Chapter 4 Greece & Iran
1) The geographic location of Iran (ancient Persia)?
A. Make it a formidable barrier between east and west.
B. Makes it a link between West, South, and Central Asia.
C. Indicates that the major trading routes, such as the Silk Road, did not pass through it.
D. Indicates that the region received plenty of monsoonal rainfall, eliminating the need for large scale irrigation.
2) Cyrus was able to take over Babylon by...
A. Destroying the religious foundation of the city by killing all the priests in Babylon.
B. Laying siege to the city.
C. Battering in the gates of the city.
D. Making a deal with disaffected elements of the city
3) Why did satrapies have more autonomy the farther they were from the central seat of government?
A. Communication was so slow that it was impractical to refer matters to the central government.
B. Outlying areas were constantly beguiled by neighboring peoples to follow their own course.
C. Outlying areas were to difficult to defend form invasions, so the central government did no care to monitor them closely.
D. The Persian king always put his biggest rivals at the periphery of his kingdom and gave them more autonomy to prevent rebellion.
4) Darius can be considered a second founder of the Persian Empire because…
A. He moved the seat of government.
B. He forced the Scythians to move.
C. He created a new organizational structure that remained for two centuries.
D. He promoted maritime travel.
5) What did the walled garden called “Paradayadam” (paradise) symbolize to the Persians?
A. The prosperity that the king and empire could bring to those who served them.
B. The divinity of the king.
C. The superiority of the leisure class.
D. The biblical garden of Eden.
6) Which group of Persian workers received the most pay?
A. Men
B. Women
C. Pregnant Women
D. Children
7) Historians now believe that the sculpture on the foundations, walls, and stairwells of the buildings at Persepolis represent…
A. A real event that transpired each year.
B. Xerxes’ vision of a perfect empire.
C. Darius’ admiration of the Greeks.
D. Public relations or Propaganda.
8) What was NOT true of Zoroastrianism?
A. It preached a belief in multiple deities.
B. Good will ultimately triumph.
C. One supreme deity.
D. It held humans to a high ethical standard.
9) For the Greeks and other peoples living around it, the Mediterranean was...
A. A barrier.
B. Somewhat of a barrier.
C. A connector.
D. Irrelevant.
10) What is NOT a reason for the population explosion in Greece during the eighth century?
A. Specialization of labor.
B. More intensive use of the land.
C. Increased prosperity based on imports.
D. Shift to a diet based on bread rather than meat.
11) Which of the following did NOT help inaugurate the outward-looking seafaring activities of the Greek Archaic period?
A. Scarcity of resources.
B. The competition between Athens and Sparta.
C. The difficulty of overland trade.
D. Influences from the Phoenicians.
12) Which of the following about Greek colonies is NOT true?
A. The colonists set out after receiving a blessing from the goddess Athena.
B. Some colonist did not go willingly.
C. Colonies provided a population safety valve.
D. Colonist sometimes reduced the native populations of the new colonies to servile satatus.
13) Greek states were defended by
A. A professional class of soldiers.
B. Private citizens
C. Mercenaries hired by nobles
D. Slaves
14) What was NOT a benefit of the invention of coins?
A. It allowed for more rapid exchange of goods.
B. It allowed for more efficient recordkeeping
C. It stimulated trade and increased the total wealth of the society.
D. It made currency standard for all areas.
15) What was the central ritual of Greek religion?
A. Baptism
B. Sacrifice
C. Fasting
D. Feasting
16) Why is Herodotus considered the “father of history”?
A. He wrote many narratives of Greek events.
B. He was the first person to record history.
C. He was the first Greek to get paid to teach history.
D. He sought the causes behind historical events.
17) To the Persians, the conflicts with the Greeks
A. Was all-consuming.
B. Was very important to the survival of their kingdom.
C. Was less important than it was to the Greeks.
D. Seemed inconsequential.
18) What enabled the rowers of Athenian battleships to gain an equal voice in the democratic system?
A. The Hoplite Revolt
B. The war with the Minoans
C. A vote in the Athenian Assembly
D. The great importance of the navy to the Athenian military.
19) What motivated the theft of Alexander the Great’s corpse by members of the Ptolemaic dynasty?
