Ch. 7 Review - The Ancient Greeks

How did Athens and Sparta differ?

• Athenian soldiers were more skilled than Spartan soldiers.

• Athenian women had more personal freedom than Spartan women.

• Athens had no slaves and Sparta had many.

• Athens had a large number of foreign residents and Sparta had few.

The History of the Persian Wars was written by __________.

• Herodotus

• Pericles

• Agamemnon

• Aspasia

The Mycenaeans came to Greece from __________.

• western Europe

• India

• central Asia

• China

The Greek concept of citizenship usually applied to __________.

• all the people

• landowning, native-born men

• all native-born men

• free men and women

The Spartans differed from other city-states in that they __________.

• did not set up colonies

• focused on education and government

• required women to stay home

• encouraged the arts

The Minoans made their living as __________.

• soldiers

• traders

• weavers

• farmers

The ephors in Sparta had a function similar to the __________ in Persia.

• polis

• satraps

• tyrants

• philosophers

The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis because their ships __________.

• could move around quickly

• outnumbered their enemies

• came from the Spartan navy

• sank

What resulted from the Greek Dark Age?

• the strengthening of the Mycenaeans

• the development of written language

• an expansion of Greek culture

• the collapse of the Persian Empire

The Delian League began as an alliance to __________.

• protect the Greeks from the Persians

• make Athens rich

• make trade more profitable

• build faster ships