Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | satrapies | f. | Pericles | b. | philosophers | g. | Dorians | c. | ephors | h. | Spartans | d. | oligarchy | i. | polis | e. | 20 | j. | agora |
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focused on military service
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open area used for a meeting place and a market
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made Athens more democratic
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Persian provinces
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brought iron weapons to the Greeks
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thinkers who ponder questions about life
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like a tiny, independent country
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form of government used by the Spartans
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age at which Spartan men entered the regular army
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enforced laws and collected taxes in Sparta
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Athens | f. | hoplites | b. | Age of Pericles | g. | Parthenon | c. | satraps | h. | peninsula | d. | tyrant | i. | upper-class Athenian women | e. | Cyrus the
Great | j. | strait |
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a narrow body of water with land on both sides
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Workers hauled 20,000 tons of marble and took 15 years to build this.
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rules with total authority
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“protectors of the kingdom”
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time of great creativity and learning in Athens
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focused on government and education
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King of Persia
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could not leave home without a male relative
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ordinary citizens in the army
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a body of land with water on three sides
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following did Athenian soldiers promise to do in their oath?
a. | pay back loans at harvest time | b. | sell themselves into
slavery | c. | protect the constitution | d. | obey the oracle |
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Who became popular by giving land to landless farmers?
a. | Xerxes | c. | Peisistratus | b. | Solon | d. | Agamemnon |
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Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece?
a. | to increase his country’s wealth | c. | for revenge | b. | to win
glory | d. | all of
these |
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Which of these did the Mycenaeans learn from the Minoans?
a. | navigation by the sun and stars | b. | winemaking | c. | making iron
tools | d. | pottery making |
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Spartan men could return to their homes when they were
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The time around 600 B.C. is called the Dark Age because
a. | people forgot how to make candles. | b. | people forgot how to read and
write. | c. | there was a great famine. | d. | there was a terrible
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Early Greeks lived by
a. | fishing. | c. | herding goats and sheep. | b. | trade. | d. | all
of these |
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The Athenian assembly appointed ten generals, who
a. | collected taxes. | b. | led armies into battle. | c. | carried out the
assembly’s laws. | d. | tried to increase
trade. |
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Who could be citizens of Greek city-states?
a. | native-born men and women | b. | free, native-born, land-owning
men | c. | land-owning women | d. | foreign-born
men |
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The Greek alphabet was based on which of these alphabets?
a. | Egyptian | c. | Mesopotamian | b. | Phoenician | d. | Syrian |
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The Mycenaeans came to Greece from
a. | Western Europe. | c. | Central Asia. | b. | India. | d. | China. |
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In a direct democracy, who decides government matters?
a. | all the people | c. | elected representatives | b. | women | d. | the
king |
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When the Spartans needed room for expansion, they
a. | conquered neighboring land. | b. | set up colonies in Asia
Minor. | c. | bought land from neighbors. | d. | all of the
above |
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The Minoans made their living as
a. | soldiers. | c. | weavers. | b. | traders. | d. | farmers. |
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Xerxes was king of
a. | Athens. | c. | Delos. | b. | Persia. | d. | Crete. |
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The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis because their ships
a. | could move around quickly. | c. | came from the Spartan
Navy. | b. | outnumbered their enemies. | d. | sank. |
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Mycenaeans could pay their taxes in
a. | Athenian coins. | c. | wheat, livestock, or honey. | b. | paper
money. | d. | salt. |
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The Delian League began as an alliance to
a. | protect the Greeks from the Persians. | b. | make Athens rich. | c. | make trade more
profitable. | d. | build faster ships. |
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Essay
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Why did the Spartans place so much stress on military service?
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How did geography affect the way Greeks made their livings?
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Compare the lives of Spartan women and girls to the lives of Athenian women and
girls.
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Why was the Peloponnesian War bad for the winners as well as the losers?
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