Social Studies chapter 7 test Greece
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Who did the citizens of the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta work together to defeat?
- Persians
- In many Greek city-states, what did an assembly make?
- Laws
- In Greece trade was nearly impossible. why?
- Mountain ranges made transportation hard.
- All the decisions in the assembly of Athens were made by .......
- Majority Rule
- From whom did the Mycenaeans borrow their art styles pottery designs, and writing?
- Minoans
- Which Greek city-state had a military culture?
- Sparta
- Where did most of our knowledge about the Mycenaeans come?
- The Epics of Homer
- What was the goal of Alexander the Great?
- To rule the world
- What ended the Golden Age of Athens?
- The Peloponnesian War
- What is another term for a city-state?
- Polis
- Who thought that philosophers would make the best rulers?
- Plato
- What was the name of the leader of Macedonia who united the Greek city-states and brought peace to Greece?
- Philip
- What is another name for a bad leader?
- Demagogue
- Who were the Minoans?
- The people of Crete who built the palace at Knossos
- Why did the city-states of Athens and Sparts temporarily unite around 500 B.C.?
- Because the Persians invaded Greece
- What do you call a land mass that is surrounded on three sides by water?
- a Peninsula
- What was the central marketplace of an Athenian city called?
- Agora
- In Greece an independent city-state was called....
- Polis
- How did ancient Greece develop likes with other societies?
- through sea travel
- The Illiad and the Odyssey are long poems of Homer called.....
- Epics
- Which ancient Greek city-state was famous for its military way of life?
- Sparta
- Why did the Olympic games begin?
- They were a festival to the god Zeus.
- Why did the Greeks develop a system of government in which the citizens made their own laws?
- because they believed in justice and fairness
- How were the voting rights in the Athenian government different from those of American democracy?
- only male citizens could vote
- What was the largest island in the Aegian Sea?
- Crete
- What were the two major seas of the Aegean world?
- Aegean and the Mediterranean
- Alexander the Great was taught to love philosophy and the Greek way by what Greek philosopher?
- Aristotle
- What was Plato's Academy in Athens?
- School
- What are some of the reasons that the sea was important to the development of ancient Greece?
-
1)It was a source of food-fishermen
2)Greeks became traders-traveled the sea looking for resources.
3)Sea trade brought new resources and new ideas - What are two more reasons why the sea was important to the Greeks?
-
4) Greek ideas spread to other lands.
5) The Greeks became skilled at fighting on the sea; made large fighting ships