World Ch. 5 Quiz

Who is Zeus?

• God of thunder

• God of war

• God of underworld

• God of love

Where is his home?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Mount Olympus

• Mycenaea

What age were young Spartan boys sent away to learn to fight

• 7

• 12

• 16

• 21

The greek word for city-state is

• Agora

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Parthenon

Each city-state was built around fort which usually sat atop a hill known as a(n)

• Agora

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Parthenon

Homer wrote two books, these are known as (select two)

• Bible

• Illiad

• Torah

• Odyssey

Before making big decisions like going to war the Greek rulers would consult priests and priestesses known as

• Polis

• Oracles

• Parthenon

• Acropolis

The first Greek city-state to develop democracy was

• Sparta

• Athens

• Crete

• Troy

Greek heavy infantry who carried long spears and fought in close rows were known as

• Helots

• Oracles

• Hoplites

• Gods

Once the Greeks conquered another group of people they forced them to work for them and called them

• Helots

• Oracles

• Hoplites

• Gods