Reading Quiz 2: Ancient Greeks (II) F23

Which Ancient Greek value can be defined as fulfilling one’s potential?

(a)  

Who could not participate in Athenian democracy?

• All freeborn men and women

• Slaves (who outnumbered Athenians by 2 to 1)

• Metics (residents of Athens who were born elsewhere)

• Men, 20 years and older, born to Athenian parents

• Women, 20 years and older, born to Athenian parents

Where would the citizens of a polis gather to discuss important issues?

(a)  

What was the role of the archons?

• Vote on laws

• Elect officials

• Create laws

• Fight in a phalanx to defend the polis

What led the Greek poleis to form a sense of shared identity?

• They spoke dialects of the same language.

• They worshipped the same gods.

• They shared the same political traditions, such as the importance of citizenship.

• They had the same cultural traditions, such as symposia.

• They were part of a united political entity, with a single ruling body.

What was true about being a woman during this period?

• They held positions of political power.

• They could inherit property.

• They were expected to be assertive and intelligent.

• They could not leave their home unaccompanied.

• They were essential to the economy, in the areas of domestic labour, farming, and commerce.

Answer explanation

Do you think women were freer during the following era, the Classical Age?

Who competed in the Panhellenic games?

• Aristocrats

• Aristocratic males

• Slaves

• Priests

What led the Greeks to establish colonies around the Mediterranean?

• The desire to dominate the Mediterranean and establish an empire

• An expanding population coupled with the limited agricultural potential of Greece

• A refugee crisis sparked by the Persian invasion

• The desire to spread Greek values and religion to other cultures

What is true about Greek colonies?

• The Greek colonies were significant agents of cultural expansion.

• Greek colonies became fiercely independent from their parent cities.

• Greek colonists intermarried with local peoples.

• Greek colonialists were interested in expanding inland.

What was true about being a hoplite?

• They had to be citizens.

• They had to provide their own armour and weapons.

• They had to train regularly.

• They were a professional, standing army.

• They were trained to be proficient at single combat with the enemy.

Answer explanation

If citizens could not afford the armour and weapons, they would be a rower on a trireme.