HIEU 201 MINDTAP CHAPTER 3 QUIZ
The Dark Age refers to
a. a period of economic chaos but artistic and intellectual growth.
b. a period of transition between Mycenaean and Hellenic civilizations.
c. a period of migration of Greek tribes away from fertile lands to the
mountains and the abandonment of Aegean islands.
d. a period of military chaos but economic prosperity in the Greek world.
The work of Homer
a. rejects military prowess and the pursuit of glory and fame as criteria for
human excellence.
b. celebrates war without reflecting on its tragic character.
c. contains the origins of the notion that human excellence was a combination
of thought and action.
d. depicts the gods as primarily responsible for the good or evil that befell
human beings.
The Olympian religion that emerged in ancient Greece
a. centered on a powerful professional priesthood that could dictate absolute
truths.
b. was monotheistic, worshipping Zeus as the only god.
c. did not put an end to the worship of local gods or the practicing of local
rituals.
d. played no role in the lives of the Greek people after the development of
philosophy.
The polis
a. was comprised mostly of non-citizens, with a small number of citizens
who made the laws.
b. could be very large, comprising vast territories and huge populations.
c. was comprised mostly of full citizens, with a small number of non-citizens
who could not participate in lawmaking.
d. resulted from the disintegration of much larger political units.
Spartan society was militaristic primarily because
a. the Spartans had to defend the Helots from the perioikoi.
b. Spartans were forced to defend themselves from the Persians, who
threatened an invasion of the Peloponnesus.
The Dark Age refers to
a. a period of economic chaos but artistic and intellectual growth.
b. a period of transition between Mycenaean and Hellenic civilizations.
c. a period of migration of Greek tribes away from fertile lands to the
mountains and the abandonment of Aegean islands.
d. a period of military chaos but economic prosperity in the Greek world.
The work of Homer
a. rejects military prowess and the pursuit of glory and fame as criteria for
human excellence.
b. celebrates war without reflecting on its tragic character.
c. contains the origins of the notion that human excellence was a combination
of thought and action.
d. depicts the gods as primarily responsible for the good or evil that befell
human beings.
The Olympian religion that emerged in ancient Greece
a. centered on a powerful professional priesthood that could dictate absolute
truths.
b. was monotheistic, worshipping Zeus as the only god.
c. did not put an end to the worship of local gods or the practicing of local
rituals.
d. played no role in the lives of the Greek people after the development of
philosophy.
The polis
a. was comprised mostly of non-citizens, with a small number of citizens
who made the laws.
b. could be very large, comprising vast territories and huge populations.
c. was comprised mostly of full citizens, with a small number of non-citizens
who could not participate in lawmaking.
d. resulted from the disintegration of much larger political units.
Spartan society was militaristic primarily because
a. the Spartans had to defend the Helots from the perioikoi.
b. Spartans were forced to defend themselves from the Persians, who
threatened an invasion of the Peloponnesus.
