Social Studies 6th Grade - Chapter 10 Greece

Unlike previous Civilizations, Greece did not begin on a

• River

• Ocean

• Mountain Range

• Penensula

The people that influenced the Greeks who lived on the island of Crete were the

• Mycenaeans

• Egyptians

• Minoans

• Phoenicians

Greeks developed city states. What is a city state?

• A group of cities that act as their own country

• A city that is surronded by a wall

• A city that is ruled by a king in another part of the world

• A city that acts like its own country

Where people gathered to trade, shop and discuss politics in the Greek City States was called

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Marketplace

• The Harbor

The people of Athens were the first people to practice

• Christianity

• Medicine

• Philosophy

• Democracy

The religion practiced by the Ancient Greeks was

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

The role of women in the city state of Athens centered around

• Home and domestic actitivty

• education

• preparing for the Olympics

• acting in dramas

Which of the following did the Greeks grow

• Grapes

• corn

• Olives

• Wheat

What was an oligarchy?

• a single ruler or king

• leaders elected by all the people

• a small group of wealthy, powerful men

• a respected teacher or scholar

The landscape of Greece is made up mostly of

• a wide river valley

• mountains and hills

• a gently rising plateau

• a gently rising plateau