History quiz

Exercises on the Peloponnesian War - with feedback

Question 01 - PUC - RS - 2016 - Regarding the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), inserted in the context of conflicts between the city-states and portrayed in an epic way by Thucydides as the war “more important than all the previous ones”, it is correct to say that its The main cause was/were
A) the attacks of the Spartans on Athens, in breach of the Peace of Nicias.
B) the revolt of the city-states, such as Thebes and Corinth, against the Spartan military hegemony in the Peloponnese.
C) the defeat of the Delian League to the Persians, resulting in an immediate Spartan response through the Peloponnesian League.
D) Spartan warmongering expansionism, which sought to disrupt the Delian League's trade routes , led by Athens.
E) the Athenian expansion across the Ionian Sea, intensifying economic disputes and opposing the political models of Athens and Sparta.

Question 02 - NUCEPE - 2015 - SEDUC-PI - Teacher - History - The Peloponnesian War, from 431 to 404 BC, richly recorded by Thucydides and Xenophon, marks, in a very strong way, the paths taken by the history of Ancient Greece. In general, we can CORRECTLY point out as the triggering factor of this conflict
a) the expansionist policy of Sparta and its interest in controlling the trade routes that linked East and West, harming the commerce of some cities of the Peloponnesian League.
b) the disrespect of Athens to the agreement signed with Sparta, which became known as the Peace of Nicia, on the common use of Mediterranean trade routes.
c) the Athenian resistance against the Persian invasions of the Mediterranean coast, which received the support of the Peloponnesian League.
d ) economic disputes and opposition between the political models of Sparta and Athens.
e) Sparta's centralizing policy and its desire to unify all of Greece under its control.

Question 03 - VUNESP - 2013 - UFTM - It is correct to say that the Peloponnesian War, in the 5th century BC,
A) determined the beginning of Greek maritime expansionism and allowed the establishment, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, of several kingdoms subject to Sparta and Athens.
br />B) contributed to bringing peoples who lived far away from each other together, facilitating military organization and unity of political command in the struggles against Macedonian invaders
C) politically and militarily exhausted some Greek city-states, which, Despite their relatively rapid economic recovery, they were unable to resist the Macedonian military advance
D) extinguished the unified imperial state that once united the Greek city-states and promoted intense political fragmentation, which facilitated the invasion and control of the Balkan Peninsula by the Persian Empire.
E) it reduced the financial power and the military capacity of the democratic city-states, such as Athens and Thebes, and expanded the Spartan hegemony, which passed, at the end of the conflict , commanding the entire Balkan Peninsula.

Question 04 - FGV-SP 2012 - Economy - 1st phase - About the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), it is correct to say that
a) its origins are found in a special moment of Athenian history, because its democracy then reached its maximum development.
b) the military victory of Athens allowed the expansion of citizenship rights, with the incorporation of foreigners in the instances of athenian democracy.
c) its most important result was the creation of athenian democracy, the result of the contact between Athens and the city-state of Athens. Sparta.
d) the victory of Athens, allied with the Thebans, allowed democracy to be brought to all city-states, in addition to increasing the Greek military power.
e) the surprising victory of Corinth allowed the its territorial expansionism through Asia Minor and the consolidation of democracy in Sparta.

Question 05 - CESPE - 2013 - SEDUC-CE - Full Professor I - Philosophy - Pericles, in a speech reported by Thucydides, when praising the combatants killed during the first year of the Peloponnesian War (431), pondered the meaning of Athenian democracy, with the following declaration:“Our Constitution is named democracy, because its interest is not to serve a small number of individuals, but the majority. As far as laws are concerned, everyone, within the differences between individuals, enjoy equal rights; But as far as dignities are concerned, each, according to the merit that distinguishes him, is ordinarily preferred for public employment, not because of his party, but because of his virtues; and even the lack of knowledge due to poverty is not an exclusion, if we are capable of doing some service to the State”.
Apud S. Wrublevski. Justice in Greek Antiquity. Teresópolis:Daimon Editora, 2010, p. 34 (with adaptations). Regarding the information presented in the text above, mark the correct option.A) In Pericles' view, democratic equality requires the exclusion of all differences between citizens as unfair.
B) Democracy, according to Pericles, is characterized by the interplay of interests between parties. It consists of passing on the vision of the party itself as the best for the whole of the polis.
C) Democracy is the political state in which sovereignty belongs only to the nobles by birth or to the elite of the richest and aims to serve the interests of these two segments.
D) According to Pericles, democracy excludes merit as a principle to evaluate the ability of citizens to provide their service to the public.
E) In Pericles' conception, democracy implies sharing care for the polis among all citizens, seeking in all decisions to favor the majority; however, having equal rights in relation to the laws does not exclude the principle of merit, that is, that the most virtuous citizens have more prominent roles in the conduct of life in common.

Question 06 - FGV -SP 2006/2 - Administration - “No one took care to reach an honest objective, because it was not known if he would live long enough to accomplish it. No one was held back either by the fear of the gods or by human laws; piety was no more concerned than impiety since they were all seen to die indiscriminately.”
Thucydides. In WOLFF, Francis. Socrates. São Paulo:Brasiliense, 1987,p.31. Regarding the crisis caused by the Peloponnesian War, it is correct to state:a) The end of the war resulted in a period of cultural and political flourishing, called the “Century of Pericles”.
b) After the peace treaty signed by Athenians and Spartans in 421 b.C., the war resumed with the attraction of Pericles.
c) The first hegemonic power of the war was Sparta, followed by Thebes and, finally, Athens.
d) The war that lasted almost thirty years and provoked a terrible plague in Athens, of which Pericles himself was a victim, created the conditions for the intervention of Philip of Macedon.
e) The war was a conflict between the Persians and the Greeks and began with the Persian invasion of the Greek city of Miletus in 430 BC

Question 07 - AMEOSC - 2017 - City Hall of Barra Bonita - SC - Teacher - History -
The Peloponnesian War (431 BC - 404 BC), so well portrayed by Thucydides, was fundamental to the historical evolution of Ancient Greece and was marked by:
A) The existence of divergent economic interests in the interior of the Confederacy of Delos.
B) Persia's attempt to end Greek influence in Asia.
C) A conflict between democratic Athens and oligarchic Sparta.
D ) Athens' attempt to dominate the Greek world, creating several state-states.

Question 08 - FGV 1995 - The Peloponnesian War (431 BC-404 BC), which had a fundamental importance in the historical evolution of ancient Greece, resulted, among other factors, from:
a) an economic confrontation between the cities that formed the Confederation of Delos .
b) an effort by Persia to end Greek influence in Asia Minor.
c) a conflict between two ideologies:Sparta, oligarchic, and Athens, democratic.
d) a maneuver by Sparta to increase its maritime hegemony in the Aegean Sea.
e) an attempt by Athens to divide Greece into several city-states.

Question 09 - IDIB - 2019 - Prefecture of Reriutaba - EC - The Peloponnesian War (431 BC-404 BC), which had a fundamental importance in the historical evolution of ancient Greece, resulted, among other factors, from:
A) an economic confrontation between the cities that formed the Confederation of Delos.
/>B) an effort by Persia to end Greek influence in Asia Minor.
C) a maneuver by Sparta to increase its maritime hegemony in the Aegean Sea.
D) a conflict between two ideologies:Sparta and Athens.

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