WORLD HISTORY TEST
NAME__________________________
CHAPTER 5 – The Greek City-States
DATE________________PER_______
MATCHING
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
frescoes
polis
acropolis
agora
oracles
ab.
ac.
ad.
ae.
bc.
hoplite
tyrants
aristocracies
democracy
helots
_____1. Rulers who seized power with popular support
_____2. Government in which all citizens vote on decisions
_____3. Predictors of the future
_____4. Non-aristocratic soldiers
_____5. Officials who supervised Spartan kings
_____6. “Slaves of the state” in Sparta
_____7. Non-Athenian residents of Athens
_____8. “High city,” a feature of each city-state
_____9. Government ruled by a few wealthy families
_____10. Literally “rule by the people”
_____11. Greek word for a city-state
_____12. Elected rulers in Athens
bd.
be.
cd.
ce.
de.
ephors
archons
metics
direct democracy
representative democracy
MATCHING
a .Minoans
b. Mycenaeans
c. Illiad
d. Odyssey
e. Homer
ab.
ac.
ad.
ae.
bc.
Draco
Solon
Peisistratus
Cleisthenes
Marathon
_____13. Epic poem about the Trojan War
_____14. Archon who ended debt-slavery
_____15. Ruler who set up a direct democracy in Athens
_____16. Poet believed to be the author of the Greek epics
_____17. Athenian lawgiver
_____18. Greek defeat during the Persian Wars
_____19. Earliest Greek civilization
_____20. Tribal, warlike people who later conquered Crete
_____21. Alliance of Greek cities led by Athens
_____22. War caused by a rebellion of Greek cities
_____23. Early Greek victory over Persia
_____24. Epic which takes place after the Trojan War
bd.
be.
cd.
ce.
de.
Thermopylae
Pericles
Delian League
Peloponnesian War
Persian Wars
MULTIPLE CHOICE
_____25. Although we do not know that much about them, we can tell that the Minoans contributed
___________________________ to Greek civilization
a)an established sea trade b)an early form of writing c)the art of glassblowing d)none of these
_____26. Most Greek city-states developed around a
a)temple b)fort c)seacoast d)river
_____27. The purpose of the Olympic games was to
a)honor Zeus b)strengthen city-states c)prepare for war d)choose a king
_____28. City-states run by groups of nobles were known as
a)hoplites b)tyrants c)democracies d)aristocracies e)none of these
_____29. In Sparta, the ephors
a)supervised the kings b)ran the army c)oversaw taxes d)made trade policy e)none of these
_____30. Athenians would have preferred spending money on
a)private homes b)public buildings c)a strong army d)personal decoration
_____31. The Persians were defeated at Salamis by a superior
a)Athenian army b)Spartan army c)Athenian navy d)Spartan navy e)Spongebob Squarepants
_____32. Greece’s geography led its people to become
a)farmers and herders b)nomadic tribes c)hunters and traders d)artisans and traders e)none of
these
_____33. Most city-states featured an agora, or
a)fort b)temple c)store d)citadel e)none of these
_____34. The Greek myths
a)explained the laws of Greece b)told stories about the history of Greece c)told stories about
gods and goddesses d)were a dictionary of linear B
_____35. Spartans’ lives were based around
a)government service b)the military c)religion d)philosophy e)Crabby Patties
_____36. The Delian League was under the leadership of
a)Sparta b)Troy c)Persia d)Corinth e)none of these
_____37. The Peloponnesian War was won by
a)Athens b)Sparta c)Persia d)Egypt e)none of these