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Chapter 4 review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Under the Greek definition of “citizen,” who qualified for citizenship?
a)
native-born men and women
b)
free, native-born men who owned land
c)
freed slaves who owned land
d)
wealthy women who owned land
2.
In early Greek city-states, an open area that served as both a market and meeting place for social and political matters is called a(n)
a)
City-state
b)
Agora
c)
colony
d)
Polis
3.
The form of rule in which all citizens share in running the government is called
a)
a democracy
b)
an oligarchy
c)
a monarchy
d)
a dictatorship
4.

Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece?

a)

to increase his country's wealth

b)

to win glory

c)

for revenge

d)

all of these

5.

In an oligarchy, _____ hold(s) power.

a)

everyone

b)

the king

c)

a few people

d)

religious teachers

6.

Which of these did the Mycenaeans learn from the Minoans?

a)

navigation by the sun and stars

b)

making iron tools

c)

pottery making

d)

winemaking

7.

The time around 1100BC-700 BC is called the Dark Age because

a)

People forgot how to make candles

b)

People forgot how to read and write

c)

there was a great famine

d)

there was a terrible plague

8.

In a direct democracy, who decides governmental matters?

a)

all the people

b)

women

c)

elected representatives

d)

the king

9.

The Delian League began as an alliance to

a)

Protect the Greeks from the Persians

b)

make trade more profitable

c)

make Athens rich

d)

build faster ships

10.

The Minoans made their living as

a)

soldiers

b)

traders

c)

weavers

d)

farmers

11.

Early Greeks lived by

a)

fishing

b)

trade

c)

herding goats and sheep

d)

all of the above

12.

At what age could Spartan men return home?

a)

18

b)

20

c)

30

d)

60

13.

Xerxes was king of

a)

Persia

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Mesopotamia

14.

What is the age of great creativity and learning in Athens. Also called the "Golden Age"

a)

Age of Pericles

b)

Age of Sparta

c)

Age of Athens

d)

Age of Laufer

15.
What was one result of ancient Greeks not having enough farmland to feed themselves?
a)
Their government was weak
b)
They gave up their religion
c)
They traded to get what they needed
d)
They lived peacefully with other Greeks.
16.
Canceled all the farmers’ debts and freed those who had become slaves in Athens. 
a)
Aspasia
b)
Pericles
c)
Solon
d)
Cyrus the Great
17.
He led Athens for more than 30 years during the Golden Age after the Persian Wars.
a)
Solon
b)
Pericles
c)
Xerxes
d)
Socrates
18.
Persian king, son of Darius, who vowed to get revenge on Athens and continued the Persian Wars.
a)
Pericles
b)
Xerxes
c)
Socrates
d)
Aspasia
19.
The Persian leader who began building the massive Persian Empire. 
a)
Socrates
b)
Pericles
c)
Xerxes
d)
Cyrus the Great
20.
Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?
a)
Sparta vs. Persia
b)
Greece vs. Persia
c)
Sparta vs. Athens
d)
Greece vs. Asia Minor
21.
A representative democracy is...
a)
A form of government  in which people gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters
b)
A form of government in which people elect leaders to make government decision on their behalf
22.
A Greek city-state that functioned like a mini country is called a...
a)
Acropolis
b)
Polis
c)
Agora
d)
Peninsula
23.
thinker who seeks wisdom and ponders questions about life is a...
a)
Philosopher
b)
Spartan
c)
Athenian
d)
Tyrant
24.

Who influenced the Greek alphabet?

a)

Mesoptamians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Phoenicians

d)

The Shang

25.
Which of the following is evidence that Spartan women had more rights than Athenian women?
a)
Spartan women could own their own property.
b)
Spartan women had the most influence in the home.
c)
Spartan women could speak at the Assembly.
d)
Spartan women served in the army until they were 60.
26.
Which city-state used democracy as their main form of government?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
27.

Which city-state sent their boys to military training at the age of seven?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

28.

Who became popular by giving land to the landless farmers?

a)

Solon

b)

Cyrus

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Pericles

29.

Which of the following did Athenian soldiers primes to do in their oath?

a)

pay back loans at the harvest

b)

sell themselves into slavery

c)

protect the constitution

d)

obey the oracle

30.

King of Persia, unified Persia

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius

c)

Xerxes

d)

Pericles

31.

Who made Athens more democratic?

a)

Pericles

b)

Xerxes

c)

Cyrus

d)

Darius