Greece Sections 2, 3 (test is only 48)

An oligarchy is...

• somebody who gains power through force

• landowning elite

• business class rules

• government by the people

The polis is...

• high part of the Greek city

• lower areas of Greek city-states

• temple to the Greek gods and goddesses

• where the legislature met

Which is true concerning ancient Greece...

• it was divided by mountains into individual city-states

• it was a small empire

• it took over many other civilizations

• all city-states got along well but never united

What happened as a result of the city-states being overpopulated?

• the city-states merged together

• they expanded their trade network to get in more goods

• they were forced to migrate and spread around the Mediterranean region

• they ran out of food and eventually died off

Which statement is NOT true about the Greek military?

• they fought in a phalanx formation

• they spent long hours training which created a sense of unity

• they fought as heavily armed foot soldiers that moved as a unit

• they never spent time together and would just come together to fight when needed

Which statement is NOT correctly matched with the person?

• Solon ended debt slavery

• Cleisthenes gave the aristocrats more power

• Pericles led Athens to a golden age

Why were Spartans willing to die for their city?

• because the gods told them to

• because they were tricked into doing so

• because they had no reason to live

• because they didn't want to become enslaved to the Persians

Which statement does NOT belong with Athens?

• democracy with tyrants, a Council of 500

• women inherited property and ran family estates

• encouraged economic reforms

• boys went to school and learned a variety of topics

Which statement does NOT belong with Sparta?

• assembly of citizens with kings

• they exported many goods because they knew theirs were best

• very disciplined and severe military schools

• five officials ruled the day-to-day

How did Athens and Sparta treat their messengers sent to them by Darius of Persia?

• kindly and welcomed them into their city

• turned them away at the gates

• they never made it to the city

• killed them