A. They wanted to denigrate and humiliate the former Greek empire of Alexander.
B. The theft was an attempt to gain legitimacy for Ptolemaic rule by claiming Alexander’s blessing.
C. They believed it would prove to their rivals that they had the military capability to carry out such a great schem
D. They believed his corpse would bring them good fortune.\
20) To become part of the privileged and wealthy ruling class ambitious members of the indigenous populations conquered by Greece
A. Intermarried with Greeks.
B. Learned the Greek language and adopted elements of the Greek way of life.
C. Migrated to Greek cities.
D. Abandoned all aspects of their culture.
21) Which of the following were NOT fundamental environmental factor(s) in Iran
A. Scarcity of water for Agriculture
B. Large desserts
C. Persian Gulf to the south
D. The Tigris and Euphrates
22) The Medes were the first Iranian people to
A. Begin settled agriculture in the region
B. Reach complex level of political organization
C. Established Unique Persian Culture
D. Start a state-sponsored religion
23) The King Responsible for unifying Iran was
A. Cyrus
B. Xerxes
C. Darius
D. Herodtus
24) The three social and occupational classes in ancient Iran were
A. Lords, merchants, and serfs
B. Warriors, priests, and peasants
C. Scholars, priests, and pastoralist
D. Nobels, bureaucrats, and untouchable
25) Cyrus and his father ruled their empire by following a practical approach of
A. Threatening people with harsh punishments
B. Arranging to married into the noble or wealthy families
C. Murdering or killing all members of power
D. Respecting local priest and native traditions
26) The Persian provinces were administered by
A. Direct control from the king
B. Utilizing native rulers loyal to the king
C. Satraps or hereditary provincial governors
D. Large occupying armies or military presences
27) Though Greek sources depict Persian women as political pawns; recent findings suggest that Persian women of elite classes
A. Owned property and had political influence
B. Wrote many of the great works of Persia
C. Were complete submissive
D. Controlled textile and marble trade
28) King Darius, who was remember as a lawgiver, created a central body of law. Under the system subject peoples in Persian territories were
A. Punished for disobeying the imperial laws
B. Still allowed to live under their own laws
C. Brought under a unified legal system
D. Given harsher laws then the Persians
29) Darius used are art and sculpture to carefully craft a vision of a vast empire where
A. Disobedient subject were treated harshly
B. The wealthy were godlike
C. Only the poor shouldered the burdens
D. All the subject people willingly cooperated
30) Which of the following is NOT a tenet of Zoroastrianism
A. Belief in a supreme deity
B. Belief that humans would be rewarded or punished in the afterlife for their deeds
C. Belief that the world was created by Ahuramazda
D. Belief in reincarnation of the dead
31) Although Greece is described as ‘resource poor’ in the chapter, it economically prospered
