World History - Greece Quiz Spring 2024

LT:2-1 and LT: 2-2 Using your knowledge gained from content discussed. Compare and Contrast the City-States (Polis) of Athens and Sparta. Make sure to include similarities or differences in -Structure of Government -Roles of women in society -Cultural focus -Religion -Language -Economy

1) The cultural center of ancient Greece during the period of the “Golden Age” was: (LT 2-1)

• Sparta
• Corinth
• Athens
• Rome

2) Each of the many Greek city-states preferred having its own (LT 2-1)

• language
• religion
• government
• culture

3) The Greek city-states ( LT 2-1)

• contributed little to Western civilization.
• were united under a strong central government.
• had minimum contributions to mathematics, science, art, literature, philosophy, and government.
• were separated by mountains and bodies of water.

4) The type of government where power is in the hands of the people is called (LT 2-1)

• democracy
• dictatorship
• absolute monarchy
• oligarchy

5) The Myceneans were weakened by infighting thanks to which of the following groups? (LT2-1)

• The Russians
• The Turks
• The Dorians

6) The group of people enslaved by the Spartan's?

• 1) Minonian's
• 2) Helots
• 3) Hebrews
• 4) Persians

7) What geographic feature politically isolated city-states from one another? (LT 2-1)

• mountains
• seas
• desert
• forests

8) term describing the Greek marketplace-- public space used for both assemblies and markets (LT2-1)

• acropolis
• colony
• polis
• agora

9) Which of the following was NOT one of the world’s first philosophers? (LT 2-2)

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Alexander