History, 23.10.2020 20:20 robert7248
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Heinrich Schliemann was a German businessman and a pioneer in the field of archaeology, studying the Greek culture among other areas of ancient history.
True
False
2
Athens, Greece was the birthplace of a new political system called
Democracy
Socialism
Communism
Government
3
Historians believe that the Mycenaeans were perfectly united politically.
True
False
4
The Greeks explained many of the workings of nature as actions of the gods. For example, a lightning flash meant that the sky god Zeus was angrily hurling these:
Rain Drops
Thunder
Lighting
Thunderbolts
5
Apollo is the Greek god of ?
wisdom.
love and beauty.
music and poetry.
commerce and travel.
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Today we use the word science to mean the organized study of the universe and the laws of nature. The Greeks used a different word. They called it philosophy. What does philosophy mean, literally?
love of wisdom
laws of nature,
place in the world
study of the universe
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The philosopher Socrates taught his students to question tradition and challenged them to look closely at all of their thoughts and actions.
True
False
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A brilliant writer, Plato followed Socrates and created a school based on the former's teaching. Each lesson takes the form of an imagined or remembered conversation between Socrates and his students. The most famous, the Republic, examines what?
astronomy
society
democracy
different forms of government in order to determine which is best
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Socrates had educated Plato, and Plato, in turn, schooled a brilliant young man who became the leading philosopher of ancient Greece. His name was Aristotle. When Aristotle's school the Lyceum wanted to study animals, this practice was used:
had his students collect the information
observed from a distance
had gamekeepers put tags on wild animals so he could follow their movements
read all the available text
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By 150 the Hellenistic world was in decline. The separate kingdoms could not sustain their strength, especially in the face of a new power, that of Rome.
True
False
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Rome began as a small village on the narrow, boot-shaped piece of land we now call:
France
Italy
Spain
Greece
12
To the north of Rome, the rugged Alps offered protection from invaders. Also to the north, the Po River valley provided rich farmland.
True
False?
13
What is the climate of Rome?
sunny summers and mild winters
grey and rainy, like London
harsh winters
windy all the time
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A much-loved Roman myth linked the city’s origin to Romulus and Remus, who were said to be twin sons of Mars, the Roman god of war.
True
False
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A republic is a government in which?
all can vote.
only select citizens can vote.
leaders are elected by committee.
citizens elect their leaders.
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Read the excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street.as they suddenly start toward the house. in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. steve stands in front of them. for a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop.stevewait a minute . . wait a minute! let's not be a mob! the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing? a) as they suddenly start toward the house.b) in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob.c) they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end.d) the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.
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