1) Communication was difficult in Ancient Greece because of A) geographical barriers. B) religious differences. C) language differences. D) political regulations. 2) Which man discovered the remains of the Mycenaean civilization? A) Alexander the Great B) Arthur Evans C) Heinrich Schliemann D) Marc Bloch 3) By about what date did Indo-Europeans reach Greece? A) 5200 B.C.E. B) 1600 B.C.E. C) 500 B.C.E. D) 7300 B.C.E. 4) What was the relationship between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations? A) Minoan settlers probably created Mycenae. B) Mycenaean probably borrowed from Minoan. C) The two emerged independently. D) Both were the products of Cycladic civilization. 5) How did the work of Heinrich Schliemann transform our understanding of early Greek civilization? A) He found the Cretan Minoan civilization. B) He proved it was much less sophisticated than previously thought. C) He showed that Mycenae was destroyed by war. D) He showed that the Iliad and Odyssey were based on a historical past. 6) The Greek polis was A) an alliance of city states. B) a city state. C) an open space where citizens could assemble. D) a leader who seized power violently. 7) Rule by a class of elite families is known as A) monarchy. B) oligarchy. C) aristocracy D) tyranny. 8) The type of government in which a small group of people rule society is known as A) democracy. B) oligarchy. C) tyranny. D) aristocracy. 9) Which of these means the rule of one legitimate ruler? A) oligarchy B) monarchy C) democracy D) tyranny 10) Greek city-states numbered at most about how many full citizens? A) 1,000 B) 40,000 C) 500,000 D) 200,000 11) What was the main goal of Greek colonization in the Archaic Period? A) expanding their city-states B) land shortage C) trade D) finding a source of slaves 12) What was the main route for Greek colonization? A) the Danube River B) the Black Sea C) the Mediterranean Sea D) the Nile River 13) Which of these modern countries was not colonized by Greeks in the 700s to 500s B.C.E. ? A) Italy B) France C) Turkey D) Morocco 14) Which city-state's name means "The Scattered"? A) Athens B) Thebes C) Sparta D) Corinth 15) Which off the following was NOT a component of Spartan government? A) two kings B) a council of twenty-eight members      C) a public assembly open to all male citizens D) a military dictator 16) What explains the importance of defense in Spartan life? A) The city-state was largely made up of subject peoples. B) Athens and Sparta were in conflict from their beginnings. C) Persia had made Sparta the target of its aggression. D) Sparta had made an enemy of Crete. 17) What was the goal of the Peloponnesian League? A) ending conflict B) creating a trade network C) ending the Persian threa.

1. 1) Communication was difficult in Ancient Greece because of
A) geographical barriers.
B) religious differences.
C) language differences.
D) political regulations.
2) Which man discovered the remains of the Mycenaean
civilization?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Arthur Evans
C) Heinrich Schliemann
D) Marc Bloch

2. 3) By about what date did Indo-Europeans reach Greece?
A)
5200
B.C.E.
B)
1600
B.C.E.
C)
500
B.C.E.
D)
7300
B.C.E.
4) What was the relationship between Minoan and Mycenaean
civilizations?
A)

3. Minoan settlers probably created Mycenae.
B)
Mycenaean probably borrowed from Minoan.
C)
The two emerged independently.
D)
Both were the products of Cycladic civilization.
5) How did the work of Heinrich Schliemann transform our
understanding of early Greek civilization?
A)
He found the Cretan Minoan civilization.
B)
He proved it was much less sophisticated than previously
thought.
C)

4. He showed that Mycenae was destroyed by war.
D)
He showed that the
Iliad
and
Odyssey
were based on a historical past.
6) The Greek polis was
A) an alliance of city states.
B) a city state.
C) an open space where citizens could assemble.
D) a leader who seized power violently.
7) Rule by a class of elite families is known as
A) monarchy.

5. B) oligarchy.
C) aristocracy
D) tyranny.
8) The type of government in which a small group of people
rule society is known as
A) democracy.
B) oligarchy.
C) tyranny.
D) aristocracy.
9) Which of these means the rule of one legitimate ruler?
A) oligarchy
B) monarchy

6. C) democracy
D) tyranny
10) Greek city-states numbered at most about how many full
citizens?
A)
1,000
B)
40,000
C)
500,000
D)
200,000
11) What was the main goal of Greek colonization in the
Archaic Period?

