World History 2019-20 Winter Exam

Nicknamed the "Father of History", The History of the Persian Wars was written by

• Pericles

• Herodotus

• Agamemnon

• Apasia

Who decides government matters in a direct democracy?

• The king

• Elected representatives

• Women

• All the people

When the Spartans needed room for expansion, they..

• Bought land from neighbors

• Set up colonies in Asia Minor

• Conquered neighboring land

• All of the above

The Minoans made their living as...

• Weavers

• Farmers

• Soldiers

• Traders

Xerxes, was king of __________, leading his army to losses at Thermopylae and Salamis

• Crete

• Delos

• Persia

• Athens

Which of the following was a result of Greece’s many mountains and islands?

• Travel and communication were easy in ancient Greece.
• The ancient Greeks were united under one democratic government.
• The ancient Greeks were divided into separate city-states.
• Ancient Greece was known for its fertile farmland.

In early Greek city-states, an open area that served as both a market and meeting place for social and political matters is called a(n)

• City-state
• Agora
• colony
• Polis

Which of the following people were enslaved by the Spartans and farmed their land?

• Helots
• Children
• Ephors
• Patricians

This Greece city-state is known for having a form of government based on oligarchy and focused mainly on training young boys to become warriors.

• Athens
• Sparta
• Tory
• Thebes

This ruler united the Persian Empire and is known for his fair treatment of people within his empire, but failed to conquer Athens in revenge for Athens' support of an anti-Persian uprising.

• Darius

• Peisistratus

• Solon

• Cyrus