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True or false
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True or false: Greeks could share language and religious traditions while remaining politically divided among independent city-states.
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05 Persia, Greece, and the Hellenistic World Online Quiz Questions
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20 questions
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Which political pattern is most consistent with the way mountains, islands, and coastlines shaped ancient Greece?
- A
They enabled one central government to control all Greek communities easily.
- B
They helped shape a landscape of independent communities with their own governments.
- C
They prevented Greek communities from sharing language and religious traditions.
- D
They led every Greek city-state to adopt the same political system.
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What is the singular Greek term for an independent political unit with its own government and laws?
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Which approach best explains how Darius I addressed the challenges of governing a vast Persian Empire?
- A
He replaced local provincial governments with independent Greek-style assemblies.
- B
He used provincial governors and roads to administer the empire and carry communications.
- C
He relied on a single royal center and prohibited communication between provinces.
- D
He allowed each province to control imperial taxation and military authority independently.
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Which description best combines Sparta's political structure with its approach to civic life?
- A
A direct democracy in which all residents could participate in public decisions.
- B
A monarchy in which one hereditary ruler held all political authority.
- C
An oligarchic system with two kings and councils, organized around military discipline.
- D
A representative system in which elected officials governed a unified Greece.
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Which alliance did Athens lead before it developed into an Athenian empire?
07
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The prolonged conflict between Athens and Sparta that weakened the Greek city-states is known as the .
08
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Which groups were excluded from citizenship in the Athenian democracy described here? Select all correct choices.
- A
Women
- B
Eligible male citizens
- C
Enslaved people
- D
Resident foreigners
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Which actions show how Cyrus II accommodated local traditions after taking Babylon? Select all correct choices.
- A
He presented himself as a traditional Babylonian ruler.
- B
He required Babylonian communities to abandon their temples.
- C
He restored temples.
- D
He ended Persian imperial rule over Babylon.
10
True or false
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True or false: Greek victories at Salamis and Plataea ended the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
- A
True
- B
False
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Which Egyptian city became a center of administration, commerce, and learning in the Hellenistic world?
12
True or false
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True or false: By his death in Babylon, Alexander had conquered the Persian Empire's central territories and campaigned as far east as the Indus region.
- A
True
- B
False
13
Open ended
1 point
Explain why the Hellenistic world should be understood as cultural exchange and local continuity, rather than simply the spread of Greek customs.
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Which action by Cyrus II after taking Babylon best illustrates the Persian practice of accommodating local traditions?
- A
Replacing local religious practices with a single empire-wide cult
- B
Restoring temples after taking Babylon
- C
Ending taxation in every province
- D
Giving each province independence from imperial authority
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What plural Greek term refers to the independent city-states of ancient Greece?
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A visitor claims that Athenian democracy meant every person living in Athens could take part in public decisions. Which correction is most accurate?
- A
It gave all residents, including foreigners, the same voting rights.
- B
It restricted public decision-making to hereditary kings.
- C
It allowed eligible male citizens to participate directly, while excluding several groups from citizenship.
- D
It abolished citizen participation and placed all authority in military councils.
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What alliance, initially led by Athens, later developed into an Athenian empire?
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What was a broad political consequence of the Peloponnesian War and the conflicts that followed among Greek city-states?
- A
They permanently united the city-states under Athenian rule.
- B
They weakened the city-states through continued rivalry and conflict.
- C
They ended competition between Athens and Sparta without further wars.
- D
They restored Persian rule over mainland Greece.
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Which outcome followed Philip II's victory at Chaeronea in 338 BCE?
- A
Alexander defeated Sparta and Corinth, bringing all Greece under Persian rule.
- B
Darius I defeated Athens and Thebes, establishing satrapies in Greece.
- C
Cyrus II defeated Athens and Sparta, creating the Delian League.
- D
Philip II defeated Athens and Thebes, bringing much of Greece under Macedonian dominance.
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Which sequence gives the conventional boundaries of the Hellenistic period?
- A
From the Persian Wars to the Peloponnesian War
- B
From Philip II's victory at Chaeronea to Alexander's invasion of Persia
- C
From Alexander's death to the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt
- D
From the founding of the Achaemenid Empire to the conquest of Babylon