SS Chapter 7 Study Guide for Chapter Test

SS Chapter 7 Study Guide for Chapter Test
1.	A narrow body of water with land on both sides is a _ _ _ _ _ _ (as in the _______ of Gibraltar or the Bering ________)
2.	A war between Sparta and Athens that lasted 27 years was the P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ War.
3.	Ruler who rules with total authority is a t_ _ _ _ _.
4.	Persian “defenders of the kingdom” were _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
5.	Golden Age of great creativity and learning in Athens, named after its greatest general, was the Age of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
6.	Greek city-state focused on government and education, it reached its height under the rule of Pericles was _ _ _ _ _ _.
7.	King of Persia at its height who then tried to fight the Greek city-states for control of the Greek colonies in Asia Minor was _ _ _ _ _ the Great.
8.	Upper class Athenian _ _ _ _ _ could not leave home without a male relative
9	A body of land with ocean on three sides is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, such as in Greece, Florida or the western part of the Bay Area.
10.	How did Athens and Sparta differ?
11.	The History of the Peloponnesian Wars was written by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
12.	The Mycenaean civilization came to Greece from central _ _ _ _.
13.	The Greek concept of citizenship usually applied to free _ _ _ only and not to slaves, women or foreigners.
14.	The Spartans differed from other city-states in that they focused more on ___________
15.	The Minoans made their living as s_ _ _ _ _ _, f_ _ _ _ _ _, and t_ _ _ _ _ _. As people who lived on the Island of Crete, this makes sense.
16.	The ephors in Sparta had a function similar to the s_ _ _ _ _ _ in Persia.
17.	The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis because their ships were _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and able to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ more quickly.
18.	The Delian League began as an alliance to defend the many Greek city-states (though not Sparta) against the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Empire. Gradually Athens used it to gain control over the other member city-states.
19.	Many Greek city-states sent people to settle the shores of the Black Sea to set up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to grow and import _ _ _ _ to be imported back to the mother city-state.
20.	Greek colonies were established in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in present day Turkey, in _ _ _ _ _ near the Nile delta and across the Adriatic Sea in _ _ _ _ _ (think pasta and pizza).

Possible Essay Questions

Consider many of the contributions made by the ancient Greeks to western civilization.

How did the geography of Greece effect the development of the first Greek kingdoms?

Compare and contrast direct democracy of Athens to our representational democracy in the United States.