Chapter 7 The Ancient Greeks Test 8th Grade

leader who made Athens more democratic

• Pericles

• Cyrus

• Xerxes

• helot

king who built a strong Persian army and expanded the Persian Empire.

• Pericles

• Cyrus

• Xerxes

• oligarchy

the Spartan name for an enslaved worker

• democracy

• helot

• oligarchy

• tyrant

a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority.

• tyrant

• democracy

• oligarchy

• helot

a system of government in which a few people hold power

• oligarchy

• democracy

• monarchy

• dictatorship

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

• Athenian boys went to school, Spartan boys served in the military.

• Athenian boys studied combat, Spartan boys played sports.

• Athenian boys lived in barracks, Spartan boys lived at home.

• Athenian boys became citizens at 30, Spartan boys became citizens at 18.

a group of armed soldiers arranged close together in rows

• polis

• colony

• agora

• phalanx

Which of the following are responsibilities of being a Greek citizen?

• participate in government and raise cattle

• own property and raise cattle

• serve as a citizen-solider and participate in government

• own property and participate in government

a market and a place where people meet and debate

• agora

• peninsula

• colony

• phalanx

a Greek city-state

• agora

• polis

• peninsula

• colony