Greek Civ Review 1

Greek geography consists of

• a lot of mountains and islands

• flat prairie, like Illinois

• swampland

• desert

Because of all the mountains and islands, Greek cities

• could easily communicate and trade with each other.

• were isolated from each other, and developed their own independent governments and cultures.

• often slid downhill or sank into the sea.

• became peaceful farming communities.

Ancient Greek civilization developed into a lot of individual city-states. What is a city-state?

• It's like a neighborhood, where everybody knows everybody else's business.

• It's like an empire, controlling whole civilizations.

• It's like a little country, consisting of a city and the region around it.

• There is no such thing as a city-state. Mr. Poore made it up.

People in the city of Athens might be the first to try DEMOCRACY as their form of government. What is DEMOCRACY?

• There is a powerful leader called a 'dictator,' who tells everyone what to do.

• The government owns and tightly controls all resources and business.

• There is a king or queen, and their children become the next king or queen, and so on.

• The people govern themselves by choosing their leaders.

The Greek city-state of Athens is famous for

• developing the arts and sciences, building schools, and hosting great thinkers.

• training people to be super-tough so that they could have a fearsome military.

• exploding in a giant fireball.

• having a tall lighthouse made of stone, with a huge fire on top.

The Greek city-state of Sparta is famous for

• supporting the arts and sciences, building schools, and hosting great thinkers.

• training people to be super-tough, so that they could build a fearsome military.

• exploding.

• being the first city to have a fire department.

Athens and Sparta fought each other for 30 years. This was called the

• European War

• Spartan War

• Peloponnesian War

• Trojan War

The ancient Greek Olympics began in 776 BCE in Olympia, Greece. Held every four years, these games honored _________________.

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Ms. Mitchell

• Athena

The Olympics aimed to bring people together in a spirit of _______________.

• boredom.

• wild, often violent struggle.

• peace and competition.

• learning.

The ancient Olympics featured various athletic events, including wrestling, long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, and the ____________.

• fire making

• pentathalon (a combination of five events).

• fashion show

• shot put