Chapter 7 The Ancient Greeks

Who was the Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army to the Battle of Salamis?

• Xerxes

• Pericles

• Cyrus

• Macedonia

Who was the leader who made Athens more democratic?

• Xerxes

• Pericles

• Cyrus

• Mycenaean

What king built a strong Persian army and expanded the Persian Empire?

• Athens

• Greece

• helot

• Cyrus

What was the Spartan name for an enslaved worker?

• oligarchy

• helot

• tyrant

• Macedonia

A person who takes power by force and rules with total authority is called what?

• tyrant

• democracy

• helot

• oligarchy

What is a system of government in which a few people hold power called?

• oligarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

• monarchy

What is a system of government in which all citizens share in running the government?

• oligarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

• monarchy

Which of these did the Mycenaeans learn from the Minoans?

• navigating by the sun and stars

• advances in philosophy and the arts

• making iron tools

• pottery making

A 300-year period of time in Greece beginning around 1100 B.C. is called the Dark Age because __________.

• Persians conquered Greece and ruled with absolute power

• trade and farming failed, and many stopped keeping records and writing

• there were natural disasters such as floods, droughts, plagues, and famines

• the Greek city-states fought one another so much that the economy failed completely

Sparta finally was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War ______________.

• by burning the city

• because they killed the leaders of the Athenian army

• when they received assistance from Macedonia

• by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city