Chapter 8, Section 2: Ancient Greece

How did Sparta differ from other city-states?

• It was a military society.

• It excluded women from civic life.

• It rejected religious practice.

• It banned slavery.

How did Spartan government work?

• It centered on a tribunal of warriors elected from their regiments.

• It relied on a merchant oligarchy to make and administer laws.

• It shared power among kings, an elite council, and elected officials.

• It was ruled by tyrants who derived their power from war-making.

How did Athenian society differ from Spartan society?

• Athenians valued education.

• Athenians granted women more freedoms.

• Athenians depended on enslaved workers for food.

• Athenians avoided violence and war.

What prompted Darius I of the Persian Empire to attack Greece?

• Athens and Sparta forged an alliance.

• Athens disrupted Persian trade routes.

• Athens supported the Ionian revolt.

• Athens took control of Persian colonies.

What event brought Athens and Sparta together?

• conflict with neighboring city-states

• conquest of the Ionians

• trade with the Sea Peoples

• war with the Persian Empire

What was significant about the Battle of Thermopylae?

• A small number of Spartans held off a large number of Persians.

• Athenians and Spartans joined forced to defeat the Persians.

• The Ionians staged a revolt against the Persian Empire.

• The Persians overwhelmed the combined Greek armies.

An alliance is a(n)

• partnership

• friendship

• enemy

• a battle

When citizens have a direct role in governing themselves, it is called a(n)

• autocracy

• dictatorship

• democracy

• oligarchy

A helot is a slave owned by

• the emperor

• the army

• the rich citizens

• the state

A trireme is

• an ancient Greek warship

• an ancient 3-pointed spear

• a three-headed monster

• a Greek fishing boat