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Chapter 8
Ancient Greeks
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Social Studies
6th Grade
10/31/2011

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Minoans used a writing system with
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pictographs
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The Mycenaeans borrowed their art styles and writing from the:
a. Cycladic culture
b. Trojans
c. Minoans
d. Aryans
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Minoans
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People today can learn about Troy from -
a. Minoan writings
b. the epics of Homer
c. wall paintings
d. artifacts
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the epics of Homer
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According to Greek mythology, who did the people of the city-states share as a common ancestor?
a. Zeus
b. Athena
c. Hellen
d. Homer
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Hellen
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A council and an assembly made decisions in the Athenian democracy.
True or False
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True
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Which of these Greek city-states had a military culture?
a. Athens
b. Sparta
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Sparta
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Which of the following did not help form Greek identity?
a. religion
b. agriculture
c. mythology
d. language
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agriculture
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Citizens from Athens, Sparta, and other Greek city-states worked together to defeat the invading
a. Trojans
b. Persians
c. Macedonians
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Persians
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The Peloponnesian War ended the Golden Age of Athens.
True or False
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True
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What led the way to Alexander the Great's conquests?
a. the defeat of the Persian Empire
b. the battle of Chaeronea
c. his studeis with Aristotle
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the defeat of the Persian Empire
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an open-air market
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agora
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a long poem that tells about important events in the life of a hero or heroine
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epic
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a deadly disease
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plague
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a seeker of knowledge
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scholar
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a collection of traditional stories that explain how things in nature or human events came to be
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mythology
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