A. Through brisk trade in slaves
B. Due to successful manufacturing
C. By using a large population as a large ‘service’ sector
D. Through access to foreign resources, markets, and ideas.
32) What did the Greek families find grew in the dry environment of Greece
A. Wheat, barley, and oats
B. Melons, figs, and dates
C. Barley, dates and grapes
D. Olives, grapes, and barley
33) The Greeks viewed the sea as
A. An important ‘connector’
B. An insurmountable ‘barrier’
C. The holiest place
D. Another name for their elaborate aqueduct system
34) To ensure good crops, Greek farmers relied entirely on
A. Fertile river valleys
B. Irrigation and canal system
C. Annual rainfall
D. Predictable yearly floods
35) Lacking mineral deposits, the Greeks mined
A. Bronze and Iron
B. Gold and Taconite
C. Copper and Tin
D. Marble and Clay
36) The Greek dark ages was a period of
A. Dark atmospheric conditions due to the eruption of Mt. Versuvius
B. Commercial growth due to the use of dark color dyes from fabrics
C. Intellectual and commercial vitality
D. Poverty, isolation, and depopulation.
37) The Archaic Period in Greece began
A. Because of renewal contacts with Phoenicia
B. With the development of communication technology
C. With the end of the Greek Civil wars
D. When Alexander took reign
38) The Phoenician alphabetic writing system was a great gift of Greece because
A. The could now share in Phoenician literature and culture
B. It enabled the Greeks to decipher the Phoenician Military codes and laws
C. It allowed for widespread literacy without the need for years of study
D. Power could be retained by the elite more easily
39) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the ‘recovery’ of the Archaic period
A. The cure of various diseases
B. Population increase
C. Improved diet
D. Growth of urban centers
40) The distinctive features of the polis were an acropolis and agora. Acropolis and agora mean
A. ‘granary’ and ‘hospital’
B. ‘military’ and ‘school’
C. ‘city center’ and ‘farmland’
D. ‘hilltop refuge’ and ‘gathering place’
41) Hostility and jealousy between city-states led to the emergence of new types of warfare with soldiers called
A. Marines
B. Cossacks
C. Hoplites
D. Helots
42) A Greek population explosion led to
A. An expansive political system
B. The colonization of North Africa, Sicily, and southern Italy.
C. Development of new agricultural technologies
D. Frequent warfare over scarce resources
43) Coins were significant n all of the following ways EXCEPT
A. They allowed easy exchange of goods and service
B. They allowed for easy record keeping
C. They were used to pay the professional soldiers
D. They allowed for rapid transactions
44) An oligarchy is a society where
A. All landowners participate politically
B. All adult makes are allowed to vote
C. A hereditary elite controls the power
D. The wealthy members of a society have political power
45) The Greek concept of democracy included political participation of
A. All free, native born, adult males
B. Both men and women
C. Military only
D. All Greeks
46) The Greeks worshipped the Gods through
A. An adherence to strict monotheism
B. An emphasis on a personal relationship
C. Various types of sacrificial gifts
D. Ritual baths and baptisms
47) The Greeks believed that their gods gave advise through
A. Their sacred literary text
B. Oracles
C. The king, who directly spoke and was related to god
D. Shamans
48) The Archaic Greek development of humanism, a lasting feature of Western civilization was
A. A valuing of the uniqueness, rights, and talents of individuals
B. A short-lived attempt to treat humans as God
C. The political concept that the king was designated by God
D. The idea that humans descended from primate ancestors
49) Pre-Socratic philosophers were primarily concerned with
A. Creating a theoretical model to explain the natural world
B. Using experimental evidence to explain the world
C. Formulation new religious explanations for nature
D. Reforming corrupt society
50) An example of the sophistication of the Greek thinkers was the development of the theory that the world is composed of
A. Liquids
B. Elements
C. Vapors
D. Atoms
A. Make it a formidable barrier between east and west.
B. Makes it a link between West, South, and Central Asia.
C. Indicates that the major trading routes, such as the Silk Road, did not pass through it.
D. Indicates that the region received plenty of monsoonal rainfall, eliminating the need for large scale irrigation.
2) Cyrus was able to take over Babylon by...
A. Destroying the religious foundation of the city by killing all the priests in Babylon.
B. Laying siege to the city.
C. Battering in the gates of the city.
D. Making a deal with disaffected elements of the city
3) Why did satrapies have more autonomy the farther they were from the central seat of government?
A. Communication was so slow that it was impractical to refer matters to the central government.
B. Outlying areas were constantly beguiled by neighboring peoples to follow their own course.
C. Outlying areas were to difficult to defend form invasions, so the central government did no care to monitor them closely.
D. The Persian king always put his biggest rivals at the periphery of his kingdom and gave them more autonomy to prevent rebellion.
4) Darius can be considered a second founder of the Persian Empire because…
A. He moved the seat of government.
B. He forced the Scythians to move.
C. He created a new organizational structure that remained for two centuries.
D. He promoted maritime travel.
5) What did the walled garden called “Paradayadam” (paradise) symbolize to the Persians?
A. The prosperity that the king and empire could bring to those who served them.
B. The divinity of the king.
C. The superiority of the leisure class.
D. The biblical garden of Eden.
6) Which group of Persian workers received the most pay?
A. Men
B. Women
C. Pregnant Women
D. Children
7) Historians now believe that the sculpture on the foundations, walls, and stairwells of the buildings at Persepolis represent…
A. A real event that transpired each year.
B. Xerxes’ vision of a perfect empire.
C. Darius’ admiration of the Greeks.
D. Public relations or Propaganda.
8) What was NOT true of Zoroastrianism?
A. It preached a belief in multiple deities.
B. Good will ultimately triumph.
C. One supreme deity.
D. It held humans to a high ethical standard.
9) For the Greeks and other peoples living around it, the Mediterranean was...
