CSTU QUIZ 2

  

Question 1 

1. Whose view was that the Cosmos was based on the belief      that every occurrence in the physical universe had logos behind it and      that is where life originated?

  

Plato

 

Aristotle

 

The Pharaoh

 

The Aegean's

3 points   

Question 2 

1. Who was not an early Athens reformer during the Archaic      period?

  

Draco

 

Solon

 

Pisistratos

 

Anacreon

3 points   

Question 3 

1. Democracy became a reality with      the reforms of Cleisthenes (507BC), who sharply curtailed the influence of      the four aristocratic tribes who had long dominated ___________ politics.

  

Corinthian

 

Athenian

 

Algerian

 

Sparta

3 points   

Question 4 

1. The apex in all the arts for the Greek civilization      came to its apex during the high classical period especially during which      Age.

  

Age of the priest

 

Age of Pericles

 

Age of Aristotle

 

Age of Plato

3 points   

Question 5 

1. The first Greek code of laws. Though very severe did      offer a single standard of justice for all people.

  

Hammurabi law code

 

Athenian law code

 

Draconian law code

 

Grecian law code

3 points   

Question 6 

1. As we have studied the Greek Heritage, what dates could      you give the Classical Period in Greek history.

  

500-323 BC

 

900-700 BC

 

325-30 BC

 

3000-1100 BC

3 points   

Question 7 

1. Homer composed the Iliad between what years?

  

750-700 BC

 

460-430BC

 

800-760 BC

 

440-400 BC

3 points   

Question 8 

1. A Wealthy-German merchant turned archaeologist      discovered Troy in Northern Turkey.

  

Homer

 

Schliemann

 

Schlutz

 

Adolphus

3 points   

Question 9 

1. When was Neo-classical architecture brought to America?

  

18th century

 

17th century

 

19th century

 

20th century

3 points   

Question 10 

1. The Mycenae had developed a metal craftsmanship called      ___________ , the hammering of metals into representational form.

  

Toreutics

 

Cyclopes

 

Philoctetes

 

Illiad

3 points   

Question 11 

1. The worship of Olympian gods was a complex and      fascinating religion. According to the Rawls textbook, at its most      straightforward the religion used mythical gods and goddesses to explain      what?

  

Their enemies

 

Natural forces

 

None of these listed

 

Powers that the king should have

3 points   

Question 12 

1. What types of columns decorated the front of the      Supreme Court?

  

Ionic

 

Doric

 

Corinthian

 

Decorative

3 points   

Question 13 

1. What do Historians sometimes use to refer to the great      leap that propelled Western culture forward?

  

Great Leap

 

Miracle of Greece

 

Western great turnaround

 

Socratic method of logic

3 points   

Question 14 

1. This archaeological monument is from the citadel of the      kings from ancient Mycenae.

  

Lion Gate

 

Homer’s Iliad

 

The Dreaded Minotaur

 

Antelopes

3 points   

Question 15 

1. This is the name given to the civilization disseminated      throughout the Mediterranean and the Near East in the wake of Alexander’s      conquests.

  

Middle East

 

Greek Age

 

Hellenism

 

Aristophanes

3 points   

Question 16 

1. Archaic Greek sculpture of a standing, clothes maiden      figure.

  

Kore

 

Red-figures style

 

Ionic

 

Doric

3 points   

Question 17 

1. Which style of art do      we associate  with the Archaic Period of Greece?

  

Kouros

 

Venus of Willendorf

 

Minoan Art

 

Frontality

3 points   

Question 18 

1. Greece is surrounded by four seas. Which of these is      not one of them?

  

Aegean

 

Galilee

 

Ionian

 

Mediterranean

3 points   

Question 19 

1. During the Archaic Period the Greeks enlarged their      economy and gained leisure time for other pursuits: gymnastics, education,      philosophic-scientific investigation, discussions in the ___________.

  

Open fields.

 

Agora

 

City gate

 

Local bath house

3 points   

Question 20 

1. Who said “Justice in the life and conduct of the state      is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of its      citizens.”

  

Holmes

 

Plato

 

Socrates

 

Jefferson

3 points   

Question 21 

1. Sparta was able to rival Athens in cultural and      intellectual achievements.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 22 

1. The Indo-European tribe is believed to have lived about      3000 years ago in the area of Central Asia.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 23 

1. Greece refused to absorb any of the cultural heritage      from the Egyptians or the Mesopotamians.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 24 

1. The Greeks tired of the Persian’s attitude and attacked      the Persian Empire’s Mainland in 490BC.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 25 

1. Ancient Greek culture is generally dynamic, while      ancient Egyptian culture is generally static.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 26 

1. The Greeks were not known for being very idealistic or      pragmatic.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 27 

1. The Parthenon is built during the 2nd century

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 28 

1. Individualistic to the extreme, the Greeks had no      organized religion and, consequently, no hierarchy of priests.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 29 

1. Judaism is the only civilization that had its roots      based on the Logocentricity of life?

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 30 

1. The story of the Odyssey read by generations of people      is a very accurate history of the Greeks.

True 

False