How did the Greeks apply the Iliad and the Odyssey in everyday life?

trying to live lives like great heroes in the stories.

Over time, the Greek people living in city-states

thought themselves as residents of the city-state not Greek

What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?

Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.

What best describes education in Sparta?

Both boys and girls got military training.

Greek myths were stories that explained

why natural or historical events happened.

In Athens, most of the boys from poor families

became farmers and grew food for the wealthy.

Which of the following is evidence that Spartan women had more rights than Athenian women?

Spartan women could own their own property.

Which of the following best describes a difference between a king and a tyrant?

A king inherits power, but a tyrant seizes it.

What cause the Peloponnesian War to begin?

Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece.

Which of the following best describes a representative democracy?

Citizens elect officials to make laws.

Which of the following activities did not take place in the agora?

Greeks hid from invading armies

In what way were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans?

The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland.

How might Alexander have described his approach to unifying his empire?

“I respect the beliefs of many different peoples.”

Which of the following best describes democracy in Athens?

Only free men could speak in the Assembly.

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1
Under which leader did democracy in Athens work best?
Solon
Draco
Pericles
Peisistratus
2
What is the name of the landform on which Greece is situated?
plateau
peninsula
delta
isthmus
3
What does democracy mean?
"rule of the people"
"rule of the powerful"
"rule of the the leaders'
"rule of the few"
4
To which of the following did the Greeks make major contributions?
theater and religion
language and government
cooking and medicine
religion and medicine
5
How did the Greeks apply the Iliad and the Odyssey in everyday life?
following the writing style of famous poets.
building greta temples for their gods.
trying to live lives like great heroes in the stories.
holding sporting contests in honor of their gods.
6
Over time, the Greek people living in city-states
fled their city-states in fear and set up their own colonies
thought themselves as residents of the city-state not Greek
disliked their city-states and began to rebel against them.
became bored and developed the desire to travel.
7
What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?
Athens became the most powerful city-state in Greece.
Athens and Sparta merged cultures into one.
Athens and Sparta agreed to trade.
Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.
8
What best describes education in Sparta?
Children studied sculpture and painting.
Children did not learn to read.
Both boys and girls learned to cook and clean.
Both boys and girls got military training.
9
Greek myths were stories that explained
why humans worship the gods.
what things the Greek people valued most
why humans or animals behaved like they did.
why natural or historical events happened.
10
In Athens, most of the boys from poor families
learned how to sing and play musical instruments.
became farmers and grew food for the wealthy.
were taught astronomy, geometry, and science.
studied warfare and were placed in the army.
11
Which of the following is evidence that Spartan women had more rights than Athenian women?
Spartan women served in the army until they were 60.
Spartan women had the most influence in the home.
Spartan women could own their own property.
Spartan women could speak at the Assembly.
12
A government in which only a few people have power is called
an oligrachy
a tyrant
a monarchy
a democracy
13
Which of the following best describes a difference between a king and a tyrant?
A king is elected, but a tyrant seizes power.
A king is elected, but a tyrant inherits power.
A king inherits power, but a tyrant seizes it.
A king leads the assembly, but a tyrant disbands it.
14
What cause the Peloponnesian War to begin?
Athens joined forces with the Persians.
Athens quit the Peloponnesian League.
Sparta refused to join Athens in the Delian League.
Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece.
15
Which of the following best describes a representative democracy?
Citizens act as judges and lawmakers.
All men, women,and children can vote.
Citizens elect officials to make laws.
All citizens help make laws.
16
Which of the following best defines a polis?
a small city-state.
a high hill on which a fortress was often built.
a period of great achievements.
a marketplace where goods were traded.
17
From an early age, Spartan boys were trained to be
soldiers
leaders
teachers
writers
18
Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks
gave up trying to travel
took up farming
learned how to climb mountains
became expert shipbuilders
19
Which of the following best summarizes the geography of Greece?
a land of flat,fertile plains
a rocky, mountainous land.
a land of small hils and dense forests
a cold, barren land.
20
Which of the following activities did not take place in the agora?
Greeks had religious gatherings.
Grekks bought and sold goods
Greeks held political meetings.
Greeks hid from invading armies
21
ancient Greeks developed democracy, which of the following is part of American politics today?
a council of elders
juries of citizens
a symbolic royalty
a national religion
22
What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?
playing music.
learning to lead people.
learning about philosophy.
preparing for battles.
23
In what way were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans?
The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland.
the Mycenaeans were not traders.
The Mycenaeans did not speak Greek.
The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek islands.
24
How might Alexander have described his approach to unifying his empire?
“I respect the beliefs of many different peoples.”
“I have Macedonians run the local governments.”
“I make sure everyone practices the same religion.”
“I am a great leader who has conquered the world.”
25
Which of the following best describes democracy in Athens?
Only free men could speak in the Assembly.
Widows replaced their dead husbands in the Assembly.
Citizens elected representatives to make decisions.
Citizens supported oligarchs, who made decisions.

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