A. A barrier.
B. Somewhat of a barrier.
C. A connector.
D. Irrelevant.
10) What is NOT a reason for the population explosion in Greece during the eighth century?
A. Specialization of labor.
B. More intensive use of the land.
C. Increased prosperity based on imports.
D. Shift to a diet based on bread rather than meat.
11) Which of the following did NOT help inaugurate the outward-looking seafaring activities of the Greek Archaic period?
A. Scarcity of resources.
B. The competition between Athens and Sparta.
C. The difficulty of overland trade.
D. Influences from the Phoenicians.
12) Which of the following about Greek colonies is NOT true?
A. The colonists set out after receiving a blessing from the goddess Athena.
B. Some colonist did not go willingly.
C. Colonies provided a population safety valve.
D. Colonist sometimes reduced the native populations of the new colonies to servile satatus.
13) Greek states were defended by
A. A professional class of soldiers.
B. Private citizens
C. Mercenaries hired by nobles
D. Slaves
14) What was NOT a benefit of the invention of coins?
A. It allowed for more rapid exchange of goods.
B. It allowed for more efficient recordkeeping
C. It stimulated trade and increased the total wealth of the society.
D. It made currency standard for all areas.
15) What was the central ritual of Greek religion?
A. Baptism
B. Sacrifice
C. Fasting
D. Feasting
16) Why is Herodotus considered the “father of history”?
A. He wrote many narratives of Greek events.
B. He was the first person to record history.
C. He was the first Greek to get paid to teach history.
D. He sought the causes behind historical events.
17) To the Persians, the conflicts with the Greeks
A. Was all-consuming.
B. Was very important to the survival of their kingdom.
C. Was less important than it was to the Greeks.
D. Seemed inconsequential.
18) What enabled the rowers of Athenian battleships to gain an equal voice in the democratic system?
A. The Hoplite Revolt
B. The war with the Minoans
C. A vote in the Athenian Assembly
D. The great importance of the navy to the Athenian military.
19) What motivated the theft of Alexander the Great’s corpse by members of the Ptolemaic dynasty?
A. They wanted to denigrate and humiliate the former Greek empire of Alexander.
B. The theft was an attempt to gain legitimacy for Ptolemaic rule by claiming Alexander’s blessing.
C. They believed it would prove to their rivals that they had the military capability to carry out such a great schem
D. They believed his corpse would bring them good fortune.\
20) To become part of the privileged and wealthy ruling class ambitious members of the indigenous populations conquered by Greece
A. Intermarried with Greeks.
B. Learned the Greek language and adopted elements of the Greek way of life.
C. Migrated to Greek cities.
D. Abandoned all aspects of their culture.
21) Which of the following were NOT fundamental environmental factor(s) in Iran
A. Scarcity of water for Agriculture
B. Large desserts
C. Persian Gulf to the south
D. The Tigris and Euphrates
22) The Medes were the first Iranian people to
A. Begin settled agriculture in the region
B. Reach complex level of political organization
C. Established Unique Persian Culture
D. Start a state-sponsored religion
23) The King Responsible for unifying Iran was
A. Cyrus
B. Xerxes
C. Darius
D. Herodtus
24) The three social and occupational classes in ancient Iran were
A. Lords, merchants, and serfs
B. Warriors, priests, and peasants
C. Scholars, priests, and pastoralist
D. Nobels, bureaucrats, and untouchable
25) Cyrus and his father ruled their empire by following a practical approach of
A. Threatening people with harsh punishments
B. Arranging to married into the noble or wealthy families
C. Murdering or killing all members of power
D. Respecting local priest and native traditions
26) The Persian provinces were administered by
A. Direct control from the king
B. Utilizing native rulers loyal to the king
C. Satraps or hereditary provincial governors
D. Large occupying armies or military presences
27) Though Greek sources depict Persian women as political pawns; recent findings suggest that Persian women of elite classes
A. Owned property and had political influence
B. Wrote many of the great works of Persia
C. Were complete submissive
D. Controlled textile and marble trade
28) King Darius, who was remember as a lawgiver, created a central body of law. Under the system subject peoples in Persian territories were
A. Punished for disobeying the imperial laws
B. Still allowed to live under their own laws
C. Brought under a unified legal system
D. Given harsher laws then the Persians
29) Darius used are art and sculpture to carefully craft a vision of a vast empire where
A. Disobedient subject were treated harshly
B. The wealthy were godlike
C. Only the poor shouldered the burdens
D. All the subject people willingly cooperated
30) Which of the following is NOT a tenet of Zoroastrianism
A. Belief in a supreme deity
B. Belief that humans would be rewarded or punished in the afterlife for their deeds
C. Belief that the world was created by Ahuramazda
D. Belief in reincarnation of the dead
31) Although Greece is described as ‘resource poor’ in the chapter, it economically prospered
