History Test #1 Numbers 16-41

The sea between Greece and Asia Minor is the

Aegean

The Greek polis put primary emphasis on...

Cooperation between its citizens for the common welfare

In Sparta, the authority to propose laws was held by the ...

Council of Elders

To the Greeks the word politics meant

How people should live together

A fortified area at the top of a hill was called a(n)

Acropolis

A place where people assembled and that served as a market was called a(n)

Agora

Ionia was located

Along the western shores of Asia Minor

Ionia was located...

Along the western shores of Asia Minor

In general, separate early Greek communities...

Became fierce rivals fighting so often as to threaten Greek civilization itself

The hoplite phalanx relied for its success on...

Discipline and teamwork

The first real historian was..

Herodotus

Perioikoi were...

Middle Class

The TWO most important crops used by the Greeks to make export products were

Olives and grapes

The Minoans established their civilization (where?)

On the island of Crete

A political legacy of Sparta is ...

Separation of powers

Due to its geography, most Greeks settled in the ___ part of the peninsula

Southeast

Greece is located in the ___ of Europe

Southeast

Unlike the women of most other Greek cities, Spartan women were expected to ..

Stay physically fit to bear healthy children

For the Greeks, the term arete described the...

Striving for excellence

The Lycurgan reforms resulted in...

The establishment of a permanent military state in Sparta

Spartan males were admitted to the assembly when they...

Turned 30

All the following are prominent features of Greece's topography except: a Extensive open plains b Bays and harbors c Mountains d Valleys e Long seacoast

a Extensive open plains

Each of the following was a characteristic of the Greek weltanschauung EXCEPT a spirituality b humanism c rationality d reason

a spirituality

Each of the following was a characteristic of the typical Greek polis except a It contained an agora and acropolis within its fortifications b Each polis had a population of between 90,000 and 10,000 citizens c Each polis was autonomous from all other polis d The strength of the community came thru cooperation e Most Greek women were restricted to largely to the home

b Each polis had a population of between 90,000 and 10,000 citizens

Sparta had each of the following characteristics EXCEPT a Conservative b Economy based on trade c Wary of outsiders d Ruggedly simple

b Economy based on trade

Which of the following was true of Greece from c. 750 to c. 500 B.C.E a It was a period of social cohesion and great Greek empires b The Greeks' colonization efforts in the Aegean and the Black Seas came to an end c The polis evolved into the central institution in Greek life d It was a period of incessant warfare e It was the Golden Age, dominated by Socrates, Plato and Pericles

c The polis evolved into the central institution in Greek life

Oligarchy is

ruled by a few