Test over Greeks and Romans

Land forms that separated Greek city-states and made them fiercely independent

• mountains and deserts
• mountains and seas
• deserts and seas
• islands and deserts

From whom did the Greeks adopt an alphabet? 

• Phoenicians
• Minoans
• Mycenaeans
• Dorians

Who first ruled the city-states of ancient Greece called a monarchy?

• Tyrants
• Kings
• Oligarchies
• Nobles

Commoners helped what rulers, who had total power, in overthrowing the nobles? 

• Tyrants
• Kings
• Oligarchies
• Nobles

Under the Greek definition of "citizen", who qualified for citizenship? 

• Freed slaves (later on: women)
• Wealthy women with land
• Free native-born men with land (later on: merchant, artisan, or farmer)
• Foreign-born men with land

City state that created a a military oligarchy with a strong army 

• Athens
• Sparta
• Troy
• Miletus

City state that was the center of Greek culture and trade in 400's BC

• Athens
• Sparta
• Troy
• Miletus

What was the occupation or job of most Greeks? 

• Artisans
• Merchants
• Farmers
• Slaves

What type of democracy existed in Athens? 

• Direct 
• Indirect
• Representative
• Unlimited

What is a polis?

• Greek marketplace
• Greek city-state
• Greek hospital
• Greek Temple