Athens Quiz

True or False - While central Greece is very flat, Attica was mountainous land suitable for farming.

• True
• False

The Greek word for city state is

• Police
• Acropolis
• Polite
• Polis

True or False - Each city state often had an acropolis and controlled the land around their city.

• True
• False

A _________________ is when a king or a queen has absolute power

• Monarchy
• Aristocracy
• Oligarchy
• Tyranny

Oligos mean

• Rule
• Power
• Few

When a group of people who are considered upper class or nobility because their descendants were high-borne or owned land, or who had done heroic deeds in the past make all decisions.

• Monarchy
• Aristocracy
• Oligarchy
• Tyranny

A _________________ is when a _________________ gains power illegally. They often gained power by using the anger of poor people to overthrow the government. They had the power of the king, but were not aristocrats or nobles.

• Monarchy, monarch
• Aristocracy, aristocrat
• Oligarchy, oligarch
• Tyranny, tyrant

What caused Athenians to give Solon so much power?

• An invasion
• Solon overthrew the government
• Farmers were so in debt and poor they were selling themselves into slavery
• Cleisthenes threatened to turn all of the farmers into slaves

Solon made all of the following reforms EXCEPT

• He freed all people who had sold themselves into slavery
• He outlawed a citizen selling themselves into slavery
• He reorganized citizens into four new social classes based on birth
• He allowed all citizens the ability to serve in the assembly and elect leaders

Cleisthenes made all of the following reforms EXCEPT

• He reorganized citizens by where they lived instead of wealthy
• All Athenian citizens gained the right to vote on laws.
• He freed all people who had sold themselves into slavery