Chapter 7 Ancient Greece

The ______civilization was the first to arise in Greece.

• Phoenician

• Dorian

• Mycenaean

• Minoan

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

Greek city-states were run by their ___.

• soldiers

• citizens

• politicians

• kings

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 men, who may or may not have been landowners

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.

The type of leader who came to power in Greece around 600 B.C. due to growing political and economic unrest among city-states was a(n) ______.

• democrate

• ephor

• oligarch

• tyrant

What did Sparta use to control its citizens?

• the helots

• the military

• the government

• forced physical fitness

Spartan women were trained in ________.

• cooking, cleaning, and combat

• art, music,and poetry

• sewing, sword-fighting, and trade

• running, wrestling, and javelin throwing

In what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?

• Peisistratus

• Cleisthenes

• Plutarch

• Solon

Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?

• Xerxes

• Herodotus

• Themistocles

• Cyrus