2025 3rd Nine Weeks Post 3 Test

In ancient Athens, a lawmaking assembly met in a central place. Any male adult citizen could attend the meetings. The process described gave power to citizens by making sure that laws

• were applied to powerful leaders.

• represented the will of citizens.

• benefited the wealthy.

• changed each year.

In ancient Athens, courts made of citizens chosen at random met to decide cases and give sentences. Jurors were chosen by lottery from all adult male citizens. The process described helped make sure that male citizens were

• given speedy trials.

• tried by their peers.

• allowed to post bail.

• informed of their rights.

Which statement best describes a difference in the treatment of girls in ancient Athens and Sparta?

• Athenian girls were taught household duties by their mothers while Spartan girls were trained in sports and fitness.

• Spartan girls were required to serve in the military while Athenian girls were sent to relatives to learn a trade.

• Spartan girls were trained to hunt and fish while Athenian girls were taught to farm.

• Athenian girls were sent to school while Spartan girls were taught at home.

In ancient Greece, people depended on the sea. Ancient Greeks used ships to carry olives, pottery, and other goods to locations across the Mediterranean Sea. What was likely an effect of the process described in the information?

• Greek culture spread over a wide area.

• Greek armies fought few wars.

• The wealth of Greece decreased as goods went to other places.

• The population of Greece decreased as people left to settle colonies.

The need for land and resources caused ancient Greek city-states to

• establish colonies.

• limit foreign trade.

• practice plantation farming.

• distribute food and goods equally.

Tragedy and comedy were two forms of art developed in ancient Greek

• music.

• theater.

• pottery.

• architecture.

Which statement is true of both the Athenian and the Spartan governments?

• Both had an inherited monarchy.

• Both had courts that reviewed laws.

• Both had some type of general assembly.

• Both allowed women to vote on some major issues.

The story of the Trojan horse recorded in the Iliad is about an ancient Greek

• artistic achievement.

• religious celebration.

• public monument.

• military siege.

Which goal motivated Alexander the Great to unite the ancient Greek city-states?

• becoming a monarch

• assembling an army

• occupying Egypt

• defeating Persia

Which idea is supported in Plato’s The Republic?

• People with the most wisdom should rule.

• Happiness exists where there is injustice.

• It is right to do evil to evil people.

• It is wrong to censor information.