Which of the following is NOT a part of the Hellas?
Southern Balkan Peninsula
Syria
Asia Minor
Peloponnese Peninsula
The seas that surround the area of Ancient Greece are
Aegean, Mediterranean, Baltic
Aegean, Ionic, Doric
Mediterranean, Aegean, Ionic
Mediterranean, Black, Caspian
The fertility of the land was low because
the Greeks only lived on islands
there were too many river floodings
the type of land was calcareous
it is a very mountainous region
The Greeks spread their colonies around
The Balkans
The Mediterranean
North Africa
Hellas
Among the regions they spread, where did they expand to the west?
Palestine
Iberian Peninsula
Black Sea
The origins of Ancient Greece can be traced back to
the Palaeolithic
the Neolithic
The Copper Age
The Bronze Age
Between 1200 and 776 BCE we find the
Metal Age
Mycenean civilisation
Minoan civilisation
Greek Dark Age
The Minoan Civilisation stretched between what years?
2700-1400 BCE
3000-1500 BCE
1500-750 BCE
1200-750 BCE
The capital of the Minoan Civilisation was
Mycenae
Crete
Knossos
Athens
THe Mycenean Civilisation was centred around
The Peloponnese Peninsula
Southern Italy
The Mycenean Civilisation ended when was conquered by
Dorians
Ionians
Corinthian
Persians
"Aristocracy" can be defined as
"The rule of the few"
"The rule of one"
"The power of the best"
"The power of the people"
The expansion of trade during the Archaic Period was due to the
increase of cloth production
the expansion of the empire
a tax raise
the colonisation
The Classical Age in Greece happened
between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE
between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE
during the 5th and 4th centuries BCE
during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE
Who was in charge of the reforms that led to the democratic system in Athens?
Socrates
Hippocrates
Solon
Pericles
Democracy is
an economic system
a political system
an economic institution
a political institution
The basic institution in democratic Athens was
Ekklesia
Gerousia
Oligarchs
Apella
Among the roles of the citizens in democratic Athens, they did NOT have the power for
voting the laws
electing representatives
political participation
deciding about war or peace
The political system in Sparta was
Democracy
Oligarchy
Aristocracy
Tyranny
'Oligarchy' means
"The power of one"
The Persian Wars confronted
Athens and Sparta
Sparta and Persians
Greeks and Persians
Athenians and Greeks
The war between Greece and Persia was because of
the control over the Black Sea
the control over Asia Minor
the control over Palestine
the control over Egypt
The Greco-Persian Wars happened between what years?
499-480 BCE
480-447 BCE
447-431 BCE
431-404 BCE
What was the name of the association of poleis around Athens after the Persian Wars?
Peloponnesian League
Delian League
Athenian League
Hellenistic League
What was the name of the association of poleis around Sparta after the Persian Wars?
Spartan League
The Peloponnesian War happened between what years?
Who wan the Peloponnesian Wars?
Sparta
The Persians
Alexander the Great
The Hellenistic Period is marked by the control of Greece by
the Dorians
the Macedonians
the Persians
the Romans
What was the political system of the kingdom of Macedon?
Hereditary Monarchy
Parliamentary Monarchy
Philip II expanded the territories of Macedon towards
the Peloponnese Peninsula and Asia Minor
the Balkans and the Peloponnese Peninsula
the Balkans and Asia Minor
Crete and the Peloponnese Peninsula
Alexander the Great reigned between
404-375 BCE
375-359 BCE
359-336 BCE
336-323 BCE
Which of the following did Alexander the Great NOT conquer?
Mesopotamia
Persia
Italian Peninsula
Where did Alexander the Great die?
Babylon
Alexandria
Skopje
What happened after Alexander's death?
His successor inherited the empire
His children divided the empire in three parts
His generals divided the empire in three parts
One general inherited the entire empire
When did Roman control over Greece begin?
323 BCE
254 BCE
146 BCE
108 BCE
The Acropolis in a poleis had two functions:
Religious and economic
Religious and political
Religious and defensive
Political and defensive
Main public space in Greek lower cities
Agora
Market
Temple
Warehouse
Which of the following is NOT a function of the agora in Greek poleis?
Economic
Social
Sporting
Political
Basic division in Greek society
Free and non free
Citizens and slaves
Citizens and non-citizens
Rulers and subjected
The division between citizens and non-citizens was based on
freedom
economic participation
religious participation
Among the non-citizens we do NOT find
Foreigners
Spartans
Women
Slaves
Foreigners in Athens were called
Heliaia
Ephors
Perioicoi
Metics
Greek religion was
Monotheist
Polytheist
Animistic
Atheist
The main religious rituals in ancient Greece did NOT include
Offerings
Sacrifices
Christmas
Olympic games
Greek gods were
Superhuman
Anthropomorphic
Human and animal features
Virtual
What were the heroes?
Humans with superpowers
Gods with less powers
Inmortal and with superpowers
More than humans, less than gods
Which of the following is a heroe?
Poseidon
Zeus
Heracles
Apollo
What are the Olympic Games?
Just sports
Ceremonies dedicated to Zeus
Entertainment
Messages of advice of the gods
'Philosophy' means:
Method for reaching knowledge
Rational thinking
Love for knowledge
Tragedies and comedies
Which of the following is the father of History?
Aristotle
Eratosthenes
Herodotus
Homer
Messages of advice sent by the gods interpreted by priests and priestesses were called
Miracles
Oracles
Heroes
Polytheism
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Greek art?
Proportion
Visual balance
Massive size
Looking for beauty
Main material in Greek architecture
Marble
Clay
Wood
Flint
Which of the following is NOT an order in Greek architecture?
Doric
Delian
Ionic
Cortinthian
The Doric order has
Volutes
Smooth capital
Acanthus leaves
Base
The main element of the Ionian order is:
Trigliphs and metopes
Capital wth volutes
Capital wth acanthus leaves
If a temple has eight columns in the front, how do we call it?
Hexastyle
Octastyle
Decastyle
Dodecastyle
If a temple is hexastyle, how many columns has it got in the lenght?
11
12
13
14
Which of the following is NOT part of the Acropolis of Athens?
Parthenon
Athena Nike
Erechtheum
Lysippus
Idea of beauty related with the size of the body in sculpture
Rigidity
Naturalism
Canon
Emotions