Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Choose the best
answer.
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What was the Golden Age of
Athens?
a. | a century of military
might | b. | decades of cultural and artistic
achievements | c. | a period when a rich oligarchy ruled | d. | the time when the Delian League
began |
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Who or what was
Salamis?
a. | a Persian general who led troops
against Greece | b. | a Greek colony on Asia Minor | c. | the site of a Greek naval victory against the
Persians | d. | a Spartan military leader |
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How did the Greek city-states
respond to the threat from Persia?
a. | They conquered the cities of the
Persian Empire. | b. | They joined together to defend Greece. | c. | They surrendered to the
Persians. | d. | They fought among themselves. |
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Who was the winner in the
Peloponnesian War?
a. | Alexander | c. | Pericles | b. | Sparta | d. | Athens |
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Choose the term that best
matches the description.
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5.
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Greek doctor known as the
Father of Medicine
a. | Thucydides | d. | Archimedes | b. | Alexander the Great | e. | Xerxes | c. | Hippocrates |
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Greek historian who witnessed
the wars between Athens and Sparta
a. | Thucydides | d. | Archimedes | b. | Alexander the Great | e. | Xerxes | c. | Hippocrates |
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Persian conqueror and
emperor
a. | Thucydides | d. | Archimedes | b. | Alexander the Great | e. | Xerxes | c. | Hippocrates |
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Macedonian conqueror of Greece
and builder of an empire
a. | Thucydides | d. | Archimedes | b. | Alexander the Great | e. | Xerxes | c. | Hippocrates |
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scientist, mathematician, and
inventor who lived in Syracuse, on the island of Sicily
a. | Thucydides | d. | Archimedes | b. | Alexander the Great | e. | Xerxes | c. | Hippocrates |
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Use the graphic organizer to
choose the best answer.
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Which of these features is
often found in direct democracies?
a. | equal rights for all
people | b. | small populations of voting citizens | c. | elected assemblies | d. | three branches of
government |
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What label belongs above the
right-hand section of the diagram?
a. | Athenian
democracy | c. | dictatorship | b. | representative democracy | d. | free democracy |
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Use the picture to choose
the best answer.
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What is the best caption for
this picture?
a. | the
Parthenon | c. | the home of
Pericles | b. | Sparta | d. | the Supreme Court
building |
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Read the statement. Then
choose the best answer.
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Pericles'
reforms laid a
foundation for future democracies.
What does the word reforms mean in the sentence
above?
a. | speeches | c. | constructions | b. | changes | d. | firmness |
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