7. A)
expanding their city-states
B)
land shortage
C)
trade
D) finding a source of slaves
12) What was the main route for Greek colonization?
A)
the Danube River
B)
the Black Sea
C)
the Mediterranean Sea

8. D)
the Nile River
13) Which of these modern countries was not colonized by
Greeks in the 700s to 500s
B.C.E.
?
A)
Italy
B)
France
C)
Turkey
D)
Morocco
14) Which city-state's name means "The Scattered"?

9. A) Athens
B) Thebes
C) Sparta
D) Corinth
15) Which off the following was NOT a component of Spartan
government?
A) two kings
B) a council of twenty-eight members
C) a public assembly open to all male citizens
D) a military dictator
16) What explains the importance of defense in Spartan life?
A)

10. The city-state was largely made up of subject peoples.
B)
Athens and Sparta were in conflict from their beginnings.
C)
Persia had made Sparta the target of its aggression.
D)
Sparta had made an enemy of Crete.
17) What was the goal of the Peloponnesian League?
A)
ending conflict
B)
creating a trade network
C)
ending the Persian threat

11. D)
destroying Athens
18) Which Athenian aristocrat developed the first legal code in
Greece?
A) Hammurabi
B) Solon
C) Draco
D) Plato
19) Which of the following should NOT be associated with the
reign of Solon?
A) an end to debt slavery
B) creation of a strong monarchy in Athens
C) the positioning of himself as a mediator between the rich and
poor

12. D) the inclusion of all citizens in the political system
20) How did the political systems in Athens and Sparta differ?
A) Athens didn't have hereditary kings; Sparta did.
B) Athens was not a military dictatorship; Sparta was.
C) Athens allowed women to vote; Sparta didn't.
D) Athens allowed all people to have a voice in the government;
Sparta didn't.
21) How did Athenian democracy differ from today's perception
of democracy?
A) Athenian democracy didn't include all citizens.
B) Athenian democracy ignored class distinction.
C) Athenian democracy included women in the political
process.
D) Athenian democracy rejected political inequality.

13. 22) Which of the following statements about the Persian Wars is
NOT true?
A) Victory fostered the Greeks' identification with participatory
government.
B) Most Greeks failed to fight at all.
C) Opposition to Persia united all of the city-states.
D) Victory boosted the Greeks' self-confidence.
23) What was the goal of the Delian League?
A)
trading alliance
B)
defense against Persia
C)

14. defeat of Sparta
D)
alliance against Athens
24) Why did Sparta come to challenge the Delian League?
A)
Athenian dominance of the League threatened Sparta.
B)
Sparta was jealous of the power of the League.
C)
The League took Spartan lands.
D)
Spartan sea power was threatened by the League.
25) Which of the following statements accurately describes
Athens between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars?

15. A) They were building an empire and enjoying political and
economic dominance.
B) They were attempting to appease the Spartans and avoid war.
C) They were rebuilding after their defeat at the hands of the
Persians.
D) They were enacting legislation designed to avoid future
wars.
26) Which of the following statements about Athens is NOT
true?
A) Athens established and dominated the Delian League after
the Persian Wars.
B) Athens defeated Sparta after a bitter struggle and great loss
of life.
C) Athens developed an impressive navy.
D) Athens established the world's first democracy.
27) Which of the following was NOT part of the Delian League?

16. A) Athens
B) Macedonia
C) Byzantium
D) Lesbos
28) Which man is revered as the first genuine historian?
A) Aristophanes
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Thucydides
29) What is known as the "suicide of Greece"?
A) the Persian Wars

17. B) Athenian dominance in the region
C) the Peloponnesian War
D) the unification of the Greek city-states
30) The world's first historical thesis statement centered on the
subject of the cause of
A) the Persian Wars.
B) Alexander's eastern campaign.
C) the fall of Persia.
D) the Peloponnesian War.
31) Which of the following best describes the results of the
Peloponnesian War?
A) Athens defeated the Persians and rose to prominence as the
most powerful Greek polis.
B) Athens defeated Sparta and took control of the Delian and

18. Spartan Leagues.
C) The Greeks basically destroyed each other and opened the
door for conquest by the Macedonians.
D) The era of Athenian dominance was ended, and Sparta
became the dominant force in Greece and eventually defeated
the Macedonians.
32) Which man wrote plays whose theme was the conflict
between reason and emotion?
A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes
33) Which man was NOT a tragedian?
A) Sophocles
B) Euripides

