athens?

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Question 8

What form of government did Sparta impose on the defeated Athenians and their allies?

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A)   Democracy
B)   Oligarchy
C)   Aristocracy
D)   Tyranny
E)   MonarchyF) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 9

According to the historian Thucydides,the Peloponnesian War began:

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A)   as a way to permanently remove the Persian threat from the Aegean Sea.
B)   because Sparta feared the growing power of Athens.
C)   to facilitate the expansion of Athens into Syracuse (Sicily) .
D)   because Athens failed to support the Delian League.
E)   when Sparta's imperial ambitions threatened the Greeks north of the Peloponnesus.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

What changes occurred in ninth centuryB.C.E.that contributed to the rise of the polis?

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Contacts between the Greeks and Phoenicians intensified,bringing the Greeks and the Phoenician alphabet,the artistic and literary traditions of the Near East,and the design for merchant vessels that allowed the Greeks to take up seafaring as a means of trade and piracy.Accompanying this revival in seafaring was a massive population expansion.Both trade and population growth meant that more Greeks began moving back to the seaside cities and making contacts with other islands and Asia Minor,foreshadowing the colonial explosion of the eighth century.The rapidly growing cities necessitated some degree of economic,political,and social cooperation among the inhabitants.The result of this cooperation was the polis: a social collective that provided much needed organization.

Question 11

The study of philosophy in mainland Greece concerned itself with studying abstractions to understand the essence of the universe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The relationship of the Archaic Greeks to their gods was:

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A)   one of trust.
B)   one of suspicion.
C)   impersonal.
D)   personal.
E)   ambivalent.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 13

The "Ionian revolution in thought," epitomized by Xenophanes and other philosophers from Miletus,can best be described as:

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A)   communism.
B)   cynicism.
C)   relativism.
D)   philosophical universalism.
E)   Neoplatonism.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

The growing class of aristocrats at the end of the early age of Greece made their wealth by:

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A)   heavy taxation of the temples.
B)   engaging in trade and commercial enterprises.
C)   conquest and colonization.
D)   exploiting the discovery of new silver mines in the highlands.
E)   piracy and plundering the peasant class.F) A) and E)
G) C) and E) B

Question 15

Why were the Sophists considered to be dangerous?

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Sophists argued that ideals such as good...

Question 16

Herodotus and Thucydides helped to develop prose as an acceptable literary form by writing:

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A)   plays.
B)   poetry.
C)   history.
D)   philosophy.
E)   religious texts.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B) C

Question 17

The Greek polis was:

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A)   a collective group organized around an agora.
B)   a well-armed militia of all adult men aged twenty-one to sixty.
C)   a central marketplace close to the harbor.
D)   a protected area around the temple.
E)   the highest fortified ground within a city.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

Darius believed that a preemptive strike against Athens and Eretria was necessary because:

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A)   Athens was planning to launch a military campaign against Persia.
B)   Eretria, aided by Athens, had instituted a government unfavorable to the Persians.
C)   Athens and Eretria had executed Persian citizens who were residing in their poleis.
D)   Greek poleis in Asia Minor could always revolt against Persia when they could look for support in this endeavor from Athens, Eretria, and other Greek poleis.
E)   Athens, aided by Eretria, had instituted a government unfavorable to the Persians.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

How can it be said that although Sparta won the Peloponnesian War,they also lost it?

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Although Sparta gained victory over Athe...

Question 20

The Greeks referred to some people with whom they came into contact as barbarians because they:

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A)   wore their hair long and had beards.
B)   fought without any regard for the formalities of war.
C)   worshiped gods different from the Greeks.
D)   were nomadic peoples.
E)   did not speak Greek.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Exam 3: The Civilization of Greece 1000-400 B.C.E

Which sentence best describes the structure of the Spartan government circa 600 B.C.E.?

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Solon was an aristocrat who had made his name and fortune as a hoplite soldier and thus had the respect of every faction in Athenian society.

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Sparta:

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The catalyst of the Persian Wars was:

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By the sixth century B.C.E.,the Greeks founded numerous colonies around the Mediterranean basin.The most historically significant colonies were located in:

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The Spartans failed to come to the aid of the Athenians during the battle of Marathon because they were occupied in putting down a helot rebellion.

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What was the effect of rising democracy on the position of women in Athens?

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According to the historian Thucydides,the Peloponnesian War began:

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The study of philosophy in mainland Greece concerned itself with studying abstractions to understand the essence of the universe.

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The relationship of the Archaic Greeks to their gods was:

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The "Ionian revolution in thought," epitomized by Xenophanes and other philosophers from Miletus,can best be described as:

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