Ch.8 Test: Ancient Greece

A government in which only a few people have power is called

• a tyrant.

• a democracy.

• an oligarchy.

• a monarchy.

Aesop wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.

• True

• False

After Greek city-states were ruled by kings, they were ruled by

• dictators.

• armies.

• aristocrats.

• citizens.

Another name for a representative democracy is a republic.

• True

• False

Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love.

• True

• False

Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks

• took up farming.

• learned how to climb mountains.

• became expert shipbuilders.

• gave up trying to travel.

Democracy in the United States has already lasted longer than it did in Athens.

• True

• False

During the early democracy in Greece, why did people have meetings outdoors?

• to make sure everyone could attend

• to make it easier to hear speakers

• to make it easier to vote

• to allow visitors to watch the meetings

Greek myths were stories that explained

• why humans or animals behaved like they did.

• why humans should worship the gods.

• why natural or historical events happened.

• what things the Greek people most valued.

How was the form of democracy in ancient Greece different from our current democratic government?

• People debated issues.

• Citizens voted on issues.

• Voting took place on broken pieces of pottery.

• Officials collected and counted the votes.