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Greek City-States (Master)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This leader made very harsh laws to try to save the oligarchy.
a)
Draco
b)
Cleisthenes
c)
Pericles
d)
Pericles 
2.
This leader created the world's first democracy in ancient Athens.
a)
Pericles 
b)
Cleisthenes
c)
Draco
d)
Peisistratus 
3.
This leader ended the Athenian oligarchy by taking complete control as a tyrant.
a)
Solon
b)
Peisistratus
c)
Pericles
d)
Draco
4.
This city-state tried many forms of government before becoming a democracy.
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both Athens & Sparta 
5.
This city-state would have had citizens serve in the military.
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both Athens & Sparta 
6.
This city-state depended on the work of helots to support their city-state.
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both Athens & Sparta 
7.
This was what the Greeks called their city-states.
a)
Acropolis
b)
Polis
c)
Agora
d)
Amphitheater
8.
This was what the Greeks called the market area of a city-state.
a)
Acropolis
b)
Polis
c)
Agora
d)
Amphitheater
9.
The ancient Greeks would have gone here to see comedies and tragedies.
a)
Acropolis
b)
Polis
c)
Agora
d)
Amphitheater
10.
This was the high hill that all Greek city-states were built around.
a)
Acropolis
b)
Polis
c)
Agora
d)
Amphitheater
11.
These were the Spartans who served in the military and were allowed to participate in the government.
a)
Helots
b)
Homoioi
c)
Perioikoi
d)
All of the above
12.
These were the Spartans who were the craftsmen that made weapons and everyday items.
a)
Helots
b)
Homoioi
c)
Perioikoi
d)
All of the above
13.
These were the Spartans who did all the farming for the city-state.
a)
Helots
b)
Homoioi
c)
Perioikoi
d)
All of the above
14.
The Greeks thought of themselves as Greeks more than they did as members of their own city-state.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
This city-state was famous for having an oracle that could predict your future.
a)
Sparta
b)
Olympia 
c)
Delphi
d)
Argos 
16.
This city-state was famous for having the Olympics & the famous temple to Zeus.
a)
Sparta
b)
Olympia 
c)
Delphi
d)
Argos 
17.
This city-state was famous for creating a system of measurement for the Greeks.
a)
Sparta
b)
Olympia 
c)
Delphi
d)
Argos 
18.
The city-state of Athens only had one form of government throughout their history.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
This was the Spartan leader who made Sparta into a military state.
a)
Lycurgus 
b)
Draco
c)
Pericles 
d)
Solon
20.
This was the famous temple atop the Athenian Acropolis.
a)
Parthenon
b)
Polis
c)
Amphitheater 
d)
Aristocrats