Ancient Greece Quiz Review

How did ancient Greek ideas affect the United States government?

• ruled by King or Queen

• elect officials to represent them

• allow citizens to vote

• choose rulers based on wealth

Traveling by land in Greece was difficult so Greeks...

• became expert ship builders

• learned how to climb mountains

• gave up trying to travel

• took up farming

The Minoans and _______________ helped shape later Greek cultures.

• Cretans

• Mycenaeans

• Romans

• Egyptians

The Mycenaeans were different from the Minoans because

• The Mycenaeans lived on Greek islands

• The Minoans spoke Greek; Mycenaeans did not

• The Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland

• The Mycenaeans were not traders like the Minoans

What type of democracy was practiced in ancient Athens?

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• authoritarian democracy

• participatory democracy

Approximately how many city-states made up Ancient Greece?

• 2

• 20

• 200

• 2000

All city-states of ancient Greece eventually became democratic.

• True

• False

A building constructed in Athens in the 400’s BCE as a temple to goddess Athena

• Colosseum

• Acropolis

• Parthenon

Greek word for city-state

• phalanx

• odyssey

• polis

• demos

A government in which people rule themselves

• democracy

• tyrany

• monarchy

• theocracy