Chapter 05 True/False Quiz

. Athenian government was governed at first by three archons, then nine.

. In 632 BC, an athlete named Cylon successfully overthrew the Athenian government.

. Draco systematized the Athenian legal system in about 620 BC.

. During the late sixth century BC, the poet Solon tried to make Draco's laws even harsher.

. Solon objected only to the enslavement of Athenian citizens, not to slavery itself.

. Solon's laws allowed all male citizens to serve on juries.

. The tyrant Pisistratus was finally driven out of Athens despite the support of his powerful father-in-law, Megacles.

. Among Cleisthenes' innovations was the creation of tribes, made up of citizens drawn from each of Attica's three main geographic divisions: the city, the shore, and inland.

. Darius I was responsible for making Persia a significant imperial power and organizing his empire into satrapies.

. During the Ionian Rebellion, the Greeks burned Sardis and the Persians destroyed Miletus.

. The Persians defeated the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon.

. As a result of Aristides' ostracism in 482 BC and on Themistocles' advice, the Athenians built a significant fleet of triremes.

. The Hellenic League formed in 481 BC as a reaction to the threat of a Persian invasion.

. At the same time that the Persians invaded Greece, an army from the city of Carthage invaded Sicily.

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