A. Through brisk trade in slaves
B. Due to successful manufacturing
C. By using a large population as a large ‘service’ sector
D. Through access to foreign resources, markets, and ideas.
32) What did the Greek families find grew in the dry environment of Greece
A. Wheat, barley, and oats
B. Melons, figs, and dates
C. Barley, dates and grapes
D. Olives, grapes, and barley
33) The Greeks viewed the sea as
A. An important ‘connector’
B. An insurmountable ‘barrier’
C. The holiest place
D. Another name for their elaborate aqueduct system
34) To ensure good crops, Greek farmers relied entirely on
A. Fertile river valleys
B. Irrigation and canal system
C. Annual rainfall
D. Predictable yearly floods
35) Lacking mineral deposits, the Greeks mined
A. Bronze and Iron
B. Gold and Taconite
C. Copper and Tin
D. Marble and Clay
36) The Greek dark ages was a period of
A. Dark atmospheric conditions due to the eruption of Mt. Versuvius
B. Commercial growth due to the use of dark color dyes from fabrics
C. Intellectual and commercial vitality
D. Poverty, isolation, and depopulation.
37) The Archaic Period in Greece began
A. Because of renewal contacts with Phoenicia
B. With the development of communication technology
C. With the end of the Greek Civil wars
D. When Alexander took reign
38) The Phoenician alphabetic writing system was a great gift of Greece because
A. The could now share in Phoenician literature and culture
B. It enabled the Greeks to decipher the Phoenician Military codes and laws
C. It allowed for widespread literacy without the need for years of study
D. Power could be retained by the elite more easily
39) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the ‘recovery’ of the Archaic period
A. The cure of various diseases
B. Population increase
C. Improved diet
D. Growth of urban centers
40) The distinctive features of the polis were an acropolis and agora. Acropolis and agora mean
A. ‘granary’ and ‘hospital’
B. ‘military’ and ‘school’
C. ‘city center’ and ‘farmland’
D. ‘hilltop refuge’ and ‘gathering place’
41) Hostility and jealousy between city-states led to the emergence of new types of warfare with soldiers called
A. Marines
B. Cossacks
C. Hoplites
D. Helots
42) A Greek population explosion led to
A. An expansive political system
B. The colonization of North Africa, Sicily, and southern Italy.
C. Development of new agricultural technologies
D. Frequent warfare over scarce resources
43) Coins were significant n all of the following ways EXCEPT
A. They allowed easy exchange of goods and service
B. They allowed for easy record keeping
C. They were used to pay the professional soldiers
D. They allowed for rapid transactions
44) An oligarchy is a society where
A. All landowners participate politically
B. All adult makes are allowed to vote
C. A hereditary elite controls the power
D. The wealthy members of a society have political power
45) The Greek concept of democracy included political participation of
A. All free, native born, adult males
B. Both men and women
C. Military only
D. All Greeks
46) The Greeks worshipped the Gods through
A. An adherence to strict monotheism
B. An emphasis on a personal relationship
C. Various types of sacrificial gifts
D. Ritual baths and baptisms
47) The Greeks believed that their gods gave advise through
A. Their sacred literary text
B. Oracles
C. The king, who directly spoke and was related to god
D. Shamans
48) The Archaic Greek development of humanism, a lasting feature of Western civilization was
A. A valuing of the uniqueness, rights, and talents of individuals
B. A short-lived attempt to treat humans as God
C. The political concept that the king was designated by God
D. The idea that humans descended from primate ancestors
49) Pre-Socratic philosophers were primarily concerned with
A. Creating a theoretical model to explain the natural world
B. Using experimental evidence to explain the world
C. Formulation new religious explanations for nature
D. Reforming corrupt society
50) An example of the sophistication of the Greek thinkers was the development of the theory that the world is composed of
A. Liquids
B. Elements
C. Vapors
D. Atoms
