Chapter 8: Ancient Greece Question Preview (ID: 33996)


7th Grade Cumulative Test For Chapter 8. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Why was trade nearly impossible in ancient Greece?
a) The religious laws and rules
b) Mountain ranges made transportation difficult
c) There were too many roads and rivers in Greece.
d) The Perisans would not allow any exports or imports.

Which of these Greek city-states had a military culture?
a) Argos
b) Thebes
c) Sparta
d) Athens

In Athens, who could participate in the government?
a) Women and slaves
b) Men
c) Any citizen over the age of 18
d) Men who were citizens and over the age of 18

The Spartans valued trade in their economy.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

A general lack of natural resources in Greece led to…
a) a short-lived Greek Empire.
b) city-states setting up colonies around the Mediterranean Sea.
c) a lack of growth with no great achievements.
d) the need to move their entire civilization to new lands.

Why did many of the Greeks become sailors, merchants and fishers?
a) Greece has many deserts
b) The rocky soil limited the amount of usable farmland.
c) Constant invasions made Greece unsafe so people wanted to leave.
d) Greece is an island with very limited resources so they took advantage of the sea.

What was a public market or meeting place in Greece called?
a) Acropolis
b) Agora
c) Grocery store
d) Plague

What was the main activity of the Athenian economy?
a) large scale farming
b) trade
c) They made most of their own goods
d) All of the Above

Everything we know about the Cycladic cultures comes from artifacts.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What is the form of government where a majority of the citizens make the decisions?
a) Democracy
b) Aristocracy
c) Oligarchy
d) Dictatorship

How did Odysseus defeat the Trojans?
a) By creating a large army
b) By Launching himself over the walls of the city and fighting them by himself
c) By tricking them with the Trojan Horse
d) By having them sign a peace treaty

An important factor that prevented the ancient Greek city-states from uniting to form a single nation was the
a) size of the desert regions
b) cold, hostile climate
c) lack of a common language
d) mountainous geography of the region

In a comparison of the ancient cities of Athens and Sparta, Sparta placed more emphasis on
a) education
b) military service
c) human rights
d) family order

Which of the following was part of Spartan life?
a) Boys were taken away from their mothers for military training.
b) Young married women did not live with their husbands.
c) Vigorous physical exercise for girls was encouraged, in hopes that they would bear strong children.
d) All of the Above

Which of the following describes what happened during the Dark Ages in Greece?
a) Greece had strong leaders to take care of them.
b) The Greek economy was doing great.
c) Reading, writing, and craftwork were forgotten.
d) trade increased to new levels.

All of the following are true about Greek religion except...
a) Greeks believed they would join loved ones in the agora when they died.
b) Greeks believed the gods caused natural events (example: weather, earthquakes, seasons).
c) Greeks told many stories about their gods.
d) Greeks believed their gods had special powers but looked like humans.

According to Greek Mythology, the home for the gods was...
a) Marathon
b) Mount Olympus
c) Troy
d) Sparta

All of the following were Greek philosophers except....
a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) Hercules

Who was tried and sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens?
a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) Dionysus

A government ruled by a small group of people is called
a) democracy
b) monarchy
c) polis
d) an oligarchy

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