Ancient Greece

What did Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations have in common?

• They built great city-states based on agriculture

• They colonized much of the Mediterranean coast

• They declined and disappeared mysteriously

• They left no evidence of a written language.

Which group conquered the weakened Minoans?

• Mycenaeans

• Persians

• Sea Peoples

• Trojans

Who were Darius I and Xerxes?

• Athenian authors

• Persian emperors

• Spartan kings

• Trojan warriors

What is the significance of the Illiad and the Odyssey

• They detail the laws and governing structures of ancient Greek city-states.

• They explain the formation of the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations.

• They provide insight into the mythology and history of Ancient Greece.

• They record events of the Trojan and the Persian Wars.

Which civilization began in Crete?

• Minoan

• Mycenaean

• Persian

• Trojan

What did the ancient Greeks build at the highest point of their cities?

• acropolis

• agora

• barracks

• theaters

What type of government did merchants form in some Greek city-states?

• aristocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

Which of the following was stressed in Spartan society?

• education

• democracy

• arts

• military

Who introduced democratic government in Athens?

• Homer

• Leonidas

• Solon

• Thucydides

What enemy of Greece did Darius I and Xerxes lead?

• Ionia

• Persia

• Sea Peoples

• Troy