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Chapter 7- The Ancient Greeks- Test Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Minoans lived on the island of...

a)

Crete

b)

Rhodes

c)

Sicily

d)

Delos

2.

The Minoans built _____________ so they could trade and travel.

a)

wheels

b)

chariots

c)

carts

d)

ships

3.

The Mycenaeans lived on the ______________ peninsula.

a)

Italian

b)

Peloponnesus

c)

Macedonian

d)

Rhodesian

4.

The ___________ separated villages and towns on the Greek peninsula and made it difficult to farm, communicate and travel.

a)

seas

b)

lakes

c)

mountains

d)

peninsulas

5.

The ______________ made it easier to travel and provided food for people.

a)

mountains

b)

seas

c)

lakes

d)

peninsulas

6.

Peloponnesus is a...

a)

peninsula

b)

mountain

c)

sea

d)

plateau

7.

People theorize that a volcano erupted and destroyed the _____________ civilization.

a)

Macedonian

b)

Mycenaean

c)

Persian

d)

Minoan

8.

People theorize that either the Dorians or earthquakes led to the destruction of the _____________________ civilization.

a)

Macedonian

b)

Minoan

c)

Mycenaean

d)

Persian

9.

Who took over the Athenian government, with the help of the aristocrats, and he created strict laws?

a)

Draco

b)

Solon

c)

Themistocles

d)

Cleisthenes

10.

Who lessened the laws for all Greek citizens and allowed free men to participate in government?

a)

Draco

b)

Solon

c)

Cleisthenes

d)

Darius

11.

Who is the "father of democracy?"

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Peisistratus

c)

Solon

d)

Draco

e)

Mr. Saikin

12.

The assembly in ancient Greece was held on/in a...

a)

hillside

b)

mountain

c)

temple

d)

beach

13.

In a(n) _______________ democracy, citizens elect officials, there is a separation of powers and males and females can vote.

a)

direct

b)

representative

c)

evasive

d)

permanent

14.

______________ revolted against the Medes and he did not force the people he conquered to adopt Persian customs and he did not mistreat the people he conquered.

a)

Darius I

b)

Cambyses

c)

Cyrus II

d)

Sargon

15.

A __________ was a governor.

a)

president

b)

sandtrap

c)

aristocrat

d)

satrap

16.

Darius built the _______ Road.

a)

Silk

b)

Royal

c)

Rigid

d)

Holy

17.

_________________ was the capital of Persia while Darius I was ruler.

a)

Persepolis

b)

Pasargadae

c)

Uruk

d)

Babylon

18.

Athens and other Greek city-states formed a(n) _____________ after the Persian Wars.

a)

city-state

b)

alliance

c)

confederacy

d)

democracy

19.

The ____________, or slaves, were afraid of the Spartan army.

a)

helots

b)

women

c)

tourists

d)

men

20.

This city-state encouraged an education, thinking, the arts and military service.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

21.

Boys in this city-state had harsh training and were given very little to survive.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

22.

Girls in this city-state learned how to weave and sew and little else.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

23.

Women in this city-state could own land and run the household while their husband was away.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

24.

This League was created in order to punish Persia and protect the Greek city-states.

a)

Athenian

b)

Delian

c)

Peloponnesian

d)

Spartan

25.

The southern Greek city-states created a league of their own called the ________ League.

a)

Delian

b)

Athenian

c)

Spartan

d)

Peloponnesian

26.

The Athenians were finally defeated and their __________ was destroyed so they could not attack again.

a)

army

b)

air force

c)

navy

d)

marines

27.

Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship?

a)

free, native-born men who owned land

b)

any man, whether he owned land or not

c)

wealthy women who owned land

d)

foreign-born men, who may or may not have been landowners

28.

In what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?

a)

Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military

b)

Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports

c)

Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home

d)

Athenian boys became citizens at 30; Spartan boys became citizens at 18

29.

Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?

a)

Xerxes

b)

Herodotus

c)

Themistocles

d)

Cyrus

30.

Direct democracy worked well in Athens because

a)

women were allowed to participate in government

b)

elections were held to help select representatives

c)

every resident of Athens could participate in government

d)

there was a small number of citizens

31.

What is a market and a place where people meet and debate

a)

acropolis

b)

agora

c)

trireme

d)

pnyx

32.

a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process

a)

direct democracy

b)

representative democracy

33.

the Spartan name for an enslaved worker

a)

helot

b)

agoras

c)

untouchable

d)

Helenes

34.

king from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae

a)

Themistocles

b)

Pericles

c)

Leonidas

d)

Xerxes I

35.

a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

a)

philosopher

b)

wizard

c)

mathematician

d)

thinkers

36.

religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion

a)

Zoroaster

b)

Xerxes I

c)

Darius I

d)

Cambyses

37.

a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority

a)

monarchy

b)

tyrant

c)

aristocract

d)

helot

38.

a Greek city-state

a)

polis

b)

agora

c)

acropolis

d)

pnyx

39.

Where is Greece located?

a)

Southwest Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

Europe

40.

A type of government where only a few rule

a)

monarchy

b)

democracy

c)

tyranny

d)

oligarchy