Review for Greece Unit Test-2023
GRADED A+ (ACTUAL TEST ) Questions and Answers (Solved)
• Why were Greeks maritime?
Answer: surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea
• Polis
Answer: A city-state in ancient Greece, formed as a result of the
mountainous terrain
• Agora
Answer: the outdoor marketplace in ancient Greece
• Phalanx
Answer: 16X16 formation of hoplite (foot soldiers) used in
ancient Greece
• Assimilation
Answer: being absorbed into a new culture
• Palace of Knossos
Answer: - The Minoans greatest palace, home of King Minos
• King Minos of Crete
Answer: King of the Minoans, lived at Knossos
• Influence of Minoans on Greeks
Answer: language, trade, Gods 1 / 2
• Who was Homer?
Answer: blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey -
recorded the Trojan War
• Outcome of Trojan War
Answer: city of Troy destroyed; Greeks win war (Trojan Horse-
out smarted opponent)
• Achilles
Answer: Greek hero of the Trojan war
• Athens
Answer: Government - Direct Democracy
Values- women no rights, education, rhetoric, philosophy, emphasis on trade
• Rhetoric
Answer: using language effectively and persuasively
• Sparta
Answer: Government- oligarchy
Values-women had rights, warrior society, isolated society, agoge training
• Oligarchy
Answer: rule by an elite few, Spartan style of government
• Battle of Marathon
Answer: Athenian victory over a Persian invasion in 490 B.C.E.
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