Greece Quiz 2 Construction questions


  1. The __Greeks_______ had the advantage when fighting the Persians of fighting to preserve __democracy_____ 
       
        2. Socrates looked to _____logic_______and __science_______ for explanations of how the world worked.

        
         3. Why did Athenian democracy fall apart?
         A. Pericles died and with a strong leader Athens fell into mod rule.
         B. The Persians Concurred Greece and democracy was lost. 
         C. Socrates invented the idea of democracy, but when he died democracy died with him.
        D.  Zeus hurled a thunderbolt at the person who brought it up and it was never brought up again.


          4. What was Bucephalus afraid of that made him wild?
           A. Kind Phillip II
           B.The crowd 
           C. A Gadfly
           D. his shadow


          5. Who was the most powerful God(dess)?
            A. Athena 
            B. Apollo 
            C. Aphrodite 
            D. Zeus 
            

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