The Dark Ages of Greece were a period during which

people built villages & fortified structures.

The citizens of Athens & other Greek city-states

valued their freedoms & took an active role in government.

Solon helped promote democracy in Athens by changing laws that

enslaved citizens work with debts.

Pericles helped poor citizens get involved in government by

paying salaries to city officials.

The mountains, islands, & peninsulas of Greece's physical geography

offered little farmland but access to the sea for trade.

With which of the following statements would historians agree?

Greeks & Trojans fought & Troy was destroyed by fire.

In general, Greeks worshipped

several gods & tried to avoid angering them.

The Minoan civilization

built a great temple at Knossos with statues & paintings.

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1
A Greek ? used reason to try to explain natural events.
epic
philosopher
aristocrat
tragedy
2
The Dark Ages of Greece were a period during which
people built villages & fortified structures.
wealth increased.
Greek culture spread to areas in the Mediterranean.
trade increased.
3
The citizens of Athens & other Greek city-states
developed the art of war.
often overthrew their government by force.
valued their freedoms & took an active role in government.
spoke different languages.
4
Solon helped promote democracy in Athens by changing laws that
required slaves to work.
required all citizens to pay taxes.
enslaved citizens work with debts.
prevented women from voting.
5
When a Greek drama ends in disaster for the main character it is a(n) ?
epic
comedy
trajedy
tragedy
6
Pericles helped poor citizens get involved in government by
changing tax laws.
appointing them to a council.
paying for greater education.
paying salaries to city officials.
7
A member of a rich & powerful family, called a(n) ?, might have ruled an early Greek city-state
philosopher
aristocrat
oracle
tyrant
8
Socrates & Plato
lived about 100 years apart.
fought about government.
were friends.
performed experiments.
9
The mountains, islands, & peninsulas of Greece's physical geography
made it easy for people to be in contact & share culture.
offered little farmland but access to the sea for trade.
limited early civilizations to farming rather than trading.
encouraged people to live in river valleys.
10
During the Dark Ages of Greece, people often fortified the ? near them.
citadel
tyrant
tribute
acropolis
11
With which of the following statements would historians agree?
The Trojan War was a single battle as told in epic poems.
The Trojan Horse was used to defeat Troy.
Troy was located in modern-day Italy.
Greeks & Trojans fought & Troy was destroyed by fire.
12
In general, Greeks worshipped
only one god.
gods by giving money to the church.
several gods & tried to avoid angering them.
male gods only.
13
The Minoan civilization
built a great temple at Knossos with statues & paintings.
declined after it stopped trading with Mycenae.
extended its control to Egypt & Sicily.
was located on the mainland of Greece.
14
A(n) ? was a ruler supported by the middle & working classes in Greece.
oracle
philosopher
tribute
tyrant

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