Chapter 8 - Quiz 1

Question 0

What year did the Classic Age of Greece start? This was the glorious period where the Greeks reached a peak of human achievement.

Answer 0

500 B.C.

Question 1

What period in Greece was a peak of human achievement?

Answer 1

classical age of Greece

Question 2

The southern portion of this peninsula is called the _______?

Answer 2

Peloponnesus

Question 3

True or False: Greece’s mild climate, rugged coastline, and lots of islands led its people to become fishermen, seafarers, and traders. It was often easier to travel on the sea than on the mountainous land.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The earliest known civilization from the land of Greece is the _______ civilization.

Answer 4

Minoan

Question 5

The Minoans lived on the island of ______.

Answer 5

Crete

Question 6

Put these Greek civilizations in order from oldest, to newest:

a. Classic Age
b. Dark Ages
c. Minoan
d. Mycenaean

Answer 6

Minoan (Crete, beautiful palaces, bathtub, water)

Mycenaean (military palaces, started Trojan War)

Dark Age (no written history, city-states, monarchy)

Classic Age

Question 7

Greek city­-state (especially during Dark age) was sometimes ruled by a king. This type of government is called a _______, which comes from the Greek word for “rule by one.”

Answer 7

Monarchy

Question 8

Why do you think the Greeks chose to have separate, self-governing city-states rather than one central government?

Answer 8

Family’s shared customs and languages. Mountains and valleys also divided the land

Question 9

How did the govern­ments of Sparta and Athens change after the dark age?

Answer 9

Sparta: kept oligarchy with a few nobles rule everyone

Athens: common people had a voice in Assembly. Some became tyrants. Democracy came later

Question 10

How was life different for people in Athens compared with those in Sparta?

Answer 10

Sparta - only cared about war. No art advancements. All boys were given to the Army or killed. Women were active in jobs outside home. Some owned property.

Athens - women were sheltered and stayed home. common people had a voice in Assembly. Some became tyrants. Democracy came later

Question 11

The two most famous city­states were ______ and ______.

Answer 11

Athens and Sparta

Question 11

What type of government system did Athens and Sparta use?

Answer 11

oligarchy

Question 12

This is defined as a “rule by the few.”

Answer 12

Oligarchy

Question 13

Athens resented a few noblemen ruling them. One Athenian nobleman named ______ wrote new laws that allowed men of the lower classes to participate in government.

Answer 13

Solon

Question 14

These men who ruled with absolute authority were called ______?

Answer 14

Tyrants

Question 15

One tyrant who brought improve­ ments was Cleisthenes. Under his leadership all male citizens over eighteen years old in Athens could attend meetings of the Assembly.

Answer 15

Cleisthenes (Claythuneez)

Question 16

This was a group of citizens who met together to make laws.

Answer 16

Assembley

Question 17

The word ______ comes from the Greek words that mean “rule by the people.”

How is this different than Oligarchy?

Answer 17

Democracy

Question 18

The Assembly met in the _____agora, a busy marketplace in the center of Athens.

Answer 18

Agora