2.1 A Ancient Greece Day 1 Review

A 'classical civilization' is one that...

• Had no impact on later civilizations and cultures

• Was entirely peaceful, with no traces of warfare

• Had no agriculture for food production

• Set the framework for later history and culture

Western Civilization can best be described as...

• Parts of The World that came out of Asian culture

• Parts of The World that came out of African culture

• Parts of the World that have no culture

• Parts of the world that came out of Greek, Roman, and later European culture

The oldest civilization to develop in Greece, came from the Island of Crete around 1600 - 1400 B.C.E

• Minoan

• Spartan

• Mesopotamian

• Egyptian

Greek geography was and still is extremely...

• Flat

• Mountainous

• Filled with deserts

• Dry

The Greeks organized themselves politically into Poleis, or ___________________________

• City-States

• Empire

• Unified Country

• Neolithic villages

We can tell a lot about what the Greeks valued from...

• Hieroglyphic writing

• Their use of stone tools

• Photos from the era

• Illiad and Odyessey

The Greek city-state of Athens was the first to invent...

• Radio Technology

• Writing

• Algebra

• Democracy

A system of government in which a Monarch, or king or queen, has power is called...

• Democracy

• Republic

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

'Democracy' translates from Greek as...

• Government by the King

• Government by the church

• Government of the people

• Government by the military

Classical Greek religion was...

• Jewish

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

• Christian