TEST AGE 2: the Greeks T-VWO

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AGE 2 : the Greeks

Lesson 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

1. Dictionary (E-NL) is allowed. NO google translate.
2. You may use a calculator.
3. Besides a dictionary, calculator and chromebook, your desk is empty:  no notebook, no notes and.....no phone!
4. Only 1 tab is opened during the test. Use FULL SCREEN.
5. Finished? Hand in your work and CLOSE your chromebook.

read the rules before you start

Good Luck!

This test has: 

23 mc questions, 8 drag&drop questions, 8 open questions.

You can earn 62 points to get a "10"

Which answers are correct?
The geography of Greece caused the Greeks:

1. to become experienced soldiers
2. to grow enough food for themselves
3. to find other places to live too
4. to have close contacts with other Greek cities

What was a characteristic of a Greek polis?

1. It had the same laws as the other Greek poleis.
2. It was a city-state.
3. There was an absence of slaves.
4. It had open borders.

The agora was:

1. a Greek city-state.
2. a new city that was started overseas.
3. the inner keep of the city where most temples were located.
4. the main marketplace in a polis.

In Ancient Greece, a citizen was:

1. a man or woman who was born in the polis.
2. a man who was allowed to own land.
3. a man who was born in the polis.
4. someone who was born in a different polis.

Study the source. It is a picture of slaves working
in a Greek silver mine. The picture is from the
5th century BC.

These slaves could have been:

1. prisoners of war.
2. educated slaves.
3. able to buy their own freedom again.
4. former free men who had a lot of debts.

The most expensive of trade goods in Ancient Greece was:

1. olives
2. grain
3. olive oil
4. grapes

How can we be a democracy and also a monarchy at the same time?

1. The people elect the king
2. The king has no real power. Power is in the hands of the people.
3. The king rules together with the people
4. the king rules in the name of the people

What is the best translation of the word "assembly" when
you talk about politics?

1. groep
2. verzameling
3. kudde
4. bijeenkomst

Why were generals not appointed by allotment, but by election?

1. with allotment the outcome could be fraudulous
2. it was not in the city's best interest if someone with no skills became a general.
3. because elections were always general elections.
4. because women were not allowed to take part in elections, and they did not want female generals.

If someone wanted to be part of the government of Athens, he would be asked: ‘Who and what is your father? Who is your mother and who is her father? What is his deme (place you live)?’ Then they would ask the candidate whether he has family graves and where they were located. Finally he was asked whether he had paid his taxes.

Which answers are correct? They asked these questions:

1. to see if the man is a good citizen.
2. to make sure the man is an Athenian.
3. to make sure that only the best candidates are elected.
4. to make sure that the man rich enough to get a political function

Which answer is correct?
Athenians did not have the same democratic system as we have nowadays because:

1. we have an indirect democracy while the Athenians had a direct democracy.
2. there were no elections in in the Athenian democracy, only allotments
3. they could only elect people for the government of the city-state.
4. the athenians elected a king while we elect a parliament

A quote from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
‘Attendance at the assembly was not always voluntary. In the 5th century, public slaves forming a cordon with a red-stained rope herded citizens from the agora into the assembly meeting place (Pnyx), with a fine being imposed on those who got the red on their clothes.’

Though Athens had a democracy not everybody was involved in politics. The source above shows that people:

1. were openly blamed for not being involved in politics.
2. were fined if they showed up too late for meetings.
3. had to be caught and be brought to the Pnyx
4. tried to attend the public meeting.

Which statement is false about the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece?

1. The games were held in Olympia.
2. The Olympic Games were the only Pan-Hellenic games.
3. The Olympic Games were exclusively sports events.
4. The Olympic Games were held in honour of the god Zeus

Which Greek scholars thought about maths and medicine?

1. Archimedes and Pythagoras
2. Eratosthenes and Pythagoras
3. Hippocrates and Euripides
4. Pythagoras and Hippocrates

The fact that Athenian citizens could disagree with
philosophers shows that:

1. citizens of Athens were not highly educated.
2. philosophers were seen as people who did not contribute to the polis.
3. there were great divisions between the Greeks in the poleis.
4. Athenian citizens could form their own opinion on subjects that mattered to them.

Study the source. It is a
panoramic view of the
theatre of Epidaurus.
This sources shows that:

1. there was a large settlement nearby, whose people could attend a play.
2. Greek architects used a mountain site for a theatre.
3. visitors could not see the stage very well if they were seated in the middle rows.
4. women could only be actors in a tragedy, not a comedy

According to this source Herodotus
tried to explain historical events:

1. using his own reasoning.
2. using the influence of the gods.
3. by finding subjective evidence that he checked himself.
4. by trying to find the origins of it and explaining them.

What did a polis NOT have?

1. its own government
2. its own army
3. its own coins
4. its own language

How much of Greek life was influenced by the gods, according to them?

1. they only interfered in wars, like the Trojan War
2. the gods influenced every part of daily life
3. the gods did not influence daily life at all
4. how much the gods influenced daily life depended on the offerings

What is a government called were the richest people are in power?

