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WorksheetsWorld HIS Ch. 7
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 b.c. to supply food
a)
true
b)
false
2.
2. The Greek alphabet was based on the alphabet created by the ancient Egyptians.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
3. The Minoans made their living as traders.
a)
true
b)
false
4.
4. Because of the conquests of King Cyrus, Persia had control of Athens.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
5. Sparta’s economy was based on trade.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
6. Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army at the Battle of Salamis
a)
A. Pericles
b)
B. Cyrus
c)
C. Darius
d)
D. Leonidas
e)
E. Xerxes
7.
7. Persian king who invaded Greece at Marathon
a)
A. Pericles
b)
B. Cyrus
c)
C. Darius
d)
D. Leonidas
e)
E. Xerxes
8.
8. leader who made Athens more democratic
a)
A. Pericles
b)
B. Cyrus
c)
C. Darius
d)
D. Leonidas
e)
E. Xerxes
9.
9. Spartan king who led 7,000 soldiers at Thermopylae
a)
A. Pericles
b)
B. Cyrus
c)
C. Darius
d)
D. Leonidas
e)
E. Xerxes
10.
10. king who built a strong Persian army and expanded the Persian Empire
a)
A. Pericles
b)
B. Cyrus
c)
C. Darius
d)
D. Leonidas
e)
E. Xerxes
11.
16. Which Greek tyrant became popular by giving land to landless farmers?
a)
A. Xerxes
b)
B. Solon
c)
C. Peisistratus
d)
D. Cyrus
12.
17. Which of these did the Mycenaeans learn from the Minoans?
a)
A. navigating by the sun and stars
b)
B. advances in philosophy and the arts
c)
C. making iron tools
d)
D. pottery making
13.
18. A 300- year period of time in Greece beginning around 1100 BC is called the Dark Age because
a)
A. Persians conquered Greece and ruled with absolute power
b)
B. trade and farming failed, and many stopped reading and writing.
c)
C. there were natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, plagues, and famines
d)
D. the Greek city-states fought one another so much that the economy failed completely
14.
19. The Athenian assembly appointed ten generals who
a)
A. were educational leaders
b)
B. led armies into battle
c)
C. carried out the assembly's laws
d)
D. tried to increase trade
15.
20. Sparta finally was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War
a)
A. by burning the city
b)
B. because they killed the leaders of the Athenian army
c)
C. when they received assistance from Macedonia
d)
D. by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city
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