Ancient Greece

What war was fought between Persia and the Greeks (city-states united to fight against a common enemy)?

• Roman Wars

• Persian Wars

• Athens Wars

• Spartan Wars

What is the name of thinkers who ponder questions about life?

• race car drivers

• artists

• thinkers

• philosophers

Who were the earliest Greeks who lived on the Mediterranean island of Crete?

• Athenians

• Minoans

• Spartans

• Americans

An independent city with its own government and economic system is called _______________________.

• country

• city-state

• state

• city

What is the name of the open area used for a meeting place and a market?

• city-state

• polis

• agora

• philosophy

What body of land is Greece?

• plateau

• crater

• peninsula

• island

Almost 75% of the Greek mainland is covered by _____________________.

• mountains

• plains

• deserts

• lakes

One of the most important geographic impacts in Ancient Greece is that the many mountains made unification difficult. Instead of forming a civilization under one government, what did the ancient Greeks do?

• They formed separate city-states.

• They formed separate countries.

• They traveled over the mountains.

• They left Greece.

What did all Greek city-states have in common?

• an agora

• an acropolis

• religion and customs

• all of the above

An oligarchy is governed by ___________________________________

• a single person, usually a king or a queen.

• leaders elected by the people.

• a small group of wealth powerful men.

• a respected scholar or teacher.