7-1: Rise of Greek Civilization

1. The ________ civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece.

• Phoenician
• Dorian
• Mycenaean
• Minoan

2. Which factor or factors started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization?

• the Trojan War
• economic collapse and lack of written language
• earthquakes and civil war
• migration

3. Greek city-states were run by their

• soldiers
• citizens
• politicians
• kings

4. Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship?

• free, native-born men who owned land
• any man, whether he owned land or not
• wealthy men or women who owned slaves and land
• foreign-born or native born men, who may or may not have been landowners

5. What positive development occurred in Greece when Dorian warriors invaded the mainland?

• They discovered new shipping routes.
• New methods of farming were introduced.
• A new alphabet was accepted into use.
• They learned how to make iron weapons and tools.

6. a type of landform

• phalanx
• polis
• peninsula
• agora

7. a new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland

• colony
• phalanx
• polis
• agora

8. a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows

• agora
• phalanx
• colony
• polis

9. a market and a place where people meet and debate

• agora
• phalanx
• polis
• colony

10. a Greek city-state

• peninsula
• colony
• polis
• agora