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The Western Experience, 8/e

Mortimer Chambers, University of California - Los Angeles
Barbara Hanawalt, Ohio State University
Theodore Rabb, Princeton University
Isser Woloch, Columbia University
Raymond Grew, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The Forming of Greek Civilization

Multiple Choice


1	All of the following characterized Cretan civilization EXCEPT
		A)	it was peaceful.
		B)	its wealth came from trade.
		C)	women enjoyed relatively high status.
		D)	it ruled a wide empire.


2	Cretan civilization influenced all of the following aspects of Greek civilization EXCEPT
		A)	art.
		B)	government.
		C)	religion.
		D)	writing.


3	Geography influenced Mycenaean Civilization because
		A)	mountains divide Greece into many small valleys that led the Greeks to develop independent states.
		B)	the country's climate led the Greeks to live close together in a few large settlements.
		C)	living in the mountains made the Greeks particularly independent, and thus unwilling to live under kings.
		D)	the unstable geology of the region made the Mycenaeans particularly vulnerable to natural disasters.


4	The Greek Renaissance from 800 to 600 was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	poetry and art broke new frontiers.
		B)	the economy expanded.
		C)	Mycenaean Civilization was restored.
		D)	the polis, or independent city-state, emerged


5	Greek religion was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	the anthropomorphic gods intervened frequently in human affairs.
		B)	the religion prescribed rigid standards of moral conduct.
		C)	priests and priestesses exercised little political power.
		D)	each city had as its patron one god from the pantheon common to all Greeks.


6	The Olympic games in ancient Greece were
		A)	contests among amateur athletes for honor.
		B)	a source of fame and riches for the winners.
		C)	held in honor of the goddess Athena.
		D)	held once every four years on Mt. Olympus.


7	The Greeks coped with population pressures after 750 b.c. by
		A)	selling poor farmers into slavery.
		B)	exporting population to independent colonies overseas.
		C)	establishing colonial empires.
		D)	conquering neighboring peoples and driving them from their land.


8	Adoption of an alphabet was important for the ancient Greeks because
		A)	it became the basis for later alphabets in both Western and Eastern Europe.
		B)	it gave them a decisive advantage in trade over the Phoenicians.
		C)	laws could be made readily available, facilitating public involvement in government.
		D)	it was used in making monuments to their victories, enhancing the citizens' pride in their cities.


9	Archaic Greek literature was particularly innovative because
		A)	Greek authors began to use literature as a form of frank self-expression.
		B)	it exalted a benevolent God whose primary concern was ethical conduct among humans.
		C)	it was the first literature to use rhymed verse.
		D)	it was used to narrate the stories of the gods in their endless struggles against one another.


10	All of the following are true about the Greek poleis EXCEPT
		A)	they were city-states consisting of an urban center and the surrounding farm country.
		B)	originally ruled by kings, by 700 they were dominated by landowning aristocrats.
		C)	in the seventh and sixth centuries, ordinary people gained a greater role in government.
		D)	at the end of the sixth century tyrants emerged as champions of the traditional aristocracy.


11	All of the following were true about the economy of the poleis EXCEPT
		A)	the primary activity was agriculture.
		B)	because of the poor soil, Greeks also engaged in fishing and trade.
		C)	slaves played a vital role in the economy.
		D)	industry was well advanced, with shops employing 300 or more workers.


12	Sparta and Athens differed in all of the following ways EXCEPT
		A)	Sparta was a closed, militaristic society, while Athens was a cosmopolitan, commercial center.
		B)	Sparta's army made it the dominant land power, while Athens' fleet made it the leading sea power.
		C)	Sparta pursued an aggressively expansionist policy, while Athens protected other cities' independence.
		D)	Sparta was a monarchy, while Athens was a democracy.


13	The Persian King Darius attacked Athens because
		A)	it had helped Greek cities in Ionia revolt against his rule.
		B)	he coveted the city's trading wealth.
		C)	the independent Greek cities posed a critical threat to the survival of his empire.
		D)	Athens had seized the city of Marathon from him.


14	The Greeks won the critical battle of Salamis because
		A)	they had raised a bigger army than Persia.
		B)	a handful of Spartan soldiers were able to defeat the main Persian force.
		C)	Athens had created a powerful fleet.
		D)	they captured the Persian king Xerxes through a clever ruse.


15	After successfully leading the Greek resistance to Persia, Athens
		A)	concentrated on developing peaceful trade relations around the Aegean Sea.
		B)	returned to its perennial isolation.
		C)	gradually transformed the Delian League into an empire.
		D)	turned on Sparta to secure its primacy in the Greek world..


16	All of the following are true of the Athenian statesman Pericles EXCEPT
		A)	he secured Athens' dominance of the Greek world.
		B)	he sponsored construction of the greatest Greek temple, the Parthenon.
		C)	he dominated Athens through its democratic institutions.
		D)	he never held high civil office.


17	Athenian policy during the Peloponnesian War was characterized by
		A)	careful planning and meticulous execution by cautious professionals.
		B)	rash actions advocated by demagogues supported by popular enthusiasm.
		C)	scrupulous regard for the rights of neutral powers.
		D)	a steadfast refusal to make even temporary truces with the enemy.


18	The most important consequence of the Peloponnesian War was that
		A)	Athens emerged as the undisputed leader of Greece.
		B)	Sparta's victory propelled it to lasting domination of Greece.
		C)	the war left Greece exhausted and demoralized.
		D)	Persia was able to take advantage of Greek divisions to complete its conquest.

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