1. City-States Test Review
Practice for the test Tomorrow!

2. aristocrats or helots 2. acropolis or agora
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.
aristocrats or helots
2. acropolis or agora

3. 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 city- states 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. C. Battle at Plataea (Persian War) D. Battle at Thermopylae
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

7. 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?

8. For the test tomorrow: Chill out- you’ve got this!
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