World History Chapter 7
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- 1.Why did Greek city-states developed in their own ways?
- A.
They were separated by mountains
- B.
They were hostile to each other
- C.
They had different gods
- D.
They traded with different countries
- 2.What was in the new constitution that Athens wrote up in 508 B.C.E.?
- A.
Women could vote
- B.
Slaves were made free
- C.
It was illegal to own land
- D.
All free men were citizens
- 3.What happened to end the Persian Wars in 480 B.C.E.?
- A.
Darius I conquered the Greeks at Marathon.
- B.
Xerxes burned Athens.
- C.
The Athenian navy defeated the Persians at Salamis.
- D.
Xerxes defeated the Spartans at Thermopylae.
- 4.Why did the Peloponnesian War start?
- A.
Darius I attacked Lydia
- B.
Sparta did not like how Athens was growing
- C.
Athens attacked Sparta
- D.
Pericles died of the plague
- 5.The Olympic games
- A.
Were held every year
- B.
Gave gold medals as prizes
- C.
Were held in Sparta
- D.
Were open to athletes from al the Greek city-states
- 6.What is an Acropolis?
- A.
The hill that Greek cities built around
- 7.What does architecture mean?
- A.
The art of building
- 8.What does citizen mean?
- A.
A person who has certain rights and duties because he or she lives in a particular city or town
- 9.What is a democracy?
- A.
A government that gives the people the ruling power
- 10.What does it mean to expand?
- A.
To grow; to stretch
- 11.What does govern mean?
- A.
To rule
- 12.What are laborers?
- A.
A person who does hard work with his or her hands
- 13.What is a plague?
- A.
A deadly disease that spreads quickly
- 14.What is a revolt?
- A.
To rise up against a government; to refuse to obey the people in charge
- 15.What happened in Salamis?
- A.
The Greek navy conquered the Persians
- 16.What is an athlete?
- A.
A person trained to take part in competitive sports
- 17.What does hostility mean?
- A.
Feelings of hate or acts of war
- 18.What is a jury?
- A.
A group of people who listen to the facts and decide if a person on trial is guilty or not guilty
- 19.What is a myth?
- A.
A story, often about gods or goddesses, that is handed down through the years and sometimes used to explain natural events
- 20.What happened at Marathon?
- A.
The plain where the Athenians beat the Persian army
- 21.What is the Parthenon?
- A.
The temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens
- 22.What is a tyrant?
- A.
A ruler who has complete power
- 23.What does it mean to vote?
- A.
To choose leaders and pass laws
- 24.How were Spartan boys raised?
- A.
They were raised to be good soldiers.
- 25.What was Athen's view of slavery?
- A.
They questioned whether it was right for one person to own another.
- 26.Who was Pericles?
- A.
Pericles was the leader of Athens during the Golden Age.
- 27.Name two Greek ideas we still use today.
- A.
Democracy, architecture, geometry, plays, slavery is wrong, ask questions to learn
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