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City-States Test Review
Practice for the test Tomorrow!
Choose one term from each pair and write one complete
sentence about Ancient Greece that demonstrates the meaning
of the word. Circle the word you have chosen, and underline it in
the sentence.
EXAMPLE: mercenaries or oligarchy
When Athens went into decline, thousands of Athenian men left
to become mercenaries in the Persian Army.
1. aristocrats or helots
2. acropolis or agora
Multiple Choice
3. ____ Why did Greeks initially develop a loyalty to
the community in which they lived?
A. They had never heard of the other citystates and were unaware of them
B. They were isolated from one another due
to the mountains and sea.
C. No single community had power over the
others.
D. Both A and B.
E. Both B and C.
Multiple Choice
4. ____ Under Cleisthenes what were citizens
required to do?
A. Join the military from age 20 to age 60.
B. Give ½ of their crops to the aristocrats.
C. Educate their children.
D. Leave offerings at the temple of Athena
each day.
E. Swear an allegiance to Sparta.
Forms of Government
Complete the following paragraph using the
words provided in the term bank on the right.
About 800 B.C.E., the Greek villages began developing into larger
units centered on towns. Ancient Greek city-states experimented
with various forms of government. Sometimes, after one ruler or
group had been overthrown, no-one at all ruled for a while. This
was called ___(1)___. At first, most city-states were ruled by
kings. This type of government is called a ____(2)_____.
Sometimes a strong individual seized power and ruled alone. This
was called a _____(3)____. When a powerful small group arose
from the aristocracy, the wealthy, the military, strong individuals
or those experienced in government, it was called an
____(4)_____. By 800 BC many city-states were ruled by rich
landowners born into power. This type of government is called an
_____(5)_____. The biggest city-state, Athens, experienced all
these types of government at different times, but the ordinary
citizens of Athens gradually got more and more say in how they
were governed until, by around 500 BC, it became a ____(6)____.
Term Bank:
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Aristocracy
Anarchy
5. Place the following events in chronological order by
numbering the events in sequence below.
A. Battle at Salamis
B. Peloponnesian Wars
C. Battle at Plataea (Persian War)
D. Battle at Thermopylae
E. Battle at Marathon
F. Formation of the Delian League
G. King Philip II of Macedonia conquers Greece
Short Response Questions:
6. Explain how geography shaped the Battle of
Marathon and the Battle of Thermopylae.
7. Why was the Battle of Thermopylae so
important to all of the Greeks?
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