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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the fourth major area where much of the early activity takes place?
(a) Kosovo
(b) Kurdistan
(c) Macedon
(d) Thrace

2. How is the Delian League founded?
(a) By the wide spread acceptance of Plato's Republic.
(b) By a convention of city-states seeking protection from Persia.
(c) Through a series of political treaties binding most Greek cities-states to Athens.
(d) By the military force of Athens at the time.

3. Who are the Helots?
(a) Athenian spies in Sparta
(b) Serfs who are little more than Spartan slaves
(c) A minor political party in Sparta
(d) Greeks from Helotia

4. What is the major blow to Athens from the Mytilene revolt?
(a) The defection of thousands of soldiers from Lesbos
(b) Vast sums of tribute money no longer available
(c) A potential blockade of Athenian waterways
(d) The loss of triremes supplied by the island of Lesbos

5. What political action does Sparta take in 432 BC?
(a) Sparta begins adding more allies to the Peloponnesian League.
(b) Sparta pulls out of the conflict between Corinth and Athens.
(c) Sparta decides to declare war against Athens.
(d) Sparta holds a referrendum to see what their citizens want to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time Athens is gaining control in Lesbos, what is happening in Plataea?

2. Who are the peltasts?

3. In the case of a conquered land, what is the general practice of that time regarding private property?

4. What conflict in the region occurs outside of Athens' political control?

5. What event in ca 479 BC gives rise to a period of prominence in Athens?

(see the answer key)

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