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Chapter 4 The Rise of Ancient Greece
  1. The Mycenaeans were originally from ____________
   A) Crete.
   B) Central Asia.
   C) the Balkan Peninsula.
   D) Mesopotamia.
  2. The Iliad and the Odyssey ____________
   A) are set during the period of the Trojan Wars.
   B) were studied by all Greek students.
   C) presented the values of Greek civilization.
   D) all of the above
  3. The term for a city-state of ancient Greece is
   A) citizen.
   B) polis.
   C) phalanx.
   D) oligarchy.
  4. Sparta was ruled by a few wealthy people; therefore it was a(n) ____________
   A) oligarchy.
   B) tyranny.
   C) democracy.
   D) labyrinth.
  5. Probably the most important element of Spartan society was ____________
   A) having winning athletes.
   B) cultural advancement.
   C) economic development.
   D) militarism.
  6. Identify the Peloponnesus.
   A) the northern coast of the Aegean Sea
   B) the west coast of Asia Minor
   C) the coastal plain of Marathon
   D) a peninsula of southern Greece
  7. Which statement is true of Athens?
   A) The city-state gradually expanded the eligibility for citizenship.
   B) All citizens were eligible for the Assembly.
   C) Jury decisions were by majority vote.
   D) all of the above
  8. Rhetoric is ____________
   A) the right to hold citizenship.
   B) a plan of government.
   C) the art of public speaking.
   D) a form of Greek sculpture.
  9. Marathon was a great defeat for ____________
   A) Persia under Xerxes.
   B) Athens under Pericles.
   C) Persia under Darius.
   D) Sparta under Themistocles.
  10. The two principal foes in the Peloponnesian War were ____________
   A) the Spartans and the Athenians.
   B) all Greece and the Persians.
   C) Persia and the city-states of Ionia.
   D) the Delian League and Athens.



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