Ancient Greece Snapshot

True or false. Greece's natural barriers made it difficult for people to interact and form one large, unified country.

• True

• False

Why are olives such an important crop?

• Olive trees grew easily in the climate and soil conditions.

• Olive trees provided little trading options

• Olive trees grew poorly in the Mediterranean climate.

The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek word meaning . . .

• lunch

• love of wisdom

• Sparta

• Zeus

Government by the people

• Democracy

• Polis

• Helots

• Aristocrats

What was the domain of Zeus?

• King of the gods

• god of love

• god of war

• god of the sea

A government ruled by a few powerful people.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

Traditions that shape how people live their identity.

• City-State

• Democracy

• Culture

If you wanted to go buy and sell products in an open marketplace, you would go to the...

• Walmart
• Polis
• Agora
• Peloponneses  

What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?

• rocky and mountainous
• flat
• desert
• rolling plains

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Who was NOT a Greek philosopher?

• Pythagoras
• Aristotle
• Socrates
• Plato