Free Printable Greek Tyranny

1.

Herodotus tells us that tyranny came from...

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Ionia

d)

Lydia

2.

Who was Nyssia's husband who showed her to Gyges?

a)

Peisistratos

b)

Candules

c)

Megakles

d)

Solon

3.

What philosopher imagines Gyges had a secret ring of power?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Epictetus

4.

Where was Pheidon tyrant?

a)

Argos

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

d)

Corinth

5.

$A\pi o\iota\kappa\iota\alpha$

a)

family farm

b)

homestead

c)

colony

d)

marketplace

6.

$K\lambda\eta\rho os$

a)

colony

b)

homestead

c)

family farm

d)

market

7.

Who first struck silver coins on Aegina?

a)

Pheidon

b)

Lykurgos

c)

Solon

d)

Peisistratos

8.

What tyrant of Sicyon held a contest for the hand of his daughter, Aragiste?

a)

Megakles

b)

Cleisthenes

c)

Peisistraros

d)

Pheidon

9.

What son of Tysander danced away Aragiste?

a)

Megacles

b)

Hippocleides

c)

Tysander

d)

Perikles

10.

What tribal system does Cleisthenes reinvent?

a)

Dorian

b)

Ionian

c)

Lydian

d)

Aeolian

11.

Athenian tyrants

a)

Peisistratos

b)

Hippias

c)

Solon

d)

Hipparchos

12.

$M\eta\tau\rho\upsilon\pi o\lambda\iota s$

a)

colony

b)

mother city

c)

homestead

d)

capital city

13.

The leader of an apoikia

a)

$O\iota\kappa\iota\sigma\tau\eta s$

b)

$O\pi\lambda os$

c)

$O\mu o\nu\iota\alpha$

d)

$O\mu\iota\kappa\rho o\nu$

14.

How many times does Sparta have a tyrant?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

15.

What temple to Zeus does Peisistratos begin?

a)

Melichios

b)

Chthonios

c)

Olympian

d)

Lykaios

Greek Tyranny

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