19. C) Aristophanes
D) Aeschylus
34) Which man satirized the famous and powerful Greeks?
A) Sophocles
B) Euripides
C) Aristophanes
D) Aeschylus
35) Which man wrote
Oedipus
and
Antigone?
A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides

20. C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes
36) Who was the first Athenian dramatist of the Classical
Period?
A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Sophocles
D) Aristophanes
37) Which man innovated the philosophical method that
consisted of asking questions?
A) Plato
B) Sophocles
C) Aristotle

21. D) Socrates
38) Socrates' insistence that his students think for themselves
was interpreted by Athenian authorities as
A) teaching young people to question their elders.
B) a long overdue educational reform.
C) an attempt to lead students to overthrow the monarch and
establish a democracy.
D) all of the above
39) Which of the following statements concerning
The Republic
is correct?
A) It was an epic poem written by Homer.
B) It was an essay written by Plato.
C) It was a political theory written by Aristotle.

22. D) It was a drama written by Euripides.
40) Which of the following statements best represents Plato's
political ideology?
A) Democracy is the only logical choice for government in an
educated society.
B) Democracy gives power to the popular instead of the
educated.
C) Democracy leads to political inequality, but this is a
necessary evil.
D) Democracy is the best form of government.
41) Which of these led Plato to distrust Athenian democracy?
A) the Persian Wars
B) the Delian League
C) the Peloponnesian War

23. D) the conquests of Alexander
42) Which of the following statements about Aristotle is NOT
true?
A) He laid the foundation for many of the science courses
studied in schools today.
B) He was a poet and philosopher.
C) He was a leading Athenian dramatist.
D) He believed that there was a physical world and an ideal
world.
43) The majority of Greek slaves were
A) criminals.
B) prisoners of war.
C) orphans.
D) debtors.

24. 44) Which of the following rights was NOT given to Spartan
women?
A) the right to vote
B) the right to voice their opinions publicly
C) the right to own property
D) the right to transact business without the husband's consent
45) Which of the following does NOT accurately portray
Athenian family norms?
A) Women were protected by male guardians until marriage.
B) Spouses were expected to remain faithful to each other.
C) Athenian husbands had almost total authority over their
households.
D) Virginity before marriage was highly prized for both
genders.

25. 46) Which of the following does NOT accurately portray Greek
ideology regarding the gods?
A) Greeks believed that the diet of ambrosia and nectar kept the
gods immortal.
B) Greeks believed that the blood of the gods ran black when
they were wounded in battle.
C) Greeks believed that the gods all craved worship and
adoration from humans.
D) Greeks believed that the gods on Mt. Olympus were closely
involved in the lives of the people.
47) Which man united the Greek city-states?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Thucydides
C) Philip II of Macedon
D) Aristotle
48) Alexander the Great was unable to conquer India because

26. A) the Indian army proved to be too powerful.
B) Alexander's men staged a mutiny.
C) Alexander lost the will to fight after the death of his mother.
D) the Chinese army crossed the mountains and helped India
fight.
49) Alexander the Great’s empire included all of the following
EXCEPT
A) Egypt.
B) India.
C) Persia.
D) Greece.
50) Alexander's conquest of Egypt was significant for Greece
because the conquest

27. A) was the first time in history that the Greeks had seen Egypt.
B) opened the door for his invasion of Palestine.
C) paved the way for the Greeks to conquer the rest of Africa.
D) secured the Mediterranean coastline, which meant that Persia
couldn't use it to invade Greece.
51) Which man calculated the circumference of the earth during
the Hellenistic Era with amazing accuracy?
A) Aristophanes
B) Archimedes
C) Eratosthenes
D) Aristotle
52) Which man believed in a heliocentric universe?
A) Aristotle

28. B) Aristarchus
C) Archimedes
D) Ptolemy
53) Archimedes is considered by some to be the leading
scientist of the Hellenistic Era. His major contribution was in
the area of
A) hydrostatics.
B) astronomy.
C) astrology.
D) botany.
54) Which of the following beliefs represents Stoic philosophy?
A) All matter is composed of atoms.
B) Pleasure is simply the absence of pain.

29. C) One should not attempt to alter destiny.
D) One should virtuously do one's duty even in times of crisis.