CH 4. Ancient Greece

Which geographic feature most contributed to Greek city-states developing independently?

Mountains and islands

Mycenaean civilization is best described as?

Warrior people proud of heroic deeds

A polis is?

A city-state that served as a political, social, and religious center

The acropolis served as?

A fortress and religious center

The hoplites fought in a rectangular formation called the?

Phalanx

Democracy in Athens means?

Rule by the people

The Persians first landed to attack Greece at?

Marathon

Pheidippides is most remembered for?

Running 26 miles to announce victory

Which city-state became a strict military society?

Sparta

Which alliance was formed by Athens after the Persian Wars?

Delian League

The Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet during the Dark Age

True

Athens has a stronger land forces than Sparta

False

Spartan women hasd more freedom compared to women in other Greek city-states

True

Slavery was uncommon in ancient Greece

False

The Age of Pericles was a time when Athenian democracy expanded

True

Ostracism allowed the Athenians to banish someone for 10 years

True

All residents of a polis had political rights

False

The mountains of Greece kept city-states _______ form each other

Isolated

Mycenaean royal families were buried in ________-shaped tombs.

Beehive

Heroes in Homer’s epics protected their families and earned their _________.

Reputation

All male citizens in Athens could participate in government but also had to provide _________ service.

Military

Spartans turned conquered peoples into serfs called ________.

Helots

Athens had to ________ grains due to lack of fertile lane.

Import

Greek city-states formed an alliance called the ______________ to fight Persia after Marathon.

Delian league

A plague in Athens killed about ________ of the population during the Peloponnesian War

1/3