1. Democracy
2. Monarchy
3. Aristocracy
4. Oligarchy

What is an aspect of a direct democracy?

1. Citizens vote on parties that participate in politics for them
2. People vote on state matters themselves
3. People vote on parties that participate in politics for them
4. Citizens vote on state matters themselves

Read the following statement:
Poor people could never be hoplites.

Which was one cause of this statement?

1. Hoplites needed to have plenty of free time to practise the phalanx
2. It was a great honour to fight in the army as a hoplite.
3. Hoplites were elected from the landowners
4. The phalanx was developed by the Spartans.

This story is an example of:

1. a children’s bedtime story told by Greek parents.
2. a Greek myth that was told by priests to entertain the people.
3. a legend concerning the way in which the Greek world came to be.
4. a myth that should teach people something.

In Ancient Greece not all slaves were treated equally.

Which group of slaves were treated better? Substantiate your answer (leg uit)

Read the following idea.

The gods send us bad liquids that make us ill.

Why is this a religious idea?

Sebastopol is in modern day Ukrain/Russia.
What does this tell you about ancient Greek culture?
Use one aspect from the source in your answer.

Greek ruins at Sebastopol, Crimea

"Ancient Greece was one united country "
Write down two facts that support this statement and two facts that suggest that this statement is not true. Write it down like this:
true: 1..... 2....
not true: 1..... 2...

The Greeks made many bronze statues.
However, only few have remained intact until today.
Can you explain this?

Why did the Athenians get involved in the Ionian rebellion?

What were the effects of the Ionian Rebellion?

What happened to Alexander's empire after his death?

democracy

aristocracy

monarchy

tyranny

the best rule

power is taken by force

the people rule

a king rules

In ancient Greece they held many games. 

Why was this done? Select two reasons from the options on the left and drag them here.

To honour alliances between Greeks

To compete with each other

To honour peace, which is why there was no fighting

To compete with the gods

To honour the gods

To prepare for war

stories of the gods and demi-gods

Key words. Each hotspot (paperclip) contains a key word. Drag them to the correct definition. Maybe there are 6 matches, but maybe only 5, or 4, or 3 or 2, or 1 or no match at all.....

set of rights and obligations between a country and its people

system of rules and the people who make and administer them

Greek theatre plays that ridicule politics or philosophy

stories are not written down, but passed on from person to person by telling

 a group of persons or countries that work together to fight a common enemy.

diadochi

allies

aristocracy

oral tradition

mythology

tragedies

citizenship

pan-hellenic

Both are correct

Both are incorrect

Only A is correct

Only B is correct

Each hotspot (paperclip) contains two statements. Are the statements correct? Drag the paperclip to the correct box.

A: In some poleis, women had more rights than in others.

B: In Ancient Greece, women had less rights than men.

A: - Greek geography made trade between poleis difficult.

B: - Ports were important for trade over sea

A: - Decisions made by the ecclesia were valid if the members agreed on the topic.

B: - Athens had an ecclesia that ruled the city-state, while all other city-states had a boule.

A:  Ostracism was used to be able to wage war against other Greek city-states.

B: Ostracism was used to prevent people from gaining too much power in Athens.

A: slaves and metoiks could not become hoplites

B: the Spartans had the first professional army in history

A. - a right is something that you are entitled to.

B. -  an obligation is something that you must do.

Drag the geographical names to their location in the map.

Ionian Coast

Macedon

Persia

Athens

Tthey had the most rights and influence. They were the ones that had a say in politics

They could have some rights at home, but were not allowed to own land or have a say in political matters in other poleis they visited.

They were allowed to own land or run a business, but if they did not have enough wealth they didn’t get a say in politics.

They had no freedom and the rights they had depended on the polis they lived in. 

in Sparta they were allowed to own land and run a business, but in most city-states they were not.

Not everybody in ancient Greece was equal. Some people had more power and wealth than others.

Make the correct combinations.

One of the people below remains unused.

everybody

free men

metoiks

women

slaves

citizens

Chronology question. Put the events in the correct order on the timeline.

Put the correct date under the event. Two dates should remain unused.

Timeline

Battle of 

Marathon

the Romans conquer Greece

first Olympic Games

Alexander the Great conquers Babylon

start of democracy in Athens

King Philip II of Macedon conquers the Greek poleis

331 BC

859 BC

776 BC

490 BC

338 BC

508 BC

117 AD

146 BC

Look at the pictures of 3 battles of the Persian Wars. 

Then drag the texts to the correct picture

Thermopylae

Salamis

Marathon

490 BC

480 BC

479 BC

triremes

Darius

Leonidas

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BONUS QUESTION: Do this only if you have finished the test and still have time left.
A. Give 2 examples of how Alexander adopted Persian things.
B. Give 2 examples of how Persians adopted Greek things. Write your answer like this:
A: 1......
A: 2.....
B: 1......
B: 2.....