Unit 5 Ancient Greece Test

From childhood, Spartan boys were trained to be

• philosophers
• soldiers
• politicians
• artists

The celebration of drama and theater twice a year was to honor of the god or goddess.

• Zeus
• Athena
• Dionysus
• Hades

Schools in Greece used the Iliad and the Odyssey to teach

• history
• values
• english
• literature

Greek sculpture, like Greek architecture reached its “Golden” height in Athens during the time of

• Troy
• Zues
• Trojan War
• Pericles

Why did Persia go to war with Athens in 490 B.C.?

• Athenian traders attacked Persian ships.
• Athens interfered in Persian affairs.
• Persia wanted to expand its empire
• Persia tried to regain stolen land

Which cultures contributed to the new Hellenistic civilization?

• Greek and Indian
• Greek, African, and Italian
• Indian and Persian
• Greek, Indian, Egyptian, and Persian

Athens was defeated during the Peloponnesian War by an alliance led by the

• Macedonians
• Persians
• Spartans
• Delian League

Located on the peninsula of Attica, what Greek city-state or polis established a democracy and opened its arms to new ideas and education.

• Sparta
• Olympus
• Ionia
• Athens

Located on Peloponnesus, what Greek city-state or polis evolved into a purely military society?

• Athens
• Sparta
• Delian
• Attica

Spartan men were allowed to retire from the army at age

• 20
• 30
• 40
• 60