Greece Unit Test Review

How did democracy in ancient Athens differ from the democracy in America today?

• Ancient Athens's democracy was a representative democracy.

• Ancient Athens's democracy was a constitutional democracy.

• Ancient Athens's democracy was a religious democracy.

• Ancient Athens's democracy was a direct democracy.

What are major cultural differences between Sparta and Athens?

• Exercise and training was essential in both Sparta and Athens

• Athens was a center for learning and Sparta focused on military

• Men and women were considered equal in Sparta and Athens

• Sparta was a center for literature, art, and philosophy whereas Athens focused on military

In Athens, the boys were taught...

• how to sing and play musical instruments like the lyre

• astronomy, geometry, and science

• philosophy

• None of these

Who is known as “the father of medicine”?

• Hypatia

• Aristarchus

• Hippocrates

• Hipparchus

A government in which a small group has control is a(n)

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Democracy

• Direct Democracay

Each Greek city-state, or ____________ , was like an independent country.

• agora

• polis

• territory

• acropolis

During battle, the Greeks used a __________, a unified military formation, against their enemies.

• Regiment

• Matrix

• Phalanx

• Hoplite

The Greeks adopted their alphabet from _______________ traders.

• Phoenician

• Roman

• Persian

• Egyptian

The conflict between Athens and Sparta was known as the _____________________

• Greek Civil War

• Peloponnesian War

• Trojan War

• Marathon War

What is one reason that the ancient Greeks held the Olympic Games?

• to honor the goddess Athena

• to honor the god Zeus

• to honor the victory over the Persians

• to honor the leaders of Greece