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CH 8 - Ancient Greece
CH 8 - Ancient Greece
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A review of Ancient Greece
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1
Which of the following is not a correct statement about the role and rights of women?
Greek women were expected to supervise the household
Greek women could sell property
Greek women kept track of household expenses
Greek women managed the household slaves
2
People who paid rent to grow crops on another person's land were called
metics
tenant farmers
squatters
slaves
3
Early Greek civilization was brought to an end by the
Minoans
Ionians
Dorians
Trojans
4
Which group of ancient Greek women had greater freedom?
Athenian women
Metic women
Slave women
Spartan women
5
Type of government in which the "best" people inherited the right to rule a Greek city-state
kingdom
polis
acropolis
aristocracy
6
The idea of ___ was developed in Athens and gave individual rights and responsibilities.
representation
oligarchy
democracy
citizenship
7
How did the roles of rights and women differ from most other Greek city-states?
Spartan women were slaves
Spartan women could sell their property
Spartan women managed slaves
Spartan women stayed at home
8
One of the earliest civilizations to form in Ancient Greece were known as the:
Mycenaens
Dorians
Ionians
Minoans
9
The basic unit of ancient Greek government was the city-state, or _____.
country
oligarchy
polis
empire
10
Form of government - one leader rules with the people's support in return for land/benefits
direct democracy
aristocracy
tyranny
representative democracy
11
The form of government that we know today as democracy first arose in the city-states of
Athens
Mycrnae
Sparta
Messenia
12
Who benefited most from the oligarchies that governed many ancient Greek city-states?
Tyrants
Wealthy people
Citizens
Small farmers
13
What was Sparta best known for throughout ancient Greece?
Oligarchy
Democratic government
Military power
Slavery
14
What was a woman's most important role in Spartan society?
To produce and raise strong boys to be soldiers
To stay at home and care for her family
To participate in the government of the city-states
To educate her children to be good citizens
15
In the Iliad, the poet Homer told the story of a long war the early Greeks waged against
Knossos
Corinth
Ionia
Troy
16
When Spartan boys were taken at a young age, what type of military housing did they live in?
barracks
phalanx
caves
huts
17
The Trojans left a wooden gift in the shape of what animal to get pass the Trojan city?
A pig
A horse
A cow
A camel
18
Which of the following does NOT describe how the development of trade affected the economy?
Demand for more products to export = growth in agriculture
Merchants grew wealthy and built large fleets
Customs & ideas were exchanged throughout the Mediterranean
Greeks began to use coins to trade with other countries
19
Colonization brought the greatest change to a city-state's __ because they grew rich from trade
women
soldiers
colonists
merchants
20
What feature of Greek geography encouraged a spirit of independence among its early peoples?
Its many peninsulas
Its mountain ranges
Its long coastline
Its lack of good soil
21
Which statement correctly classifies the relationship between Greece's geography and the sea?
The mountains forced most Greeks to live along the coast.
Hot/dry summer = no agriculture; fishing instead
Aegean Sea - naturally became seafaring people
Mountains = little good soil; searched overseas for food
22
In the mid 400s B.C., Athens created citizen juries, which
put legal decisions in the hands of the people
significantly reduced the crime rate in the city-states
increased the power of the rich
allowed women and slaves to have a say in government
23
Ancient Athens developed a form of democracy in which all citizens voted. This is known as a:
Representative democracy
Direct democracy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
24
By what means did Sparta obtain the resources it needed for growth?
By purchasing them with gold coins
By bartering and trading for them
By seizing them through conquest
By establishing colonies overseas
25
A tight formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit is called a
flank
phalanx
barrack
line
26
Which of the following was one result of the independent spirit of the early Greeks?
Numerous attempts to unite under one government
Increased efforts to establish Greek colonies overseas
Frequent wars between city-states
Heavy trade between city-states
27
Who was allowed to vote in Greek city-states?
Only male citizens
Only male citizens and male foreigners
Male citizens, male foreigners, and all women
Only male citizens and women
28
All of the following contributed to the development of democracy in ancient Athens EXCEPT
Pericles
Cleisthenes
Draco
Solon
29
Using coins led to an economic revolution in the Greek city-states because
coins could only be made at mints in Lydia
coins replaced all barter except that for luxury goods
coins with symbols of the gods were worth more
coins of uniform size and value made trade easier
30
What group of people were conquered and treated harshly by the Spartans?
The Dorians
The ephors
The helots
The Athenians