6th - SS Chapter 10 Study Guide

Question 0

Name the two works of literature by Homer.

Answer 0

1. Odyssey

2. Iliad

Question 1

Describe Greece’s Mediterranean climate.

Answer 1

1. Mild wet winters

2. Hot dry summers

Question 2

The Trojan War occurred during the “heroic age” of the __________.

Answer 2

Mycenaeans

Question 3

This means “high city” and served as a fortress during times of danger.

Answer 3

Acropolis

Question 4

The mountain ranges of Greece encouraged a spirit of _______________ among its early people.

Answer 4

Fiercely independence

Question 5

Because of the interdependence of the early Greeks there were many wars among the ___________.

Answer 5

The city-states

Question 6

The basic unit of Ancient Greek government was the city-state or _____________.

Answer 6

Polis

Question 7

An ______________ is a type of government in which the best people inherited the right to rule a Greek city-state.

Answer 7

Aristocracy

Question 8

The ____________ brought early Greek civilization to an end.

Answer 8

Dorians

Question 9

Who could vote in a Greek city-state?

Answer 9

Citizens but not women, free foreigners or slaves

Question 10

_____________ was the name given to foreigners in Greek society.

Answer 10

Metics

Question 11

______________ brought the most change to merchants because they grew rich from trade.

Answer 11

Expansions

Question 12

The roles and lives of women in Sparta _________ most ancient Greeks.

Answer 12

Shocked

Question 13

How did Sparta get the resources it needed for growth?

Answer 13

By conquering its neighbors

Question 14

Which group of Greek women had the greatest amount of freedom?

Answer 14

The women in Sparta

Question 15

Where did Athenian women play a public role?

Answer 15

Religious ceremonies

Question 16

What was the name given to tenant farmers?

Answer 16

Thetes

Question 17

The _________ were forced to raise crops for the Spartans.

Answer 17

Helot

Question 18

____________ in Ionia, was one of the first Greek cities to be laid out on a grid pattern.

Answer 18

Miletus

Question 19

From whom did the Greeks learn about coins?

Answer 19

Lydia

Question 20

___________ is the government body that illustrates the principle and practice of direct democracy.

Answer 20

Athenian democracy

Question 21

Under an ________ ordinary citizens had the least influence.

Answer 21

Tyranny

Question 22

___________ is a type of government in which one leader ruled with the people’s support.

Answer 22

Oligarchy

Question 23

The form of government we use today, ___________, first arose in Athens.

Answer 23

Representative Democracy

Question 24

In an oligarchy, a council of __________ made laws that benefitted the people with the most wealth.

Answer 24

Elders

Question 25

___________ exiled 100 families who supported democratic reform.

Answer 25

Isagoras

Question 26

The ____________ was a formative of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit.

Answer 26

Phalanx

Question 27

____________ reduced the power of the rich and increased the power of the assembly.

Answer 27

Cleisthenes

Question 28

The ___________ was the second key component of the Athenians government.

Answer 28

Assembly

Question 29

___________ were nine judges chosen annually at random.

Answer 29

Archons

Question 30

What was Sparta best known for throughout Ancient Greece?

Answer 30

Military power

Question 31

The ____________ had the most power in the Sparta’s government.

Answer 31

Council of Elders

Question 32

In Sparta, ______________ had most of their important decisions made for them.

Answer 32

Ordinary citizens

Question 33

A _________ was a non-free person in Sparta who belonged to the polis and was forced to farm the land.

Answer 33

Helot

Question 34

The Spartan assembly elected five _______, who were responsible for the day-to-day operations of the government.

Answer 34

Ephors

Question 35

Sparta was a city-state on the _____________ peninsula.

Answer 35

Peloponnesian

Question 36

Spartan society feared individual ______________.

Answer 36

Differences

Question 37

Spartan males lived in military housing called __________.

Answer 37

Barracks

Question 38

The helots launched a violet revolt in the early ________.

Answer 38

400 BC

Question 39

Spartan men elected to a men’s club became known as a ______________.

Answer 39

“Equals”