8th Grade Chapter 5 Review

Explain how proximity to the sea shaped early Greek culture.

Greeks rarely had to travel more than 55 miles in order to reach ​ (a)   . The sea provided important ​ (b)   and connected Greeks with other ​ (c)   , which was important because Greece is low in ​ (d)   .

• the coast
• trade routes
• societies
• natural resources
• water sources
• Athens
• Sparta
• Rome
• money
• allies

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Ancient Greece

The ​ (a)   found a 10 year war against the independent city state of ​ (b)   . It was probably fought over ​ (c)   , but according to legend it was fought over a woman, ​ (d)   .

• Mycenaeans
• Troy
• trade disputes
• Helen of Sparta
• Dorians
• Athens
• Persephone
• natural resources

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Ancient Greece

Trojan War

According to legend, what did the Greeks leave behind at Troy as a fake peace offering that had a raid party hidden inside?

• bronze bull
• silver snake
• golden goat
• wooden horse

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Ancient Greece

Trojan War

Who moved into the war-torn Greek countryside after the fall of the Mycenaeans?

• Dorians
• Athenians
• Persians
• Spartans

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Ancient Greece

The ​ (a)   spoke a dialect of Greek and were distant cousins of the Bronze Age Mycenaean Greeks. They were less ​ (b)   and did not leave any ​ (c)   for 400 years.

• Dorians
• advanced
• written records
• war-like
• Persians
• Macedonians
• artifacts
• agricultural

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Ancient Greece

In ancient Greece, who would attempt to gain control of a city government by appealing to the poor and discontented for support?

• Aristocrats
• Monarchs
• Demagogues
• Tyrants

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Ancient Greece

Put the following events in chronological order:

• Sparta conquered Messenia and forced their people into servitude.

• The helots rebelled against the Spartan government.

• Sparta devoted themselves to building a strong, militaristic city-state.

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Ancient Greece

Sparta

Place the three groups of Spartan society in the correct order (greatest to least).

• Ruling land owners

• Noncitizens, but free

• Helots

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Sparta

Ancient Greece

All forms of individual expression were discouraged in Sparta, so there was no emphasis on the arts. (a)  

• True
• False

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Sparta

Ancient Greece

In Athenian democracy, which people were not permitted to vote and had very few rights? Choose all that apply.

• free adult men

• free adult women

• slaves

• foreigners

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Athens