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Ch. 7 The Ancient Greeks

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland.

a)

Agora

b)

Colony

c)

Peninsula

d)

Polis

2.

A type of landform.

a)

Agora

b)

Colony

c)

Peninsula

d)

Phalanx

3.

A Greek city-state.

a)

Colony

b)

Phalanx

c)

Agora

d)

Polis

4.

A group of armed for soldiers in Ancient Greece arranged close together in rows.

a)

Phalanx

b)

Peninsula

c)

Polis

d)

Agora

5.

A market and a place where people meet and debate.

a)

Phalanx

b)

Agora

c)

Polis

d)

Colony

6.

Which factor or factors started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization?

a)

Trojan War

b)

Migration

c)

Earthquakes and civil war

d)

Economic collapse and lack or written language

7.

What positive development occurred in Greece when Dorian invaded the mainland?

a)

New methods of farming were introduced.

b)

They discovered new shipping routes.

c)

A new alphabet was accepted into use.

d)

They learned how to make iron weapons and tools.

8.

The _______ civilization was the first to a rise in Ancient Greece.

a)

Minoan

b)

Phoenician

c)

Dorian

d)

Mycenaean

9.

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

a)

Free native-born men who owned land.

b)

Foreign-born men or native-born men, who may or may not have been landowners.

c)

Any man, whether he owned land or not,

d)

Wealthy men or women who owned slaves and land.

10.

Greek city-states were run by their

a)

Kings.

b)

Citizens.

c)

Politicians.

d)

Soldiers.

11.

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

a)

Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.

b)

Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.

c)

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

d)

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

12.

Name the 594 B.C. Athenian ruler whose reforms were popular among both nobles and the common people.

a)

Plutarch

b)

Solon

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Cleisthenes

13.

Spartan women were trained in

a)

running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.

b)

sewing, sword-fighting, and trade.

c)

art, music, and poetry.

d)

cooking, cleaning, and combat.

14.

The type of leader who came to power in Greece around 600 .c. due to growing political and economic unrest among city-states was a(n)

a)

Tyrant

b)

Ephor

c)

Democrat

d)

Oligarch

15.

What did Sparta use to control its citizens?

a)

Forced physical fitness

b)

The helots

c)

The military

d)

The government

16.

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

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Helot

d)

Tyrant

17.

A system of government in which a few people hold power

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Helot

d)

Ephor

18.

A person who enforced laws and managed tax collection in Sparta

a)

Democracy

b)

Ephor

c)

Helot

d)

Tyrant

19.

A system of government in which all citizens share in running the government

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Ephor

c)

Tyrant

d)

Democracy

20.

The Spartan name for an enslaved worker

a)

Helot

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Ephor

d)

Democracy

21.

Beginning in 478 B.C., which league served as a protective group and a defensive league?

a)

Delian

b)

Artisan

c)

Persian

d)

Athenian

22.

Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?

a)

Xerxes

b)

Cyrus

c)

Herodotus

d)

Themistocles

23.

In 431 B.c. Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight the

a)

Spartan War.

b)

Greek Civil War.

c)

Persian War.

d)

Peloponnesian War.

24.

Direct democracy worked well in Athens because

a)

there was a relatively small number of citizens.

b)

every resident of Athens could participate in government.

c)

women were allowed to participate in government.

d)

elections were held to help select representatives.

25.

Cyrus the Great held his growing empire together by

a)

treating conquered people fairly.

b)

building strong fortresses in each conquered land.

c)

limiting travel between provinces.

d)

establishing harsh military rule.

26.

In a representative democracy, a small group makes governmental decisions on behalf of many.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The Athenian economy was supported by

a)

Merchants and artisans.

b)

Government intervention.

c)

Farming and trade.

d)

Pottery and jewelry.

28.

The Delian League was named for the Greek philosopher Delos.

a)

True

b)

Flase

29.

King from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae.

a)

Zoroaster

b)

Darius I

c)

Leonidas

d)

Cyrus

30.

Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army.

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerxes

d)

Zoroaster

31.

Religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion.

a)

Xerxes

b)

Leonidas

c)

Darius I

d)

Zoroaster

32.

Reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies.

a)

Cyrus

b)

Leonidas

c)

Darius I

d)

Zoroaster

33.

Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae.

a)

Cyrus

b)

Xerxes

c)

Zoroaster

d)

Darius I

34.

The Age of Pericles was known as a golden age of

a)

Politics and religion.

b)

Farming and trade.

c)

Prosperity, culture, and achievement.

d)

Military conquest and rebuilding.