- 1. the Mycenaean king who used trickery to win the Trojan War
A) Solon
B) Peisistratus
C) Cyrus the Great
D) Agamemnon
E) Cleisthenes
- 2. a noble who cancelled all the farmers’ debts and freed those who had become slaves; he also let all male citizens participate in the assembly and law courts
A) Peisistratus
B) Agamemnon
C) Cyrus the Great
D) Solon
E) Cleisthenes
- 3. a tyrant who seized power in 560B.C. He won the support of the poor by dividing large estates among landless farmers. He loaned money to the poor and gave them jobs building temples and other public works.
A) Peisistratus
B) Cleisthenes
C) Cyrus the Great
D) Solon
E) Agamemnon
- 4. a leader who came to power in 508 B.C., known as the most important leader after Peisistratus. He reorganized the assembly to play the central role in governing. Now members of the assembly had new powers: debating matters openly, hearing court cases, and appointing army generals.
A) Cleisthenes
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Peisistratus
D) Agamemnon
E) Solon
- 5. a remarkable ledare who managed to unite the persians into a powerful kingdom; under him, Persia began building an empire larger than any yet seen in the world
A) Solon
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Agamemnon
D) Cleisthenes
E) Peisistratus
- 6. a Persian man who reorganized the government to make it work better
A) Xerxes
B) Darius
C) Pericles
D) Themistocles
E) Aspasia
- 7. Darius’ son who vowed revenge against the Athenians
A) Darius
B) Xerxes
C) Themistocles
D) Pericles
E) Aspasia
- 8. an Athenian general who came up with a plan to fight the Persians
A) Pericles
B) Themistocles
C) Xerxes
D) Aspasia
E) Darius
- 9. the leading figure in Athenian politics after the Persian Wa
A) Xerxes
B) Pericles
C) Darius
D) Aspasia
E) Themistocles
- 10. an influential immigrant to Athens who was the lover and partner of the statesman Pericles. She was well taught and spoken
A) Darius
B) Pericles
C) Aspasia
D) Xerxes
E) Themistocles
- 11. a body of land with water on three sides
A) Colony
B) Agora
C) Polis
D) Peninsula
E) Tyrant
- 12. a settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland
A) Tyrant
B) Peninsula
C) Colony
D) Polis
E) Agora
- 13. a city-state that was like a tiny independent country
A) Peninsula
B) Agora
C) Polis
D) Tyrant
E) Colony
- 14. a public open space that served as a marketplace and a place where people could go and to debate issues
A) Polis
B) Agora
C) Tyrant
D) Peninsula
E) Colony
- 15. a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority
A) Colony
B) Tyrant
C) Peninsula
D) Polis
E) Agora
- 16. a type of government where a few people who hold power
A) Satrapies
B) Oligarchy
C) Helot
D) Democracy
E) Satrap
- 17. a type of government where all citizens share power
A) Satrap
B) Helot
C) Satrapies
D) Democracy
E) Oligarchy
- 18. the name given to Spartan captive workers
A) Democracy
B) Oligarchy
C) Satrap
D) Helot
E) Satrapies
- 19. the 20 provinces that Persia was divided into by Darius
A) Democracy
B) Helot
C) Oligarchy
D) Satrapies
E) Satrap
- 20. an official who ruled the satrapies; means “protector of the kingdom”
A) Helot
B) Satrap
C) Satrapies
D) Democracy
E) Oligarchy
- 21. the name for the Persian religion
A) Representative
B) Philosopher
C) Zoroastrianism
D) Direct democracy
E) Satrapies
- 22. a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly.
A) Philosopher
B) Zoroastrianism
C) Representative
D) Satrapies
E) Direct democracy
- 23. a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people
A) Philosopher
B) Satrapies
C) Zoroastrianism
D) Direct democracy
E) Representative democracy
- 24. someone engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline
A) Satrapies
B) Representative
C) Zoroastrianism
D) Direct democracy
E) Philosopher
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