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What was the ancient Greek word for city-state?
a) agora
b) acropolis
c) ostrakon
d) polis
d.) polis
What city-state was the main rival of Athens?
a) Carthage
b) Olympia
c) Sparta
d) Peloponnesus
c) Sparta
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
a) Peloponnesus
b) Athens
c) Sparta
d) Rome
c) Sparta
Which of the following did Hannibal not do during the Second Punic War?
a) raid Saguntum
b) attack Rome by land
c) trek across the Alps
d) sail across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy
d) sail across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy
Which of the following was most important to Aristotle?
a) truth
b) wealth
c) warfare
d) equality
a) truth
Who was the Greeks’ chief god?
a) Hera
b) Zeus
c) Poseidon
d) Athena
b) Zeus
What was most important to Spartans?
a) military ability
b) artistic ability
c) debating skills
d) shipbuilding
a) military ability
What is the Socratic method?
a) a question-and-answer system of learning
b) a way of electing members of the Assembly
c) a military strategy
d) another term for the jury system
a) a question-and-answer system of learning
For what is Julius Caesar remembered?
a) being a great general
b) craving power no matter what the cost
c) starting a civil war in Rome
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
What did the Edict of Milan do?
a) made Julius Caesar a god
b) ended the Punic Wars
c) made Latin the official language of the Roman Empire
d) made Christianity a legal religion in the Roman Empire
d) made Christianity a legal religion in the Roman Empire
What was the name of the group that voted to determine government policy in ancient Athens?
a) Assembly
b) Agora
c) Senate
d) Symposium
c) Senate
How did the Olympic Games begin?
a) as a way to avoid military service
b) as a funeral service for a king
c) as punishment for captured enemies
d) as a religious festival to honor Zeus
d) as a religious festival to honor Zeus
For Plato, one of the goals of philosophy was to find
a) the explanations for natural phenomena, such as lightning.
b) the culprits responsible for the unjust death of Socrates.
c) secrets of the future in the stars.
d) the perfect forms of life in the ideal state.
d) the perfect forms of life in the ideal state.
Why is Caesar Augustus considered one of Rome’s greatest leaders?
a) He enlarged the Roman Empire by conquering Gaul.
b) He established peace that lasted for a long time.
c) He made Christianity a legal religion.
d) all of the above
b) He established peace that lasted for a long time.
Allah and the Koran are a part of what religion?
a) Greek Orthodoxy
b) Christianity
c) Islam
d) Judaism
c) Islam
Who could be a citizen of Athens?
a) anyone who was born in Athens
b) any male adult
c) any male or female adult who had at least one Athenian parent
d) any male adult who was not enslaved and who had two Athenian parents
d) any male adult who was not enslaved and who had two Athenian parents
Why was the Delian League established by Greek city-states?
a) to battle the Peloponnesian League led by the Spartans
b) to prepare for the growing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War
c) to establish a community education program for Athenian youth
d) to defend themselves against any future Persian invasions
d) to defend themselves against any future Persian invasions
What areas did Alexander the Great conquer?
a) Western Europe
b) Asia all the way to China
c) Greece, Persian Empire, the Middle East
d) all of Africa above the equator
b) Asia all the way to China
What was the Pax Romana?
a) the long period of peace in the Roman Empire
b) the words placed on public buildings in ancient Rome
c) the motto of the Delian League
d) the highest rank in the Roman army
a) the long period of peace in the Roman Empire
What did the eastern part of the Roman Empire become?
a) the Byzantine Empire
b) Phoenicia
c) Ostrogothia
d) the Visigoth Empire
a) the Byzantine Empire
The Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey were said to have been written by
a) Homer.
b) Plato.
c) Symposium.
d) Aristides.
a) Homer.
What was an important Greek building, a temple to honor Athena, called?
a) Acropolis
b) Lyceum
c) Colosseum
d) Parthenon
d) Parthenon
What was Rome’s chief governing body?
a) Assembly
b) Senate
c) Acropolis
d) Supreme Court
b) Senate
Who were Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus?
a) the most famous Spartan generals in the Peloponnesian War
b) the major Athenian dramatists
c) the Roman consuls appointed by Julius Caesar
d) the heroes at the battle of Thermopylae
b) the major Athenian dramatists
What are the White House, Capitol, and Jefferson Memorial based on?
a) Roman and Spanish architecture
b) Byzantine architecture
c) Greek and Turkish architecture
d) Greek and Roman architecture
d) Greek and Roman architecture