Athenian Power & Democracy
This Athenian leader expanded democracy while turning the Delian League into an empire.
A) Cleisthenes
B) Pericles
C) Solon
B) Pericles
This historian argued that Athens’ growing power made war with Sparta inevitable.
A) Herodotus
B) Xenophon
C) Thucydides
C) Thucydides
This group believed truth was relative and trained students in rhetoric rather than ethics.
A) Stoics
B) Sophists
C) Epicureans
B) Sophists
Alexander ruled his vast empire by keeping Persia’s long-standing system of regional governors, known as…
A) Polis councils
B) Satrapies
C) Provinces
B) Satrapies
This language became the common language of elites across the Hellenistic kingdoms.
A) Greek
B) Latin
C) Aramaic
A) Greek
Athens justified keeping the Delian League intact after Persia was defeated primarily by citing this.
A) Continued Persian threat
B) Economic collapse of allies
C) Religious obligation
A) Continued Persian threat
This event killed up to a quarter of Athens’ population during the Peloponnesian War.
A) Siege
B) Plague
C) Famine
B) Plague
This philosopher argued that knowledge is gained by questioning one’s own assumptions.
A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Socrates
C) Socrates
Which action best shows Alexander’s attempt to merge Macedonian and Persian elite classes?
A) Banning Persian traditions
B) Encouraging marriages between Greek and Persian nobles
C) Replacing Persian officials with Greeks
B) Encouraging marriages between Greek and Persian nobles
Citizenship in the Hellenistic world differed from the Classical polis because it…
A) Was limited to birth city
B) Could be held in multiple cities
C) Was abolished
B) Could be held in multiple cities
This reform allowed poorer Athenians to participate in government by removing financial barriers.
A) Property requirements
B) Paid public service
C) Hereditary offices
B) Paid public service
This failed military expedition severely weakened Athens and ended hopes of victory.
A) Egyptian campaign
B) Sicilian Expedition
C) Ionian Revolt
B) Sicilian Expedition
According to Plato, true reality exists in these perfect, unchanging ideas.
A) Forms
B) Elements
C) Laws
A) Forms
Many Macedonians opposed Alexander’s use of Persian court rituals like proskynesis because they believed it…
A) Undermined Greek ideas of equality
B) Increased taxes on soldiers
C) Strengthened Persian nationalism
A) Undermined Greek ideas of equality
This city became the largest intellectual center of the Hellenistic world.
A) Athens
B) Babylon
C) Alexandria
C) Alexandria
Pericles restricted Athenian citizenship to individuals with this qualification.
A) Property ownership
B) Military service
C) Two Athenian parents
C) Two Athenian parents
After Athens’ defeat, Sparta installed this ruling group.
A) The Thirty Tyrants
B) The Ephors
C) The Council of Elders
A) The Thirty Tyrants
This philosopher rejected Plato’s Forms and emphasized observation and classification.
A) Hippocrates
B) Aristotle
C) Anaximander
B) Aristotle
Alexander’s conquests most directly contributed to the rise of which historical development?
A) Roman military dominance
B) Unified political rule in Greece
C) Hellenistic culture across the eastern Mediterranean
) Hellenistic culture across the eastern Mediterranean
Which group generally held the most political power in Hellenistic kingdoms?
A) Local populations
B) Greek elites
C) Religious leaders
B) Greek elites