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According to Pericles, what differentiates Athens from its neighbors? Check all that apply.

Athenians are more ready for war.

Athenians have braver ancestors.

Athens has a government where power is shared by many.

Athens serves as an example to other cities.

What is the main idea of the underlined phrase?

People who live in Athens are fighting to protect their privileged way of life.

Those who live in Athens can win more privileges by fighting.

Dwelling in Athens does not bring greatness.

Enjoying Athens’s privileges can lead to conflict.

What is Pericles saying in the underlined phrase?

People who live in Athens are fighting for great privileges.

Speaking about Athens makes the men who died seem less important.

The men of Athens are virtuous, just as the city of Athens is.

Virtue is unimportant to the people who live in Athens.

Why did Pericles focus on the greatness of Athens?

to remind other cities of the greatness and uniqueness of Athens

to promote Athens for future generations

to show that protecting Athens is a cause worth dying for

to help encourage democracy throughout the region

According to Lincoln, why was the sacrifice made by the soldiers at Gettysburg worth the price they paid?

Their deaths resulted in the births of many more Americans.

Their deaths created a new type of government.

They died and their sacrifice was worth very little.

They died to protect American democracy.

What characteristics of democracy does Pericles present in this quote? Check all that apply.

People are elected to public office based on merit, not privilege.

The administration is in the hands of the many, not the few.

The law guarantees fairness to everyone in personal disagreements.

The government provides people with freedom of speech.

What idea are both men expressing in these passages?

The men who died in battle were brave and honorable.

The world should not remember how the soldiers died.

The soldiers died for no good purpose.

Their deaths on the battlefield show the only honorable way to die.

In what way does this quote prove that Greece had a lasting impact on the world?

It shows the development of science.

It explains the spread of philosophical thought.

It shows the long-lasting influence of democracy.

It explains the foundations of modern medicine.

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