Ch. 9 Greece Test

What do you call a group of citizens that decide court cases?

• acropolis
• jury
• assembly
• tyrant

What do you call a ruler who holds power through the use of force?

• acropolis
• jury
• assembly
• tyrant

What do you call a gathering of citizens that meet to form laws?

• acropolis
• jury
• assembly
• tyrant

What do you call a high hill around which a city-state was built?

• acropolis
• jury
• assembly
• tyrant

Who was the father of democracy?

• Cleisthenes
• Pericles
• Homer
• Atthens

What is the birthplace of democracy?

• Cleithenes
• Pericles
• Homer
• Athens

Who was a great leader of Athens?

• Cleisthenes
• Pericles
• Homer
• Athens

Who was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Cleisthenes
• Pericles
• Homer
• Athens

In geographical terms, what is the land of Greece?

• island
• peninsula
• isthmus
• continent

Which of the following led to the end of the Minoan civilization?

• They were attacked by Europeans.
• A volcanic eruption ruined their cities.
• Earthquakes destroyed many of their cities.
• Other cultures refused to trade with them.