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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 9

Ancient Greece

City-states, democracy and myths

What your child practises

Athens and Sparta, how democracy began and who could take part, Greek myths and thinkers, and the Greek ideas still used today.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 8-KC-001, 8-KC-002, 8-KC-003, 8-KI-015, 8-KI-016, 8-KH-031, 8-KH-032 · Greek social order, the rise of democracy, Athens and Sparta, myths and lasting ideas

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    How is modern Canadian citizenship different from Athenian citizenship?

    • adults of all genders can vote
    • nobody votes
    • only the rich vote
    • only men can vote
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    adults of all genders can vote

    Hint: Citizenship has grown to include more people.

  2. Question 2

    In ancient Greece, enslaved people were…

    • kings
    • generals
    • voting members of the Assembly
    • not citizens and had no say in government
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    not citizens and had no say in government

    Hint: Slavery was part of Greek society.

  3. Question 3

    Which Greek idea do we still use in government today?

    • no elections
    • citizens voting on laws and leaders
    • rule by one all-powerful king
    • no laws
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    citizens voting on laws and leaders

    Hint: Modern democracy grew from Greek ideas.

  4. Question 4

    Which words did English borrow from Greek?

    • bannock and muskeg
    • democracy and theatre
    • moose and toboggan
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    democracy and theatre

    Hint: Many English words have Greek roots.

  5. Question 5

    The Greek city-states joined together to fight the Persian Empire. This shows…

    • they could cooperate against a common enemy
    • they never fought
    • they were ruled by Rome
    • they never traded
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    they could cooperate against a common enemy

    Hint: Athens and Sparta united against Persia.

  6. Question 6

    What weakened the Greek city-states?

    • a lack of sunlight
    • an excess of writing
    • too many roads
    • long wars among themselves
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    long wars among themselves

    Hint: The Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta wore them out.

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