6th Grade SS

Polytheistic means...

• worshipping only one god

• worshipping multiple gods

• only one ruler (king)

• rule by a few powerful people (like rich merchants

Where did ancient Greek city-states build their acropolis?

• at the highest point of the city

• in the center of the city

• in the marketplace of the city

• where the warriors lived in the city

What geographic features of Greece made it more likely city-states would be independent from each other rather than one unified country?

• wide valleys and active volcanoes

• limited hill country and arid grasslands

• long coastlines and numerous seas

• high mountains and many islands

What is true about early Greek city-states?

• They all had different languages that made it hard to create alliances.

• They all had very different religious practices (monotheism and polytheism)

• None of them wrote any history down, which makes it hard for historians to know much about them.

• They developed their own systems of government.

Who were Darius I and Xerxes?

• Athenian philosoophers

• Spartan kings

• Persian emperors

• Trojan warriors

Why did Athens and Sparta form an alliance?

• to resist conquest by the Persian empire

• to share military training programs tactics

• to colonize the Mediterranean coast together

• to exchange raw materials for their economies

How did Sparta differ from other ancient Greek city-states?

• it excluded women from civic life

• it rejected all religious practice

• it was a military society

• it banned slavery (helots)

How did Athenian society differ from Spartan society?

• Athenians valued education and the arts.

• Athenians avoided violence and warfare.

• Athenians depended on enslaved workers for food production.

• Athenians granted women more freedom.

What did Greek city-states do to relieve overpopulation?

• expanded trade

• established colonies

• built larger cities

• began farming

What form of government established rule by a few powerful people, like rich merchants?

• democracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• tyranny