Ancient Greece Final Review

Why did the ancient Greeks become expert sailors?

• The did not know how to build roads

• Greece was mountainous, and difficult to travel by land

• There were not horses in ancient Greece

• The Greeks did not like to travel by land

What is tyranny?

• A city-state taken over by force by a singe person
• When a city-state is ruled by a king
• When a city-state is ruled by and emperor
• When a city-state is run by aristocrats

What is an oligarchy?

• A government run by a few wealthy citizens

• A government ruled by the best people

• a kingdom

• an empire

What is a monarchy?

• a government run by aristocrats
• a kingdom ruled by a king or queen
• a government run by citizens
• a subject state, forced to pay tribute

The reason why the Greeks separated into independent city-states:

• They had nothing in common

• They distrusted one another

• The mountainous terrain separated them, making unity difficult

• They were once a nation, until the fall of the Mycenaeans

A form of government where citizenship is based on birth, and were all citizens have the right to participate in government:

• Aristocray
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

Which choice is not a legacy of ancient Greece?

• Democracy
• Philosophy
• Pyramids
• the Parthenon 

What aspect of the Mediterranean Sea was most important to the Greeks?

• Bathing water
• Drinking water
• Transportation
• Honoring the god Poseidon 

Why did the ancient Greeks plant olives and grapes?

• They liked the taste of these crops

• These crops grow well in rocky soil

• The king decided to plant these crops

• The gods instructed the Greeks to plant these crops

Which Greek poet wrote two epic poems that are still popular today, the Iliad and The Odyssey?

• Homer
• Pericles
• Plato
• Socrates