Ancient Greece, L 25-26 TCI

What is the best description of Greece's geography?

• a land of flat, fertile, plains
• a land of small hills and dense forests
• a rocky, mountainous land
• a cold, barren land

Traveling was hard, so Greeks

• became expert shipbuilders
• leanred how to climb mountains
• gave up trying to travel
• took up farming

People who lived in city-states

• became bored and developed the desire to travel
• disliked their city-states and began to rebel against them
• thought of themselves as residents of the city-state, not Greek
• fled their city-states in fear and set up their own colonies

How can you describe representative democracy?

• citizens vote on and elect officials to make laws
• all citizens help make the laws
• all men, women, and children can vote
• citizens act as judges and lawmakers

A government when only a few rich aristocrats have power

• monarchy
• oligarchy
• democracy
• tyrant

Greek myths were stories that explained

• what things the Greek people most valued
• why natural or historical events happened
• why humans should worship the gods
• why humans or animals behaved like they did

Spartans based their society on military power because they believed:

• it made people happy and healthy
• it provided security and protection
• it helped people have more self-discipline
• it would help them defeat Athens

From and early age, Spartan boys were trained to be

• writers
• teachers
• leaders
• soldiers

Compared to other city-states, Spartan women

• had fewer rights
• had more rights
• had fewer children
• had more children

What is a phalanx?

• a group of cavalry, chariots, and archers
• a battle tactic based on surprising the enemy
• a group of warriors who stood close together
• a 16 foot long spear