Greek Polis

What is the name of the walled hill that was in most Greek city-states?

• Parthenon

• Agora

• Acropolis

• port

The Greek word for "city-state" is ____.

• police

• polis

• port

• agora

What was the purpose of a Greek acropolis in any city-state?

• protection from invasion

• religious worship

• government meetings

• trading commodities

A marketplace in the center of a Greek city-state (polis), in which many goods were traded daily was the _____.

• acropolis

• parthenon

• agora

• mall

All city-states in Greece were exactly the same.

• True

• False

What are the two major geographical barriers that impeded (blocked) the movement of the people of Greece?

• Rivers and Oceans
• Canyons and Rivers
• Mountains and Seas
• Deserts and Mountains

How did the geography of ancient Greece affect the people who lived there?

• The multiple waterways made Greece susceptible to foreign invasions.
• The climate was good for farming crops such as cotton, tobacco, and rice.
• The mountainous regions of Greece made it hard to farm, travel, and trade.
• The waterways made it easy for the Grecians to import olives.

How did mountains affect the development of Greek city-states?

• Mountains caused the city-states to develop a system of tunnels and roadways.
• Mountains caused the city-states to become fiercely independent and isolated.
• Mountains caused city-states to develop a postal system to better communicate with others.
• Mountains caused city-states to unite and form one Greek Empire.

A city-state in ancient Greece, like it's own independent country, is a...

• colony
• polis
• agora
• democracy

The Greeks relied on the seas for ______________ and _________________. 

• fishing and trade.
• trade and conquest.
• travel and water source.
• water source and fishing.