7th Grade 2nd Semester CBA Review

Poets were important to the Ancient Greeks.

• True
• False

Geography did not influence Ancient Greece.

• True
• False

To be a citizen of Athens, only one of your parents needed to be Athenian.

• True
• False

City-states started as small villages who decided to join and rule themselves.

• True
• False

Why did ancient Greeks think of their communities as separate countries?

• a different language was spoken in each community
• Each community's people came from a different country
• Each community practiced a different religion.
• Geographical features cut communities off from one another

What early cultural group lived on the island of Crete?

• The Athenians
• The Minoans
• The Mycenaeans
• The Spartans

Who could be a citizen in ancient Athens?

• men and women aged 18 and over who were born in Athens
• men aged 18 and over who were born in Athens
• men aged 21 and over who had an Athenian father
• men aged 18 and over whose parents were both Athenians

Who was the most powerful man in Athenian politics during the Golden Age?

• Aristotle
• Pericles
• Plato
• Socrates

What was the function of the chorus in a Greek tragedy?

• to provide background information
• to comment on events
• to praise the gods
• all of the above

What was the role of women in ancient Greece?

• They sat on the councils that made all the decisions.
• They worked like slaves
• They had to obey the men in their lives.
• They went to war along with the men