1. Who Lived on the Island of Crete?

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Ancient Greece Test 1

1. Who lived on the island of Crete? a. Mycenaeans b. Minoans c. Romans d. Jews 2. The Athenians main rivals were from a. Sparta b. Rome c. Macedonia d. Alexandria 3. Which people were the chief enemies of the Greeks in the 400s BC a. Romans b. Persians c. Egyptians d. Macedonians 4. All of the following were Greek philosophers except a. Aristotle b. Plato c. Socrates d. Zoraoaster 5. Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great both built huge empires. What other leader that you have studied in this course also created an empire a. Moses b. Shi Huangdi c. Confucius d. Hatshepsut 6. All were battles in the Persian War except a. Ionia b. Thermopylae c. Salamis d. Marathon 7. Which of the following best defines a lyric poem? a. a poem set to music b. a poem about Greek heroes c. a poem that teaches life’s lessons d. a poem that explains natural events 8. In what way were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans? a. The Mycenaeans lived on Greek islands. b. The Mycenaeans did not speak Greek. c. The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland. d. The Mycenaeans were not traders. 9. Which of the following best describes a representative democracy? a. Citizens elect officials to make the laws. b. All citizens help make the laws. c. All men, women, and children can vote. d. Citizens act as judges and lawmakers 10. Which of the following does not describe the first democracy in Athens? a. Aristocrats had more power than citizens. b. All citizens had the right to participate in the assembly. c. Every citizen had the right to speak. d. Citizens could serve on smaller councils 11. Around what feature was a Greek polis usually built? a. mountain range b. fortress c. river d. temple 12. Why were the seas important to the early Greeks? a. they provided drinking water b. they provided water for crops c. they provided great places to swim d. they provided trade routes 13. What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece? a. Dorians and Hebrews b. Minoans and Mycenaeans c. Trojans and Olympians d. Sumerians and Athenians 14. The First battle of the Persian war was? a. Thermopylae b. Marathon c. Ionia d. Salamis 15. The Greek soldier who ran from Marathon to Athens was named? a. Pericles b. Leonidas c. Phidippides d. Xerxes II. Matching In the space provided, write the letter of the term or place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.

1. This term is Greek for “rule of the people.” ______a. Assembly

2. This leader encouraged the people of his city to participate b. Athens in government. ______c. citizens

d. Cleisthenes 3. This is the city where democracy was born. ______e. democracy 4. He is known as the father of democracy. ______f. direct democracy

5. This term means “government by the few.” ______g. Draco

6. This meeting was an opportunity for all citizens to debate h. Macedonians and vote on laws. ______i. oligarchy

j. Pericles 7. This term describes the government of the United States. ______k. representative 8. He created a set of very harsh laws for Athens. ______democracy

l. tyrants

9. Democracy in Athens came to an end after these people conquered Greece. ______

10. In Greece, free men who had the right to participate in government were known as this

III. Fill in the Blank Cavalry Cyrus the great Darius Alexander the Great Hellenistic Myths Alliance Plato Hippocrates Euclid Reason Odyssey Phalanx Xerxes Socrates Persian Wars Philip II Sappho Zeus Lyric Poem Homer Leonidas Fables Epic Hero 1. The ancient Greeks created great ______and works of literature that influence the way we speak and write today. 2. Homer’s epic poem, the ______, tells the story of what happens to Oddyseus after the Trojan War. 3. Most poets were men, but the most famous lyric poet was a woman named ______. 4. ______is known as the king of the Greek gods. 5. A poem that is set to music is called a______. 6. ______Efforts to build an empire made him one of the greatest conquerors in history. 7. A ______is a group of warriors who stood close together in a square. 8. ______is known as an agreement to work together. 9. ______wanted to figure out what caused diseases so he could better treat them. 10. ______is a unit of soldiers who ride horses.

IV. True or False (write the word)

1. Athens and Sparta always got along and fought together in all of the major battles during the Persian War. ______2. The agora is the marketplace of Athens. ______3. Ancient Athens had a representative democracy. ______4. Athens reached its height under Homer.______5. The Myceneans were more violent in trade.______6. The Minoans were very good Ship Builders. ______7. The city-state became the foundation for Greek civilization and gave the Greeks an identity.______8. The Minoans were the first to speak Greek.______9. Pericles is the father of Democracy.______10. Athens was conquered by the Macedonians.______11. Aristocrats and tyrants ruled early Athens.______12. Sparta created the world’s first democracy.______13. Athens won the battle of Thermopylae.______14. The first battle of the Persian war was the Battle of Marathon.______15. Athens and Sparta fought side by side at the Battle of Plataea.______

V. Short Answer

1. Explain the major reasons that led up to the Persian war. ______

2. Describe how Democracy was under Cleisthenes. ______

3. Explain the three reasons why Greece won the Persian war. ______