Module 8 Quiz!

___________________ women had fewer rights than most Greek city-states.

In 500 BC, Cleisthenes gained power. He was from a powerful family, but did not want the aristocracy to rule.

The city of __________ became a powerful region due to trade and a common currency.

After a rebellion against the aristocracy in 600 BC, _______ laws were established that were harsh on the common man.

What does polis mean?

The Minoans were considerded to be "Greek".

In early Athens, kings ruled the city-state. Later on, aristocrats ruled in an oligarchy.

A peninsula has _______ sides surrounded by water.

Plato wrote The Republic which was about what he believed an ideal society would be.

Greek ________ started to think maybe there is another explanation to understand life than through mythology.

Many places around the world are named after Greek mythology and literature.

After Draco, a guy named Solon created a set of laws that were much less harsh and gave more rights to non-aristocrats.

Sculptures studied the human body and how it looked when moving to help perfect their art.

The Mycenaeans built fortresses all over the Greek mainland.

Women and slaves enjoyed individual rights and freedoms under Greek democracy like being able to vote.

In 546 BC a noble named ___________overthrew the oligarchy and became a tyrant who ruled through force and power.

Philosophy lessons began at gymnasium which was a workout place for wealthy white males.

Greek ________is one of their most notable of their achievements. These works are still held in high regard today.

What did the Ancient Greeks use for a source of food and to drive their economy?

_____________, a Greek hero, killed a tribal monster The Minotaur.

The ________ was an alliance formed after the Persian Wars that Athens was the strongest member of.

Greece is a peninsula.

Aesop became famous for his _________or short stories that teach readers lessons about life.

Greeks used myths to explain natural events like earthquakes and thunder as acts of the Gods.

The Greeks created a __________ which is a set of beliefs and laws used to govern.

The Greek's created city states in present day cities of Istanbul, Marseille, Cario, and Naples.

Metics, or foreigners in Athens, were not allowed to be citizens and worked in sanitation.

The Greek alphabet became the basis for most of the writing systems in the western world.

Aristotle was arrested and poisoned for questioning the authority of the gods.

___govt. officials looked at all newborn boys. If they were deemed not healthy they were left outside the city to die.

Euclid, one of the world's greatest mathematicians, created the basis of geometry.

There is a lot of farmland in Greece which made agriculture the main focus of their economy.

The colonies the Greek's created away from mainland Greece traded goods with ___________ to help their economies grow.

________were Spartan government owned slaves who grew the cities crops and other agricultural work to feed the people.

Under Cleisthenes, citizens had the right to vote on laws in assembly and voice their opinions.

Spartan society was dominated by military development.

The Persians conquered Athens in 330 BC ending their democracy for the time being.

The Athenians valued physical training but also valued education, clean thinking , and the arts.

Greece is the birthplace of ___________, or rule by the people.

The Ancient Greeks believed in many Gods who were at the center of Greek mythology.

Athenian men didn't have to devote their whole lives to the army. They only served from 18-20 unless drafted during war.