Comprehensive Review

How did farmers in ancient Greece adjust to the area's difficult terrain?

• They only raised livestock

• They built steps into the hills

• They invented a design for a wheelbarrow

• They had no difficulties

What idea is important today that came from ancient Athens?

• A king should have all the power

• People should rule themselves.

• People should be paid for their work

• People have equal rights

Why did the Greeks not like to travel by land?

• They found traveling through the mountains difficult.

• They did not want to offend the earth god.

• They were afraid of people from other villages.

• They used the land for farming instead of travel.

Which of these ideas was first introduced in ancient Greece?

• A king should have all the power.

• Greeks are superior to all people.

• Earth moves around the sun.

• Everyone deserves to be happy.

Why is Alexander called “Great”?

• He had an enormous amount of knowledge.

• He conquered a large amount of land.

• He was alive for a very long time.

• He had two heads.

What does the word “alphabet” come from?

• The ideas of Aristotle

• The work of the writer Thucydides

• The first two letters of the Greek alphabet

• The Greek works meaning “words” and “parts”

What was the focus of education in Sparta?

• Scholarship

• Trades

• Politics

• Military

How did most kings in ancient Greece come to power?

• They inherited it from a relative

• They were elected by the people

• They paid merchants for support

• They used soldiers to control

What was an important result of the Greco-Persian wars?

• They ended Greek independence.

• They prevented Persia from conquering Greece.

• They destroyed the city of Sparta.

• They caused the Greeks to invent new gods.

In a tyranny, what allowed a leader to rule?

• Military force

• family tradition

• The law of the land

• foreign partnerships