Ancient Greece Quiz

Why were some Spartan boys brought up without warm clothes and with limited food?

• because Sparta was a very poor city

• to punish them for stealing food

• so they would use fewer resources

• to help prepare them for tough military life

Which of the following statements describes living in an independent city-state?

• All the decisions about my city are made by a faraway emperor.

• I vote for a president that rules over many different cities.

• My city rules itself and is not part of a larger country.

• I live by myself in the wilderness.

Complete the text.

Athens was a major trading city along the coast of the ​ (a)  

Sea. Athens's closest neighbor was ​ (b)   .

• Aegean
• another Greek city-state
• Ionian
• the Persian Empire
• Mediterranean
• Miletus

Read the description and look at the map of classical Athens. Then follow the instructions below.

During the classical period, Athens was the largest city in Greece. The growing city was built around a steep hill. At the top of this hill was the Acropolis, a collection of temples and monuments.

People who lived in Athens, called Athenians, used the nearby town of Piraeus as a port for their ships. Athenians built the Long Walls to connect Athens to Piraeus. Athenians built these walls so that an enemy army could not cut off their city from the sea.

Sort the correct choice with the correct location.

• Location A

• Long Walls

• Location B

• Piraeus

• Location C

• Acropolis

What were key parts of both the Minoan and Mycenaean economies?

• pottery and other crafts

•  shipbuilding and sea trade

• farming and herding

• making iron and bronze

Athenian society was made up of several different social classes, or groups with different amounts of wealth and power. Below are descriptions of the situations of four different women in ancient Athens. Match each woman's social class to her experience.

• I was captured in a war and sold to an Athenian family.

• poor Athenian

• My family is rich and powerful, but because I am a woman I can't participate in politics.

• metic, or immigrant

• I was born in another Greek city-state. My husband and I moved to Athens to open up a shop.

• wealthy Athenian

• Although I am freeborn, my family can barely earn enough money to buy food.

• enslaved person

It's often hard for archaeologists to learn about the lives of poor Athenians in the classical period.

Select ALL reasons that make it difficult to learn about poor Athenians.

• Many poor Athenians held political office during the classical period.

• Athens is still a major city with people in it, so archaeologists can't dig anywhere they want.

• Many of the goods owned by poor Athenians have rotted away.

• Most poor Athenians couldn't read or write, so they didn't leave behind written records.

For most of the classical period, Athens was a

​ (a)   . In Athenian democracy, only Athenian citizens could participate in politics by voting or holding office. To be a ​ (b)   , a person had to be ​ (c)   , male, and the child of someone who was already a citizen.

• democracy
• citizen
• free
• wealthy
• aristocrat
• leader
• monarchy
• dynasty
• oligarchy
• slave

The formation of this battle stance is known as...

This Athenian council was made up of ​​ (a)   citizens.

Each councilman was chosen​ (b)   , or by lottery and any citizen could be a councilman. A councilman could only serve for one ​ (c)   ​at a time. To be elected into the council they a member had to be at least ​ (d)   years old.

• 500
• randomly
• year
• 30
• 18
• by God
• selectively
• month
• 25
• 100