The hoplite phalanx________.
A) required highly skilled and disciplined warriors
B) was the method of fighting preferred by Greek aristocrats
C) was resisted by most political leaders in the Greek poleis
D) was restricted to men with aristocratic backgrounds
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Which statement best describes tyrants in the poleis?
A) Tyrants were usually hoplites who gained their political support from other hoplites and the poor.
B) Tyrants were always aristocrats who used their political power to support the interests of other aristocrats.
C) Tyrants were usually aristocrats who were widely supported by hoplites and the poor.
D) Tyrants were always aristocratic men from other poleis who gained power in a polis as the result of military conquest.
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Which of these was a focus of the work of Plato and Aristotle?
A) political science
B) botany
C) new law codes
D) technology
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When did Spartan males begin their military training?
A) at the age of 18
B) after they were married
C) at the age of 7
D) only when their parents decided they were ready
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Who restructured Athens’ political and social system in 594 B.C.E.?
A) Solon
B) Pericles
C) Themistocles
D) Hesiod
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Socrates and his student Plato________.
A) emphasized the relativity of truth
B) argued for absolute standards of truth
C) were welcomed by the people of Athens
D) co-authored many books together
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Plato, the student of Socrates, established an Academy which emphasized
a. Military training.
b. Ethics.
c. The weakness in a democracy.
d. Questioning authority.
e. All of these choices.
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Unlike the Hebrew religion, Zoroastrianism ________.
A) was dualistic
B) was monotheistic
C) had a sacred scripture
D) arose in the Middle East
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Political power in Sparta was________.
A) in the hands of a few elders
B) held by the Spartan hoplites
C) in the hands of the Spartan helots
D) shared equally by Spartan men and women
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Peisistratus was an example of a ________.
A) tyrant
B) helot
C) king
D) archon
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