Chapter 7 Test Review

Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 B.C. because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population.

• True

• False

The Minoans made their living as traders.

• True

• False

Sparta’s economy was based on trade.

• True

• False

According to the passage by the historian Thucydides, who suffered the most from the crowding in the city?

• The people already living in the city.

• The people still living in the country.

• The new arrivals from the country.

• Government officials.

According to the passage, why did people become careless of the law?

• They hated the government.

• They blamed the government for the plague.

• Those who suffered from the plague tended to be criminals.

• They didn’t know what was to become of them.

Which Greek tyrant became popular by giving land to landless farmers?

• Xerxes

• Solon

• Peisistratus

• Cyrus

True or False: The Minoans adopted features of the Mycenaean culture.

• True

• False

A 300-year period of time in Greece beginning around 600 B.C. is called the Dark Age because

• Persians conquered Greece and ruled with absolute power.

• trade and farming failed, and many stopped reading and writing.

• there were natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, plagues, and famines.

• the Greek city-states fought one another so much that the economy failed completely.

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.

• when they received assistance from Macedonia.

• by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city.

Compare the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta, their people and their achievements. Which one had the most lasting effect on Greece? (This will be a written response on your test so be prepared!)

• Athens

• Sparta