Chapter 10 Test

1. Leaders of early Greek oligarchies made laws that likely favored the _________

• poor.
• rich.
• foot soldiers.
• judges.

2. The phalanx was composed of ________

• soldiers on horseback.
• Spartan women.
• aristocrats.
• foot soldiers.

3. Who ran a tyranny?

• a single ruler
• a phalanx
• ordinary citizens
• wealthy judges

4. Under democracy, who held power over government?

• a single ruler
• a phalanx
• male citizens
• wealthy judges

5. In what kind of government do citizens elect other people to make decisions on their behalf?

• aristocracy
• oligarchy
• direct democracy
• representative democracy

6. Tenant farmers, called thetes, worked on ________

• their own small farms.
• large estates.
• nearby islands.
• other people's land.

7. Why didn't metics enjoy full rights of citizens?

• They were farmers.
• They were aristocrats.
• They were slaves.
• They were foreigners.

8. Slavery is the ownership of __________

• territory.
• buildings.
• people.
• any property.

9. Who held the highest status in ancient Greece?

• farmers
• women
• monks
• aristocrats

10. In ancient Greece, migration was a solution to the problem of _________

• prisoners of war.
• overpopulation.
• poor government.
• invaders.