GREECE TEST 2

1. How did Greek city-states develop?

• through the power of Zeus
• due to the death of the Minotaur
• people gathered in the valleys for protection during the Dark Age. Eventually communities developed that turned into city-states
• when the king of Asia Minor demanded it

2. What was a Greek city-state called?

• agora
• polis
• hoplite
• phalanx

3. What was the name for a Greek marketplace?

• phalanx
• hoplite
• polis
• agora

4. What was the acropolis used for?

• as a marketplace
• as the last line of defense, and as a place where temples were built to worship the gods
• to make decisions for the city-state
• as a slave market

5. What were the two most powerful city-states?

• Thebes and Corinth
• Athens and Sparta
• Thebes and Athens
• Sparta and Thebes

6. What was the first government in Athens, and why didn't it work?

• tyranny, because the military controlled the government
• oligarchy, because a handful of wealthy men ruled and they ignored the poor
• democracy, because the people felt only the powerful should be able to vote
• monarchy, because the rule of a king was unfair.

7. What was the second form of government in Athens, and why didn't it work?

• tyranny, because the military controlled the government
• oligarchy, because a handful of wealthy men ruled and ignored the poor
• democracy, because the people felt only the powerful should be able to vote
• monarchy, because the rule of a king was unfair

8. What was the third form of Government in Athens?

• tyranny
• democracy
• oligarchy
• monarchy

9. In what year was democracy introduced to Athens?

• 507 BC
• 705 BC
• 570 BC
• 75 BC

10. Who were Sparta's ancestors?

• the Cretans
• the Athenians
• the Dorians
• Ares, the god of war