Ancient Greece (pg 127-128)

Greek civilization experienced a decline during the (a)   period.

By _______ , the city-state was the fundamental political unit in ancient Greece.

• 730 BC

• 740 BC

• 750 BC

• 760 BC

What was a 'polis'?

• a village

• a city

• a country

• a city-state

Circle ALL the forms of government practiced among Greek city-states.

• dictator

• aristocracy

• theocracy

• monarchy

• oligarchy

Aristocracy means ______.

• ruled by a few powerful and very rich people

• ruled by a single person called a king

• ruled by a group of noble, land-owning families

Monarchy means ______.

• ruled by a few powerful and very rich people

• ruled by a single person called a king

• ruled by a group of noble, land-owning families

Oligarchy means ______.

• ruled by a few powerful and very rich people

• ruled by a single person called a king

• ruled by a group of noble, land-owning families

In ______ BC, Draco developed a legal code based on the idea that all Athenians, rich and poor, were equal under the law.

• 500

• 594

• 621

• 752

Draco's code of law practices "debt slavery", in which debtors worked as ______.

• farmers to repay their debts

• slaves to repay their debts

• soldiers to repay their debts

______ outlawed "debt slavery".

• Solon

• Draco

• Cleisthenes