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SS Ch.10 Review
Question | Answer |
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Who were the Council of Elders? | Men over 60 years old who were chosen for life to serve as Sparta's high court. |
Who was Darius? | The Persian King and father of Xerxes. |
What did Darius do? | Led a campaign to punish the mainland Greeks for supporting Ionia's revolution against Persian rule. |
What type of people were part of the Assembly? | Spartan citizens over 20 years old |
What did the Assembly do? | Passed laws and discussed questions about war and peace |
Who created the world's first DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION? | Cleisthenes |
How long did Cleisthenes' reform last? | 300 years |
Define ephors | Five Spartans were selected to conduct public affairs and to plan the education of the youth |
What is the name given to the Spartan merchants and artisans? | Perioeci |
What is the name given to the the Spartan slaves who farmed the land? | Helots |
What Macedonian ruler conquered Greece? | Philip II |
Where did the Greeks first defeat the Persians in 490BC? | Marathon |
What is the name given to the seaport city that was located 5 miles from inland Athens? | Piraeus |
What is an acropolis? | A fortified hill located in the center of Greek city-states |
This city-state was first ruled by kings, then developed a democratic form of government. It is located near the Aegean coast. | Athens |
Define agora | city-states' marketplace |
The people of Athens evacuated to this place while the Persians were being held off at Thermopylae | Salamis |
Where is Sparta located? | Peloponnesus |
Which city-state was ruled by nobles who resisted change and new ideas? | Sparta |
A government that favors equal participation of its citizens | democratic |
These enabled Athens to obtain supplies in times of war | Long Walls |
What is the name given to hired soldiers? | Mercenaries |
Name for Athenian warships | Triremes |
Name given to a written set of rules for governing | Constitution |
What type of government is led by a few wealthy people? | Oligarchy |
In which war did Athens surrender to Sparta? | Peloponnesian War |
What is the name given to the protective group which had a common navy and was controlled by Athens? | Delian League |
In ancient Greece, cities tended to develop around the _______________. | agora |
Those who were most often considered citizens of a Greek city-state included: | free adult men born in Greece |
The central interest of the city-state of Sparta was?____ | military strength |
Sparta's army and government were run by___ | aristocrats |
What was one important result of the reforms made in Athens by Solon? | More Athenians could take part in government |
After Cleisthenes made changes in the government, Athens was run by____ | A Council of Five-Hundred chosen by lot |
The battle of Marathon was an important victory for___ | The Greeks over the Persians |
An alliance of Greek city-states against the Persians is the ____ | Delian League |
What did Pericles do? | Made Athens a center of the arts and culture |
The last city-state to take over the leadership of an independent Greece was: | Thebes |
All Spartan citizens over twenty years old could be a member of the __________________. They passed laws and discussed questions regarding war and peace. | assembly |
Cleisthenses was an Athenian military leader that established the world's first democratic constitution. His reforms lasted almost ________________ years. | 300 |
The Persians were defeated here by the Greeks in, 490 BC. | Marathon |
Sparta is locatedon this peninsula. | Peloponnesus |
What are the basic ideals of a democracy? | Citizens take part in making decisions in the government. |
What two geographical features of Greek landscape, caused the county to develop into city-states rather than a united country? | The mountainous land and the sea separated the city-states. |