Early Greeks Study Guide

Why did King Darius I of the Persian Empire want to go to war with the Greek city-states?

• to control the Spartan army

• to use Athens as his new Persian capital

• to control Greece’s valuable trade routes

• to open up new trade routes with the Roman Empire

Why did Sparta form the Peloponnesian League?

• to protect trade routes between Greek city-states

• to reconquer lands lost in war to the Persian Empire

• to ally with other Greek city-states in fighting Athens

• to fight against the growing threat of the Egyptian Empire

Which of the following military reforms did Athens create? Choose the three correct answers.

• adopted the use of chariots

• required males 18 to 20 years old to serve in the army

• began using bronze weapons

• equipped its soldiers with heavy armor

• created an army made up of citizen soldiers

In most Greek city-states, merchants sold their goods that had been produced locally or traded from around the Mediterranean at the __________, an open-air market.

• agora
• acropolis

• amphitheater

• gymnasium

Select the person who is described: ruled over the first civilization to use a form of ancient Greek as its language

• a. Aesop

• b. Homer

• c. King Minos

• d. the king of Mycenae

Select the person who is described: Author whose fables taught valuable moral lessons.

• a. Aesop

• b. Homer

• c. King Minos

• d. the king of Mycenae

Select the person who is described: Author of The Odyssey, a valuable source of ancient Greek history and mythology

• a. Aesop

• b. Homer

• c. King Minos

• d. the king of Mycenae

Select the person who is described: Built a palace at Knossos that, according to the legend, housed a mythical creature

• a. Aesop

• b. Homer

• c. King Minos

• d. the king of Mycenae