Chapter 8-Ancient Greece Test-Version A

First Name and Last Name

How are the histories of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations similar?

• They built great city-states.
• They declined mysterously.
• They did not develop written language.
• They established many colonies.

Which civilization began in Crete?

• Minoan
• Mycenaean
• Persian
• Trojan

Which people took over from the Minoans?

• Mycenaeans
• Persians
• Phoenicians
• Trojans

What did the ancient Greeks build at the highest point of their cities?

• acropolis
• agora
• barracks
• theaters

What type of government did the merchants form in some Greek city-states?

• aristocracy
• democracy
• oligarchy
• tyranny

What of the following was stressed in Spartan society?

• education
• democracy
• arts
• military

Who introduced democratic government in Athens?

• Homer
• Leonidas
• Solon
• Thucydidas

What enemy of Greece did Darius I and Xerxes lead?

• Ionia
• Persia
• Sea Peoples
• Troy

What is a trireme?

• a Greek warship
• an epic poem
• a form of government
• a Spartan soldier