Greece Lesson 3 Study Guide

What were the two main city-states of Ancient Greece?

• Rome & Alexandria
• Corinth & Olympia
• Thebes & Argos
• Sparta & Athens

What was the primary focus of much of the culture of the city-state of Sparta?

• Food & parties
• War & fighting
• Music & books
• Painting & sculpture

What was the primary focus of the culture in the city-state of Athens?

• War & fighting
• Athletics & competition
• Power & conquest
• Art & education

The invasion of what army helped bring the city-states of Athens and Sparta together (united them)?

• Egyptian

• Byzantium

• Persian

• Mongolian

Athens is credited with the development of _________________, a form of government where the people choose how they are ruled.

• Monotheism

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

Which describes a time of great cultural growth, mainly taking place in Athens?

• Bronze Age

• Golden Age

• Stone Age

• Middle Ages

How did Greece's physical geography affect their ability to get resources?

• More cities were inland making for easier travel

• Islands made it easy to grow a variety of crops

• The mountains allowed for easy cultivation of food

• Scarcity of farmland pushed them to trade with each other

Which of the following best explains what caused the end of the Golden Age of Greece?

• They started to allow women to become citizens.

• Their apples all became rotten.

• Peloponnesian War, a war between Greek city-states

• All of the above

True or False: Athens & Sparta women were both educated, at least to some extent.

• True

• False

True or False: Athens & Sparta women both held the same social class.

• True

• False