Ancient Greece

What is Monarchy

• A government in which power is in the hands of a single person- a monarch, or a king.
• A government in which only a few people have power
• The study of the physical features of the earth
• A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

What is Oligarchy

• A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society, usually a 
  a rich landowner or noble
• A government in which only a few people have power
• A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
• A nickname for Alex Trebek

What is a peninsula

• A very large piece of land
• A piece of land that is surrounded by three bodies of water
• A nickname for Alex Trebek
• The land for ponies?

What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?

• rocky and mountainous
• flat
• desert
• rolling plains

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The ancient Greeks were  

• Monotheistic  
• Polytheistic
• Atheist
• Scientologist

A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.

• Athens
• Delphi
• Corinth
• Sparta

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A city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education. 
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)

• Sparta
• Athens
• Delphi
• Corinth

Greece is in which continent?

• Europe
• Africa
• North America
• Asia

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The upper class in Greece was called

• aristocracy 
• monarchy 
• oligarchy 
• tryanny

Athens main rival was the city state of 

• Anatolia
• Marathon
• Sparta
• Thermopylae