ThatQuiz Test Library Take this test now
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) ephor
E) helot
  • 2. the Spartan name for a captive worker
A) ephor
B) helot
C) tyrant
D) oligarchy
E) democracy
  • 3. a few people hold power
A) oligarchy
B) tyrant
C) democracy
D) ephor
E) helot
  • 4. a person who enforced laws and managed tax collection
A) ephor
B) democracy
C) oligarchy
D) tyrant
E) helot
  • 5. all citizens share in running the government
A) helot
B) democracy
C) oligarchy
D) ephor
E) tyrant
  • 6. the area known today as southwestern Iran
A) Zoroastrianism
B) Xerxes
C) strait of Salamis
D) Persia
E) satrap
  • 7. place where the Greek fleet attacked the Persian fleet
A) satrap
B) Persia
C) Zoroastrianism
D) strait of Salamis
E) Xerxes
  • 8. the religion of Persia
A) satrap
B) Xerxes
C) strait of Salamis
D) Zoroastrianism
E) Persia
  • 9. means “protector of the kingdom”
A) Persia
B) Xerxes
C) satrap
D) Zoroastrianism
E) strait of Salamis
  • 10. son of Darius
A) Zoroastrianism
B) strait of Salamis
C) Xerxes
D) satrap
E) Persia
  • 11. a well-educated woman who taught public speaking in Athens
A) Pericles
B) Aspasia
C) direct democracy
D) representative
E) philosopher
  • 12. a dominant figure in Athenian politics
A) representative
B) Pericles
C) philosopher
D) direct democracy
E) Aspasia
  • 13. mass gatherings where many decide governmental matters
A) direct democracy
B) philosopher
C) Pericles
D) representative
E) Aspasia
  • 14. a thinker who ponders the questions about life
A) Aspasia
B) philosopher
C) Pericles
D) direct democracy
E) representative
  • 15. a small group makes governmental decisions on behalf of many
A) representative democracy
B) philosopher
C) Aspasia
D) direct democracy
E) Pericles
  • 16. Ancient Greeks made their living raising
A) horses
B) rabbits
C) cattle
D) sheep
  • 17. The ____ civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece.
A) Minoan
B) Phoenician
C) Mycenaean
D) Dorian
  • 18. Name one factor that started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization.
A) earthquakes
B) Thousands left the mainland to settle on islands.
C) the Trojan War
D) The people forgot their written language.
  • 19. Greek city-states were run by their
A) soldiers
B) politicians
C) citizens
D) kings
  • 20. Under the Greek definition of “citizen,” who qualified for citizenship?
A) foreign-born men with land
B) free native-born men who owned land
C) wealthy women who owned land
D) freed slaves who owned land
  • 21. The type of leader who came to power in Greece around 600 B.C. was
A) an ephor.
B) a tyrant.
C) an oligarch.
D) a democrat.
  • 22. Sparta used ____ to control its citizens.
A) the military
B) the government
C) sports
D) the helots
  • 23. Spartan women were trained in
A) cooking, cleaning, and combat.
B) running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.
C) art, music, and poetry.
D) sewing, swordplay, and trade.
  • 24. In what way did a boy’s life in Athens differ from a boy’s life in Sparta?
A) Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.
B) Athenian boys became citizens at 30; Spartan boys became citizens at 18.
C) Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military.
D) Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports.
  • 25. Name the 594 B.C. Athenian ruler whose reforms were popular among the common people.
A) Plutarch
B) Peisistratus
C) Solon
D) Cleisthenes
  • 26. The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great covered northern Mesopotamia, Syria, Canaan, the Phoenician cities, and
A) the Red Sea.
B) Greece
C) the Caspian Sea.
D) Asia Minor.
  • 27. King Darius’ power depended on his
A) chief of police.
B) tax collectors.
C) army
D) nobles
  • 28. Which two rival armies worked together to defeat the Persians in 499 B.C.?
A) Greeks and Athenians
B) Syrians and Canaanites
C) Phoenicians and Mesopotamians
D) Jews and Zoroasters
  • 29. Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?
A) Cyrus the Great
B) Xerxes
C) Themistocles
D) Herodotus
  • 30. What angered the subjects of the Persian Empire and caused them to rebel?
A) the king’s sons plotting to take over the throne
B) high taxes
C) a war
D) a drought
  • 31. Beginning in 478 B.C., the ____ League served as the treasury and commander of the fleet.
A) Athenian
B) Delian
C) Persian
D) Artisan
  • 32. The Age of Pericles was known as a period of ____ and ____.
A) politics, religion
B) farming, trade
C) creativity, learning
D) conquest, rebuilding
  • 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 Athens assembly building
C) the school of Greece
D) the Delian League headquarters
  • 34. The Athenian economy was supported by ____ and ____.
A) farming, trade
B) fruit, vegetables
C) pottery, jewelry
D) merchants, artisans
  • 35. In 431 B.C., Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight this war.
A) the Persian War
B) the City-States War
C) the Spartan War
D) the Peloponnesian War
Students who took this test also took :
World History 8th Ch1 Vocabulary Test
World History 8th Ch 1 Test
World History 8th Ch 2 Vocabulary Test
Created with That Quiz — a math test site for students of all grade levels.