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Social Studies, History, Geography
10th
grade
Chapter 4 Lesson 2 The Greek City States
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- 1. Multiple Choice
The central meeting place in a polis was usually a hill called
a phalanx
an acropolis.
an agora.
a helot.
- 2. Multiple Choice
According to Aristotle, to whom did a citizen of a polis belong?
To the adult male in the family.
To him- or herself.
To the king.
To the state.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The new Greek military system, based on the use of hoplites, involved
nobles on horseback doing most of the fighting.
heavily armed foot soldiers who marched into battle in tight formations, carrying large shields to protect them from the enemy.
forcing slaves to do all the fighting necessary in a war.
hiring large numbers of professional soldiers to fight in battles.
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Greeks spread their culture throughout the ancient world by
inviting foreign rulers to visit the major city-states.
declaring war against all the other major civilizations of the time.
leaving their homeland to establish distant colonies with good prospects in farming and trading.
sending groups of philosophers abroad to teach the people they met about Greek culture.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who supported the efforts of the Greek tyrants to control the city-states?
the women
those who had used their skills in trade and industry to become wealthy
the aristocracy
the helots
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did the people of Sparta do when they wanted to expand their city-state?
They invited members of the neighboring lands of Laconia and Messenia to become Spartan citizens.
They explored nearby unsettled territories and created Spartan colonies
They made an alliance with the city-state of Athens.
They conquered the neighboring colonies of Laconia and Messenia.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who were the ephors?
A group of five Spartan men who oversaw the education of the youth and all citizens' conduct.
The Laconian and Messenian captives who served as the Spartans' serfs.
Rulers who used force to take control.
Foot soldiers who marched into battle in the phalanx formation.
- 8. Multiple Choice
How did the Athenians react to the laws enacted by their leader Draco?
They selected him to be their king for the rest of his life.
They rushed to claim that their enemies owed them money, so the enemies would be made into slaves as punishment.
They gave full power to Solon, who canceled debts and freed those who had been enslaved for owing money under Draco.
They rioted and drove Draco out of the polis.
- 9. Multiple Choice
When Athens was an oligarchy, who were the people who served as its rulers?
soldiers
aristocrats
elected officials
elders
- 10. Multiple Choice
How did Cleisthenes lay the foundations for democracy in Athens?
He created a council of 500 that proposed, debated, and voted on laws before enacting them.
He granted women full citizenship with political rights.
He permitted a small number of farmers to participate along with the aristocrats in running the city-state.
He seized the aristocrats' land and gave it to the poor.
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