Chapter 9 Study Guide Key
1. What continent is Greece on? Europe
2. What is Greece’s terrain like? ¾ mountains
3. What is an acropolis? A fort built on top of
a large hill
4. What occupation did all Spartan men have?
soldiers
5. Who could be a citizen in Athens? free
males
6. What is the name of ancient Greece’s
independent, self-governing unit?
City-states
7. What is the name of the festival that
centered around sports and honored Zeus?
Olympics
8. Describe the three schools available for
Greek students.
General-Students are taught reading, writing,
and arithmetic
Music- Students are taught singing, poetry,
and playing the lyre
Sports- Boys are trained to run, wrestle, and
use weapons
9. What were the two types of plays Greeks
performed? Define each.
Tragedy: a serious play where the main
characters come to an unhappy end
Comedy: a humorous play
10. What is the Parthenon? Where was it
built? Who was it dedicated to?
The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to the
goddess Athena built on the Acropolis hill.
10 b. Why was the life of a farmer difficult?
Their lives were difficult because the land was
poor and stony. They received very little rain,
and their farms were small.
Chapter 9 Study Guide questions 11-20
11. What country built an enormous empire
that stretched from what in now India to
Egypt? Persia
12. When this country attacked Greece, the
wars became known as the Persian Wars.
13. Did the Greek city-states respond to
these wars by united or becoming more
divided? Explain. Out of necessity, the
Greek city-states united.
14. The marathon was named after one of the
battles of the Persian Wars when a messenger
ran 26 miles from a town named Marathon to
Athens to report the Greek victory over the
Persians. Explain the strategy used that
allowed the Athenians to win the battle
despite the fact that they were outnumbered
two to one.
The general “packed the wings” (added extra
hoplites on the ends) so that when the
Persians attacked the middle of the line, the
ends closed in on them and attacked.
15. Who won the Persian Wars? Greece
16. What is a representative democracy? A
democracy where representatives assemble to
pass laws on behalf of the citizens
17. What is a direct democracy? A democracy
where every citizen attends the assembly and
votes on laws.
18. Which one does the US have? Why?
The US has a representative democracy
because our size it too large to have a direct
democracy.
19. Which one did Athens have? Why?
Athens had a direct democracy because they
were small enough to allow all free male citizens
to attend the assembly and vote on the laws.
20. In which democracy does every citizen have
an equal vote? direct