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4.1 & 4.2 Ancient Greece

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This leader was known for ending the slavery for debt policy in Athens. He helped poor farmers to regain their freedom and allowed all male citizens to participate in the assembly.

a)

Peisistratus

b)

Pericles

c)

Solon

2.

This tyrant seized power in 560 BC, but then used his power to help poor people by loaning money and providing more services to the poor.

a)

Pericles

b)

Peisistratus

c)

Solon

3.

This political leader created a council of 500 Citizens which would be chosen by a lottery. They carried out the day to day business of government.

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Cyrus

c)

Pericles

4.

This was the Mycenaean king who fought against the Trojans.

a)

Pericles

b)

Xerxes

c)

Agamemnon

5.

This is the large island that is located just south of mainland Greece.

a)

Sardinia

b)

Crete

c)

Sicily

6.

The culture that replaced the Minoans as the dominate people in the region were called the...

a)

Persian

b)

Hellenics

c)

Mycenaeans

7.

A body of land with water on 3 sides.

a)

Colony

b)

Peninsula

c)

Polis

8.

A Mycenaean king who used trickery to win a war.

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Peloponnesus

c)

Sparta

9.

Rule by a small group of people.

a)

Agora

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Colony

10.

A city that concentrated on creating a race of super soldiers.

a)

Athens

b)

Polis

c)

Sparta

11.

Farm laborers that were commonly used as slaves.

a)

tyrant

b)

helots

c)

polis

12.

A city that is known as the birthplace of Democracy

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

agora

13.

A marketplace in ancient Greece.

a)

colony

b)

democracy

c)

agora

14.

A government in which people rule through elections.

a)

tyrant

b)

democracy

c)

polis

15.

Someone who takes power by force

a)

tyrant

b)

helots

c)

polis

16.

A name given to a Greek city-state

a)

colony

b)

polis

c)

agora

17.

A peninsula in southern Greece where Sparta is located.

a)

Sparta

b)

Peloponnesus

c)

Agamemnon

18.

A settlement outside of your homeland.

a)

colony

b)

polis

c)

helots