Who were the Mycenaeans?

German archaeologists
inventors of democracy
*Indo-Europeans who migrated to Greece*
a seafaring people from Phoenicia

*if you had this question, you are most likely taking a test, the next following questions are probably in your test too, so the answers will be in *this format*

Which describes the geography of Greece?
tropical forests
*rugged mountains*
open plains
sandy desert

Which describes Zeus?
*king of the gods*
god of music
god of the sea
god of the underworld

What is the Iliad about?
the Peloponnesian War
*the Trojan War*
the Persian Wars
the voyage of Odysseus

Which polis is considered the birthplace of democracy?
Sparta
Thebes
*Athens*
Corinth

What happened at the Battle of Marathon?
the Persians defeated the Greeks
the Persian fleet destroyed the Athenian fleet
the Athenians defeated the Spartans
*the Athenians defeated the Persians*

How did the people of Athens feel after the Persian Wars?
disappointed and wary
*proud and confident*
afraid and suspicious
angry and violent

How did Sparta turn the tide in its war against Athens?
by allowing women to serve in the army
by defending the narrow pass at Thermopylae
*by forming an alliance with Persia*
by forming an alliance with Egypt

Which does not describe Athens?
a Greek city-state that became famous for its cultural brilliance
a polis in which the people elected their own leaders and voted on important issues
*a place where the people focused so exclusively on war that they had little time for cultural pursuits*
a polis in which the rule of wealthy landowners eventually gave way to democracy

Why did the Persians go to war against Athens?
the Athenians had kidnapped Helen
they wanted to punish the Athenians for inventing democracy
the Athenians had attacked the Persian capital
*they wanted to punish the Athenians for supporting the Ionian revolt*

Which does not describe Pericles?
*a ruthless leader ostracized by the citizens of Athens*
a leader who helped spread democracy
a sponsor of building projects in Athens, and a supporter of the arts
an Athenian general elected to oversee the city’s defenses

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