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Solon's epic poem the Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

The main effect of the Peloponnesian War was that the Greek city-states began losing the ability to govern themselves.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Greece is located on a flat fertile plain ideal for farming and transportation of goods.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

A mercenary is a singing storyteller who passed down history through oral tradition.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Citizens of a polis would have met in a public square called the agora to discuss issues of the day.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

A government in which one man seizes power and rules alone is called an oligarchy.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

The Mycenaeans provided Sparta with financial support to build a naval fleet during the Peloponnesian War.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

The government of Athens was very similar to our modern government in the United States of America.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

When Greek city-states coud no longer grow enough food to feed their growing population, they established new colonies for farming.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

The Parthenon was a temple built for Zeus on Mount Olympus.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Boys in Sparta were taken to live in military barraks at age 7 and trained as soldiers until age 20.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

The people of Ionia did not like being ruled by a king and thought the non-Greek speaking Persians were barbarians.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Sparta believed their military was so powerful that they did not need walls around their city.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Spartans preferred lotteries over voting because they thought voting favored the rich.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Pericles was a ruler of Athens who helped transform Athens into an empire.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Pericles made other city-states use Athens' coins for currency instaed of their own.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Pericles' policies made it so all criminal court cases of Athens' allied city-states must be tried in Athens.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

During the battle of Salamis, 300 Spartan soldiers held off Persian invaders which allowed Athens' army to win the battle.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Sparta was a Greek city-state ruled by two kings.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

Polis means democracy.
a) True
b) False
c) -
d) -

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