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WorksheetsCh. 7 The Ancient Greeks
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 11mins
A new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland.
Agora
Colony
Peninsula
Polis
A type of landform.
Agora
Colony
Peninsula
Phalanx
A Greek city-state.
Colony
Phalanx
Agora
Polis
A group of armed for soldiers in Ancient Greece arranged close together in rows.
Phalanx
Peninsula
Polis
Agora
A market and a place where people meet and debate.
Phalanx
Agora
Polis
Colony
Which factor or factors started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization?
Trojan War
Migration
Earthquakes and civil war
Economic collapse and lack or written language
What positive development occurred in Greece when Dorian invaded the mainland?
New methods of farming were introduced.
They discovered new shipping routes.
A new alphabet was accepted into use.
They learned how to make iron weapons and tools.
The _______ civilization was the first to a rise in Ancient Greece.
Minoan
Phoenician
Dorian
Mycenaean
Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship?
Free native-born men who owned land.
Foreign-born men or native-born men, who may or may not have been landowners.
Any man, whether he owned land or not,
Wealthy men or women who owned slaves and land.
Greek city-states were run by their
Kings.
Citizens.
Politicians.
Soldiers.
In what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?
Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.
Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.
Athenian boys became citizens at 30; Spartan boys became citizens at 18.
Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military.
Name the 594 B.C. Athenian ruler whose reforms were popular among both nobles and the common people.
Plutarch
Solon
Peisistratus
Cleisthenes
Spartan women were trained in
running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.
sewing, sword-fighting, and trade.
art, music, and poetry.
cooking, cleaning, and combat.
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)
Tyrant
Ephor
Democrat
Oligarch
What did Sparta use to control its citizens?
Forced physical fitness
The helots
The military
The government
A person who takes power by force and rules with total authority
Oligarchy
Democracy
Helot
Tyrant
A system of government in which a few people hold power
Oligarchy
Democracy
Helot
Ephor
A person who enforced laws and managed tax collection in Sparta
Democracy
Ephor
Helot
Tyrant
A system of government in which all citizens share in running the government
Oligarchy
Ephor
Tyrant
Democracy
The Spartan name for an enslaved worker
Helot
Oligarchy
Ephor
Democracy
Beginning in 478 B.C., which league served as a protective group and a defensive league?
Delian
Artisan
Persian
Athenian
Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?
Xerxes
Cyrus
Herodotus
Themistocles
In 431 B.c. Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight the
Spartan War.
Greek Civil War.
Persian War.
Peloponnesian War.
Direct democracy worked well in Athens because
there was a relatively small number of citizens.
every resident of Athens could participate in government.
women were allowed to participate in government.
elections were held to help select representatives.
Cyrus the Great held his growing empire together by
treating conquered people fairly.
building strong fortresses in each conquered land.
limiting travel between provinces.
establishing harsh military rule.
In a representative democracy, a small group makes governmental decisions on behalf of many.
True
False
The Athenian economy was supported by
Merchants and artisans.
Government intervention.
Farming and trade.
Pottery and jewelry.
The Delian League was named for the Greek philosopher Delos.
True
Flase
King from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae.
Zoroaster
Darius I
Leonidas
Cyrus
Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army.
Cyrus
Darius I
Xerxes
Zoroaster
Religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion.
Xerxes
Leonidas
Darius I
Zoroaster
Reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies.
Cyrus
Leonidas
Darius I
Zoroaster
Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae.
Cyrus
Xerxes
Zoroaster
Darius I
The Age of Pericles was known as a golden age of
Politics and religion.
Farming and trade.
Prosperity, culture, and achievement.
Military conquest and rebuilding.
