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CLASSICAL GREECE EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What were were the consequences of the Persian Wars?

Answer:

End of Persian threat and emergence of golden age of Athens.

Question 2: How did Sparta treat the Messenians?

Answer:

Sparta made them helots, peasents forced to stay o the land they worked on and turn over half their crops.

Question 3: When did the lives of women had a big change?

Answer:

During the Hellenistic period.

Question 4: What type of society did Sparta create in response to the revolt?

Answer:

Introduced timely reforms.

Question 5: Why was Athens not a full democracy?

Answer:

Only free adult males were citizens.

Question 6: How did Pericles strengthen the empire?

Answer:

Built a strong navy and expanded overseas trade.

Question 7: What did the Athens value culture wise?

Answer:

Arts, literature, or other artistic and intellectual pursuits.

Question 8: Where is Maceonia located?

Answer:

In the north of Greece.

Question 9: What was the outcome of the Persian War?

Answer:

Greece won the war.

Question 10: What advantages did the Greek soldiers have over the Persians?

Answer:

Disipline, training, heavy armor, and the phalanz formation.

Question 11: Why was the sea trade important for the Greeks?

Answer:

Greece had few natural resources which they needed.

Question 12: What types of government existed in the city-states?

Answer:

Monarchy, aristocracy, and oligachy.

Question 13: What themes were common in the Greek tragedy?

Answer:

Love, hate, war, betrayol, and hubris.

Question 14: What ideas were important to classical artisits?

Answer:

Order, balence, and proportion;art thatprotrayed ideal human beings.

Question 15: How do Athens and Sparta compare in power?

Answer:

Both were heads of leagues of city-states. Athens had a stronger navy, but Sparta had a stronger army.

Question 16: How did Athenians avoid major political upheavels?

Answer:

Strong, highly disaplined millitary state.

Question 17: Why do you think the Dorian period was called Dark Age?

Answer:

The period declined during the time period.

Question 18: What is the philosophic legacy of Artistole?

Answer:

Scientific method.

Question 19: How were the Mycenaeans influenced by the Minoans?

Answer:

There writing system had high levels of art/artistic designs.

Question 20: What are epics?

Answer:

Heroic story told in the form of a long poem.

Question 21: What kind of leader was Pericles?

Answer:

Was honest and fair, dominated life in Athens, and brought Greek culture to new heights.

Question 22: What economic and political reforms did Solon initiate?

Answer:

Outlawed debt slavery, allowed all citizens to particapate in Athenian assembly.Question 23: What do the themes of Greek comedies suggest about the men and women of Athens?

Answer:

Discussed and accepted criticism of their ideas, behavior, customs, and politics.

Question 24: What themes were common in Greek tragedy?

Answer:

Love, hate, war, betrayal, and hubris.

Question 25: What was in Alexandria's museum?

Answer:

Alexandria's museum had a small observatory in which astronomers could study the planets and stars.

Question 26: How did Pericles strengthen democracy?

Answer:

He increased the number of paid public officials and introduced direct democracy, in which citizens rule directly.

Question 27: How did Homer keep Greek Culture alive under the Dorians?

Answer:

Making poems and making epics.

Question 28: What were two of Pericles' main goals for Athens?

Answer:

Make Athens more democratic and stronger.