MCQ Questions
Q.1.
large open air structure with ascending seating built into the mountainside
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    acropolis
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    amphitheater
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    mt. olympus
  • 0%
    corinthian
Q.2.
battle where 300 Spartans fought to the death and lost
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    Thermopylae
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    Salamis
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    Thebes
  • 0%
    Troy
Q.3.
highly decorated type of capital on a column, leafy and "corny"
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    doric
  • 0%
    corinthian
  • 0%
    acropolis
  • 0%
    ionic
Q.4.
large public meeting place in the center of town
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    Sparta
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    Agora
  • 0%
    Amphitheater
  • 0%
    Acropolis
Q.5.
geographical and political center in Greek life
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    Acropolis
  • 0%
    City-state
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    Oligarchy
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    Democracy
Q.6.
very prosperous time in Athens when city was beautified and stregthened by Pericles
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    Golden Age
  • 0%
    Oligarchy
  • 0%
    Peloponnesian War
  • 0%
    Sparta
Q.7.
disease that spread through Athens during Peloponnesian War time
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    sparta
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    plague
  • 0%
    agora
  • 0%
    famine
Q.8.
stories written to explain events in nature
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    athens
  • 0%
    agora
  • 0%
    myths
  • 0%
    socrates
Q.9.
rule in a harsh way
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    oligarchy
  • 0%
    tyranny
  • 0%
    democracy
  • 0%
    athens
Q.10.
10 year war fought between the Mycenaean Greeks and the city of Troy
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    Homer
  • 0%
    Trojan War
  • 0%
    Oligarchy
  • 0%
    Peloponnesian War
Q.11.
type of capital on a column where there are scrolls
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    Corinthian
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    Ionic
  • 0%
    Athens
  • 0%
    Doric
Q.12.
major trading city in Asia minor; site of a 10 year war
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    Sparta
  • 0%
    Athens
  • 0%
    Troy
  • 0%
    Thebes
Q.13.
Athenian philosopher tried and sentenced to death
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    Socrates
  • 0%
    Aristotle
  • 0%
    Plato
  • 0%
    Pericles
Q.14.
type of plain capital on a column that was rectangular in shape
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    agora
  • 0%
    corinthian
  • 0%
    ionic
  • 0%
    doric
Q.15.
Father of History; mixed myth with history
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    Homer
  • 0%
    Herodotus
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    Pericles
  • 0%
    Thucydides
Q.16.
love of wisdom
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    oligarchy
  • 0%
    socratic method
  • 0%
    democracy
  • 0%
    philosophy
Q.17.
war between Athens and Sparta in 431 BC and Sparta was the victor
  • 0%
    Peloponnesian War
  • 0%
    Trojan War
  • 0%
    Thermopylae
  • 0%
    Delian League
Q.18.
city destroyed by Alexander the Great , Pindar's house was left standing there
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    Thebes
  • 0%
    Athens
  • 0%
    Sparta
  • 0%
    Persia
Q.19.
a form of teaching which involves questioning
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    Philosophy
  • 0%
    Alexander method
  • 0%
    Socratic method
  • 0%
    Socrates
Q.20.
alliance formed by Greek city-states after the Persian Wars; Athens took advantage of this arrangment
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    Pericles
  • 0%
    Delian League
  • 0%
    Peloponnesian War
  • 0%
    Sparta
Q.21.
King of Macedonia; father of Alexander
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    Thucydides
  • 0%
    King Phillip II
  • 0%
    Herodotus
  • 0%
    Homer
Q.22.
homeland of Phillip II and his son Alexander the Great
  • 0%
    Persia
  • 0%
    Athens
  • 0%
    Macedonia
  • 0%
    Sparta
Q.23.
wrote about the Peloponnesian War
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    Plato
  • 0%
    Herodotus
  • 0%
    Thucydides
  • 0%
    Aristotle
Q.24.
who helped Sparta win the Peloponnesian Wars by providing funds
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    Sparta
  • 0%
    Athens
  • 0%
    Persia
  • 0%
    Macedonia
Q.25.
city-state where the government had Ephors (a few overseers in their oligarchy) THE ELEPHANT
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    Persia
  • 0%
    Sparta
  • 0%
    Athens
  • 0%
    Thebes
Q.26.
philosopher who became the teacher of Alexander the Great
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    Herodotus
  • 0%
    Plato
  • 0%
    Socrates
  • 0%
    Aristotle
Q.27.
pupil of Socrates who founded the Academy
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    Plato
  • 0%
    Socrates
  • 0%
    Pericles
  • 0%
    Aristotle
Q.28.
set up Greek colonies to spread Greek culture; set up largest empire of his time
  • 0%
    Alexander
  • 0%
    Herodotus
  • 0%
    Pericles
  • 0%
    Socrates
Q.29.
city-state that had a jury system and citizens were directly involved in government; THE WHALE
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    Persia
  • 0%
    Athens
  • 0%
    Sparta
  • 0%
    Thebes
Q.30.
hill on which Athena's temple stood, the Parthenon
  • 0%
    agora
  • 0%
    persia
  • 0%
    acropolis
  • 0%
    sparta