8th Grade World History- The Ancient Greeks
20 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.A government in which a small group of people holds power
- A.
Direct democracy
- B.
Oligarchy
- C.
Representative democracy
- 2.In early-Greek states, an open area that served as both a market and meeting place
- A.
Satrap
- B.
Peninsula
- C.
Agora
- 3.Person who was conquered and enslaved by the ancient Spartans
- A.
Philosopher
- B.
Helot
- C.
Satrap
- 4.The Greek mainland is a body of land with water on three sides, otherwise known as
- A.
Peninsula
- B.
Island
- C.
Continent
- 5.A system that Darius used to unite his empire under one government
- A.
Satrapies
- B.
Democracy
- C.
Colony
- 6.What sea lies along the west coast of Greece?
- A.
Aegean Sea
- B.
Ionian Sea
- C.
Mediterranean Sea
- 7.The early Greek city-state, made up of a city and the surrounding countryside and run as an independant country
- A.
Agora
- B.
Helot
- C.
Polis
- 8.Which two city-states went to war for control of Greece in the Peloponnesian War
- A.
Athens and Sparta
- B.
Helots and Athens
- C.
Sparta and Helots
- 9.Captive workers in Sparta
- A.
Spartans
- B.
Helots
- C.
Athenians
- 10.A settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland
- A.
Oligarchy
- B.
Democracy
- C.
Colony
- 11.The Mycenaeans were invaders of the Greek mainland around 1900 B.C. and became the first Greek kings
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.The Minoans became wealthy from their farming.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Sparta became an oligarchy and Athens was ruled by democracy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.The most important leader after Peisistratus dies was Cleisthenes, who made the government of Athens a democracy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.After Herodotus dies in 486 B.C., his son Xerxes became the Persian king.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.The Greek historian __________________ wrote History of the Persian Wars
- 17._________________ are thinkers who ponder questions about life.
- 18.After the Persian Wars, the leading figure in Athenian politics was ___________________.
- 19.Knossos was located on the island of ___________________.
- 20.Darius divided the Persian Empire into 20 states called __________________.
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