Ancient Greece

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Centered around the city of Knossos, which Greek civilization was ruled exclusively by a thalassocracy, or an empire consisting entirely of islands and territories in the sea? Options: The Mycenaeans, The Minoans, The Spartans, The Macedonians

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The Minoans

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The epic poems attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are tales of the exploits of the warrior kings of this Greek civilization?

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The Mycenaeans

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The poleis first rose to prominence in Greek history after the downfall of the ________ Civilization, and the beginning of the Greek "Dark Age". Options: Mycenaean, Minoan, Macedonian, Persian.

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Mycenaean

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Which Greek figure in literature glamorized warriors and their accomplishments, similar to the Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata in Indian literature?

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Homer

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Arrange the words to fill in the blanks: The Spartan government functioned as an ___________, whereas the people of Athens preferred a structure that was a _________ with occasional instances of _______, such as the rule of men like Solon and Cleisthenes. Options: oligarchy, democracy, tyranny

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oligarchy, democracy, tyranny

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The permanent class of slaves subjugated by and forced to work for the Spartans was known as the ______

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Helots

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The main source of slavery in Athens was not military conquest, like in Sparta, but instead it was ______

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Inability to repay personal debts

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Pericles commissioned the construction of the Parthenon on the acropolis of Athens to celebrate the victory of the Greeks over which rival empire? Options: Persia, Assyria, Rome, Macedonia

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Persia

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Athens used funds from which organization to fund its rebuilding process during the Classical Greek era? Options:

The Delian League

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The Peloponnesian Alliance

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The Theban Assembly

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The Mycenaean Empire

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The Delian League

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Which of the following famous Greeks was one of the top playwrights of the Classical Age?

Sophocles

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Socrates

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Hippocrates

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Euclid

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Sophocles