Greece Unit Test

Greece was a peninsula, so that meant that....

• it was completely surrounded by water

• it is surrounded by water on three sides.

• it was invaded by so many different tribes that it's culture was not unified.

• it had flat terrain.

What was the name of the first tribe known to inhabit Greece

• The Spartans

• The Mycenaens

• The Athenians

• The Minoans

All Greeks were intensely loyal to their “polis.” What is a polis?

• Family

• Country

• City-State

• World

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

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

Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 B.C. because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population.

• True

• False

A 300-year period of time in Greece beginning around 600 B.C. is called the Dark Age because

• trade and farming failed, and many stopped reading and writing.

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

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

• free, native-born men who owned land

Which of the following was the main factor that would eventually make it easier to for outsiders to conquer Greece

• Too much land

• Over educated bratty citizens

• invasion from a large group from the north called the vsco tribe

• lack of unity

Which of the following subjects was not studied in Athenian schools?

• Mathematics

• Drawing

• Public Speaking

• Fighting

Athens valued ___________ much more than Sparta.

• Military

• Education

• Money

• Land