Chapter 4: Ancient Greece

Zoroastrianism is ...

• a form of government in which people make decisions.
• the name of the Greek religion
• a form of government in which a few people hold power.
• the name of the Persian religion.

Helots were ...

• Greek serfs, peasant, or slaves.
• Persian tax collectors, judges, and government officials.
• Political provinces in the Persian Empire.
• lands surrounded on three sides by water.

What is an oligarchy?

• Form of government in which people make decisions.
• Form of government in which a few people hold power.
• A Persian tax collector, judge, and government official.
• Another name for an independent city-state.

A polis is ...

• a fortified area in a city-state.
• another name for an independent city-state.
• a political provinces in the Persian Empire.
• the name of the Persian religion.

Solon was ...

• a tyrant in Athens who gave land estates to the poor.
• a king of Persian who first attacked Greece.
• a nobleman from Athens who gave more power to the poor.
• an Athenian general who defeated the Persians.

Xerxes was ...

• called “the Great,” he united Persians into one kingdom.
• an Athenian politician who increased democratic rule. 
• a king of Persian who first attacked Greece.
• Darius’ son who vowed revenge against the Athenians.

Pericles was ...

• an Athenian general who defeated the Persians.
• an Athenian general who defeated the Persians.
• an Athenian general and politician who increased democracy and helped Athens dominate the Delian League.
•  the ruler after Peisistratus, who created an assembly and council.

Cleisthenes was ...

• the ruler after Peisistratus, who further created an assembly and council.
• a tyrant in Athens who gave land estates to the poor.
• the king of Persian who first attacked Greece
• Darius’ son who vowed revenge against the Athenians.

Peisistratus was ...

• called “the Great,” he united Persians into one kingdom.
• an Athenian general who defeated the Persians.
• a nobleman from Athens who gave more power to the poor.
• a tyrant in Athens who gave land estates to the poor.

This island was home to the Minoan civilization.

• Malta
• Crete
• Delos
• Peloponnesus