7th Grade Chapter 7 Ancient Greece

Why did the Greeks first establish colonies ?

• To have a greater food supply

• To have easier access to the ocean

• To mark their claim in history

• So they could establish the 13 American colonies

Who did the Greeks adopt their alphabet from?

• The Spartans

• The Wolverines

• The Phonecians

• The Persians

What was an important economic activity for the Minoans ?

• Fishing

• Hunting

• Selling things on Facebook Market place

• Trading

Who won the Battle of Marathon?

• Persians

• Athens

• Mr. Wilkinson

• Assyrians

What was Sparta's Economy based on?

• Losing in Football games

• War

• Agriculture

• Fishing

What did the Mycenaeans learn from the Minoans to use to navigate the seas?

• The sun and the stars

• Radar

• compass

• Pluto

What was the 300 year time period in Greece where trade and farming failed, and many stopped reading and writing, called?

• The Middle Ages

• The Bad Times

• The Really Bad Times

• The Dark Ages

Solon _____ farmers' debts and freed those who were enslaved.

Sparta finally was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War...

• by burning the city

• because they killed the leaders of the Athenian army

• by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city

• because they marched around the city yelling "We are Sparta"

Spartan king who led 7,000 soldiers at Thermopylae

• Leonidas

• Darius

• Tom Izzo

• Mr. Cove