Greece: final test

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Greece: final test

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1. Should we consider the Minoan civilisation a prehistoric or a historical civilisation?

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Prehistoric, because they had no writing system.

Historical, because they had a writing system.

Prehistoric, because nobody can read their writing system.

Historical, because at the same time there was the Old Kingdom in Egypt, so this is already history.

Clear selection

In what century and period of the history of Greece were celebrated the first Olympic games according to tradition (776BC)? *

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New Kingdom, 8th century BC

Hellenistic period, 7th century BC

Archaic period, 7th century BC

Dark ages, 8th century BC

New Kingdom, 7th century BC

Archaic period, 8th century BC

What things had Greeks in common in the archaic and classical periods?

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A government

One city was the leader of all Greek cities

A language

The same gods and sanctuaries that all Greeks visited

Colonies

Read this text before answering the following question

"In the next year (around 734 BC), Archias of the Herakleidai in Corinth founded Syracuse, first driving the Sicels (1) from the island, today no longer surrounded by water, that contains the city (2); afterward over time the city outside it was also included in its walls and became populous". (Thucydides, VI, 3-5)

Notes:
(1) The Sicles ("sículos" in Spanish) were the indigenous inhabitants of Sicily before the Phoenicians and Greeks arrived and founded colonies.
(2) The oldest part of the city of Syracuse is an island called Ortygia. With time it became almost a peninsula (see the picture below).

View of modern-day Syracuse

The island of Ortygia, where Syracuse was founded, is at the front of the picture

Which one of these poleis was the metropolis, as the previous text describes? *

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Corinth

Syracuse

Could the rulers of Corinth control the government of Syracuse?

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Yes, because Syracuse was a colony.

No, because Syracuse was an independent polis from the beginning.

Syracuse was not a colony.

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What changed in Greece after the Greco-Persian Wars? *

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Athens was very generous with other cities.

Sparta started a war with Athens immediately.

Athens became more powerful than Sparta.

Athens became richer thanks to its power.

Sparta lost the war.

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In the list below, mark the features of Athenian democracy that are DIFFERENT from modern democracy. *

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Only citizens had political rights.

Women could not vote.

Most of the magistrates and judges were chosen by lot among common citizens.

Citizens participated personally in the Assembly, there did not choose representatives.

The city paid a salary to the people who were chosen for magistrates.

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Which of these differences between Pericles' and Alexander's rule are TRUE?

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Pericles was a democratic ruler, Alexander was a king.

Pericles' Athens did not control other cities, Alexander's Macedonia controlled most of Greece and conquered the Persian empire.

Pericles was a politician, Alexander was a soldier.

The Athenian domination over other cities under Pericles was possible thanks to the navy, Alexander conquered the Persians with his army.

Over how many continents did Alexander's empire extend? *

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Three continents

One continent

Two continents

Four continents

Greek temples, the same as Egyptian ones, were... *

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The houses of gods, where their statues and treasures were stored.

Places where the people met on religious holidays.

Places for learning about religion.

What architectonic order is the temple of the previous picture built in? *

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Doric

Ionic

Corinthian

What elements of the temple have distinctive forms in this architectonic order? *

Traducción: selecciona los elementos que tienen formas características en el orden dórico.

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Pediments

Triglyphs

Metopes

Architraves

Friezes

Capitals

Bases

Columns

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What element of this list is not contained in the picture above? *

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Pediment

Triglyphs

Metopes

Architrave

Frieze

Capital

Base

Column

And in this picture, what elements are not displayed? *

Artemision, Ephesus (reconstruction)

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Pediment

Triglyphs

Metopes

Architrave

Frieze

Capital

Base

Column

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What is the order of this second temple?

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Doric

Ionic

Corinthian

Clear selection

Of which period do you think is this statue?

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Archaic

Classical

Hellenistic

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Could you call the previous statue a 'kouros'?

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Yes

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Is this a 'kore'?

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Yes

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Why do you know this is a hellenistic statue? (more than one option can be correct) *

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Because of the posture

Because of the subject (people suffering, strong emotion)

Because of the ideal beauty

Because of the balance

Other:

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Was any of the following activities not related to religion in Ancient Greece?

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Athletic competitions

Theatre

Sacriifices

Predicting the future

All these things were related to religion.

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