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Chapter 4 Test World History 8th
Contributed by: Hightower
  • 1. a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority
A) tyrant
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) helot
E) ephor
  • 2. the Spartan name for a captive worker
A) oligarchy
B) tyrant
C) ephor
D) helot
E) democracy
  • 3. a few people hold power
A) oligarchy
B) ephor
C) democracy
D) tyrant
E) helot
  • 4. a person who enforced laws and managed tax collection
A) ephor
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) helot
E) tyrant
  • 5. all citizens share in running the government
A) tyrant
B) oligarchy
C) democracy
D) ephor
E) helot
  • 6. the area known today as southwestern Iran
A) Zoroastrianism
B) Persia
C) Xerxes
D) strait of Salamis
E) satrap
  • 7. place where the Greek fleet attacked the Persian fleet
A) Persia
B) Xerxes
C) strait of Salamis
D) Zoroastrianism
E) satrap
  • 8. the religion of Persia
A) Zoroastrianism
B) Xerxes
C) Persia
D) strait of Salamis
E) satrap
  • 9. means “protector of the kingdom”
A) Xerxes
B) Zoroastrianism
C) satrap
D) strait of Salamis
E) Persia
  • 10. son of Darius
A) Xerxes
B) Zoroastrianism
C) satrap
D) strait of Salamis
E) Persia
  • 11. a well-educated woman who taught public speaking in Athens
A) direct democracy
B) Pericles
C) Aspasia
D) representative
E) philosopher
  • 12. a dominant figure in Athenian politics
A) direct democracy
B) Aspasia
C) representative
D) Pericles
E) philosopher
  • 13. mass gatherings where many decide governmental matters
A) direct democracy
B) representative
C) Aspasia
D) philosopher
E) Pericles
  • 14. a thinker who ponders the questions about life
A) direct democracy
B) philosopher
C) Aspasia
D) representative
E) Pericles
  • 15. a small group makes governmental decisions on behalf of many
A) direct democracy
B) representative democracy
C) Pericles
D) Aspasia
E) philosopher
  • 16. Ancient Greeks made their living raising
A) cattle
B) rabbits
C) horses
D) sheep
  • 17. The ____ civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece.
A) Phoenician
B) Dorian
C) Minoan
D) Mycenaean
  • 18. Name one factor that started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization.
A) earthquakes
B) The people forgot their written language.
C) Thousands left the mainland to settle on islands.
D) the Trojan War
  • 19. Greek city-states were run by their
A) kings
B) soldiers
C) citizens
D) politicians
  • 20. Under the Greek definition of “citizen,” who qualified for citizenship?
A) free native-born men who owned land
B) freed slaves who owned land
C) wealthy women who owned land
D) foreign-born men with land
  • 21. The type of leader who came to power in Greece around 600 B.C. was
A) an oligarch.
B) a democrat.
C) an ephor.
D) a tyrant.
  • 22. Sparta used ____ to control its citizens.
A) the helots
B) the government
C) the military
D) sports
  • 23. Spartan women were trained in
A) sewing, swordplay, and trade.
B) running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.
C) cooking, cleaning, and combat.
D) art, music, and poetry.
  • 24. In what way did a boy’s life in Athens differ from a boy’s life in Sparta?
A) Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.
B) Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.
C) Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military.
D) Athenian boys became citizens at 30; Spartan boys became citizens at 18.
  • 25. Name the 594 B.C. Athenian ruler whose reforms were popular among the common people.
A) Plutarch
B) Peisistratus
C) Cleisthenes
D) Solon
  • 26. The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great covered northern Mesopotamia, Syria, Canaan, the Phoenician cities, and
A) the Red Sea.
B) the Caspian Sea.
C) Greece
D) Asia Minor.
  • 27. King Darius’ power depended on his
A) nobles
B) army
C) chief of police.
D) tax collectors.
  • 28. Which two rival armies worked together to defeat the Persians in 499 B.C.?
A) Syrians and Canaanites
B) Jews and Zoroasters
C) Greeks and Athenians
D) Phoenicians and Mesopotamians
  • 29. Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?
A) Herodotus
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Themistocles
D) Xerxes
  • 30. What angered the subjects of the Persian Empire and caused them to rebel?
A) a war
B) a drought
C) high taxes
D) the king’s sons plotting to take over the throne
  • 31. Beginning in 478 B.C., the ____ League served as the treasury and commander of the fleet.
A) Athenian
B) Artisan
C) Persian
D) Delian
  • 32. The Age of Pericles was known as a period of ____ and ____.
A) farming, trade
B) conquest, rebuilding
C) politics, religion
D) creativity, learning
  • 33. Pericles is responsible for constructing this famous building, which took 15 years; 20,000 tons of marble; and $3 billion (in today’s money) to complete.
A) the Parthenon
B) the school of Greece
C) the Delian League headquarters
D) the Athens assembly building
  • 34. The Athenian economy was supported by ____ and ____.
A) fruit, vegetables
B) farming, trade
C) merchants, artisans
D) pottery, jewelry
  • 35. In 431 B.C., Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight this war.
A) the City-States War
B) the Persian War
C) the Peloponnesian War
D) the Spartan War
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