Chapter 7 Lessons 1 & 2 Review

Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 B.C. because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population.

• True

• False

The Greek alphabet was based on the alphabet created by the ancient Egyptians.

• True

• False

The Minoans made their living as traders.

• True

• False

a type of landform

• agora

• colony

• peninsula

• polis

• phalanx

a new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland

• agora

• colony

• peninsula

• polis

• phalanx

a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows

• agora

• colony

• peninsula

• polis

• phalanx

a market and a place where people meet and debate

• agora

• colony

• peninsula

• polis

• phalanx

a Greek city-state

• agora

• colony

• peninsula

• polis

• phalanx

someone who writes or performs epic poems or stories about heroes and their deeds

• agora

• bard

• peninsula

• polis

• phalanx

a person who enforced laws and managed tax collection in Sparta

• oligarchy

• democracy

• helot

• tyrant

• ephor