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The City-State and Democracy
Directions: Write the letter of the best answer on the line. Use the exhibit to answer questions 1 and 2.
Athens becomes
an aristocracy
Draco institutes laws
with harsh punishments
700 B.C.
650
621
Peisistratus
becomes tyrant
600 594
560
Solon elected, reforms laws
on debt and slavery, allows
all citizens opportunity to
serve in assembly
In what year did Athens become an aristocracy?
a. 700 B.C.
b. 594 B.C.
550
525
500 B.C.
Cleisthenes elected,
reorganizes assembly,
forms Council of Five
Hundred
1.
c. 560 B.C.
d. 525 B.C.
2. Which conclusion can be drawn from the timeline?
a. Athens became a democracy in 700 B.C.
b. Athens had many different forms
c. Athens was always ruled by democratically-elected leaders. d. Draco ruled Athens for 40 years.
3. What was
a. acropolis
of government.
the term for the fortified hilltop that was a feature of many ancient Greek cities?
b. agora
c. city-state
d. tyrant
4. What best describes the tyrants of ancient Greece?
a. cruel dictators who oppressed the people
c. leaders who seized power with the help of the masses
b. democratically-elected leaders
d. rulers who inherited their titles
5. What was an important
a. complex legal system
c. elected representatives
b. direct citizen participation
d. executive, judicial, and legislative
6. What was
a. acropolis
composed of a city and the surrounding lands and villages?
b. agora
c. city-state
7. What type of
a. aristocracy
8. How did
a. by age
feature of Athenian democracy?
government is ruled by the wealthiest citizens?
b. democracy
c. monarchy
Cleisthenes organize the citizens of Athens?
b. by ancestry
c. by place of residence
9. How could a woman become a citizen
a. by marrying a man who was a citizen
c. by giving a speech before the assembly
branches
d. democracy
d. oligarchy
d. by wealth
of Athens?
body voted on laws?
a. assembly
b. Council of 500
b. by raising at least five children
d. Women could not become citizens.
10. Which
c. jury
d. monarchy
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SECTION
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Sparta and Athens
Directions: Write the letter of the best answer on the line. Use the exhibit to answer questions 1 and 2.
Primary Source
They fought a long time in Marathon. In the center of the line the barbarians
[Persians] prevailed . . . and broke through in pursuit inland, but on each
wing the Athenians and [their allies the] Plataeans prevailed. In victory
they let the routed barbarians flee, and brought the wings together to fight
those who had broken through the center. The Athenians prevailed, then
followed the fleeing Persians and struck them down.
Herodotus, History, Book VI, translated by Lynn Sawlivich
1. What term
a. Athenians
does Herodotus use to describe the Persians?
b. barbarians
c. Marathons
d. Plataeans
2. What happened after the Persians broke through the center of the Athenian line?
a. The Athenians in the center regrouped and fought off the Persians.
b. The Athenians on either end of the line closed ranks and defeated the Persians.
c. The entire Persian army marched through the center to Athens.
d. The Persians attacked the rest of the Athenians and defeated them.
3. Who were the helots?
a. Athenian slaves
b. Athenian
warriors
c. Spartan
slaves
4. Where would women most likely be found in Athens?
a. selling fruit at the agora
b. speaking at the assembly c. taking care of
d. Spartan
children at home d. working at the docks
5. What happened because of the Spartan defeat at the battle of Thermopylae in
a. The Athenians and Spartans surrendered to the Persians.
b. TheAthenians had time to prepare for battle with the Persians.
c. The Persians enslaved the Spartans.
d. The Spartans took revenge at the battle of Marathon.
6. Why did Sparta put so much effort into
a. It helped the Spartans stay physically fit.
c. It wanted to stop slave revolts.
7. How long did Spartan
a. from age 20 to 30
8. What was the goal of education for Athenian
a. to give them a thorough knowledge of science
c. to make them fierce warriors
10. When
a. 490 B.C.
480 B.C.?
building a strong military?
b. It wanted to build an empire.
d. Other city-states frequently attacked Sparta.
men have to serve in the army?
b. from age 20 to 40
c. from age 20 to 50
9. What happened at the battle
a. Athens defeated the Persians.
c. Sparta defeated Athens.
warriors
d. from
age 20 to 60
boys?
b. to
d. to
make them capable of participating in government
make them obedient workers
of Marathon?
did the Persian Wars finally end?
b. 480 B.C.
b. Athens defeated the Spartans.
d. Sparta defeated the Persians.
c. 479 B.C.
d. 400 B.C.
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