Ch. 10 - The Ancient Greeks

In ancient Greece, the main political unit was the _____.

• village

• agora

• Peloponnesus

• polis

Where were the government buildings of an ancient Greek community?

• on the acropolis

• In the marketplace

• on a nearby island

• in the countryside

Politics is the practice of _____.

• art

• religion

• culture

• government

Who were the only people who held legal rights in a Greek city-state?

• hereditary rulers

• kings

• citizens

• priests

The aristocracy got its power through _____.

• birth

• religion

• war

• talent

Dorian invaders destroyed the _____ civilization

• Byzantine

• Rome

• Balkan

• Mycenaean

Mycenaeans attacked the _____ with a huge horse filled with soldiers and caused the end of the Trojan War.

• Spartans

• Athenians

• Corinthians

• Trojans

The fall of the Mycenaeans led to the decline of _____ culture and a dark age.

• Roman

• Trojan

• Egyptian

• Greek

Tenant farmers, called thestes, worked on _____.

• their own small farms

• large estates

• nearby islands

• other people's land

Why didn't metics enjoy full rights of citizens?

• They were farmers

• They were aristocrats

• They were slaves

• They were foreigners