SF Ancient Greece & Rome

What is the term for an independent government centered on a single populated area?

• city-state
• metropolis
• citadel
• nation

What was the city-state of Sparta most famous for?

• democracy
• philosophy
• art
• military power

Which city-state was best known for its philosophy and the development of democracy there?

• Athens
• Sparta
• Thebes
• Corinth

What empire was the largest in history up to that time, and tried to conquer Greece?

• Persia
• Egypt
• Rome
• Babylon

What does the term "polis" mean?

• group of male citizens
• Greek architecture
• law enforcement
• a unit of soldiers

In which of the following systems do all citizens get to vote on important decisions and the creation of new laws?

• direct democracy
• indirect democracy
• republicanism
• Judaism

In which of the following systems do citizens elect representatives who make important decisions and create new laws?

• direct democracy
• indirect democracy
• electoralism
• dictatorship

What philosophy is focused on improving humanity in the present, with little regard for gods or the afterlife?

• humanism
• stoicism
• Daoism
• Buddhism

Which Athenian teacher and philosopher taught his students to question everything? He was made a scapegoat and forced to commit suicide.

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Socrates
• Pythagoras

Which Athenian teacher and philosopher wrote many works and laid the foundations for Western science?

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Socrates
• Pythagoras