6th mid-term review

What feature of Greek geography encouraged a spirit of independence among its early peoples?

• Its good soil

• Its long coastline

• Its many peninsulas

• Its mountain ranges

What is the name of the landform on which Greece is situated?

• Delta

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

• Plateau

What correctly classifies the relationship between Greece's geography and the Greek's connection with the sea?

• Greece's hot, dry summers forced many Greek's to give up agriculture and turn to fishing to make their living.

• Greece's mountains left little good soil for farming, so the Greek's searched overseas for sources of food.

• The first Greek's settled on the islands of the Aegan Sea, so they naturally became a seafaring people.

• The mountains geography of the mainland forced most Greeks to live along the coast?

All Greeks were intensely loyal to their "polis." What is a polis?

• Family

• Country

• City-State

• World

Greece is located on which continent?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

Which of the following statements best describes an oligarchy?

• Directly ruled by citizens

• Ruled by rich nobles

• Ruled by one emperor

• Ruled by different departments

Which of the following statements best describes a democracy?

• Directly ruled by citizens

• Ruled by rich nobles

• Ruled by one emperor

• Ruled by different departments

What was Sparta's main form of government?

• Democracy

• Republic

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

The city-state of Athens had what type of government?

• Democracy

• Republic

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

How did Pericles influence the functioning of Athenian government?

• He introduced representative democracy.

• He expanded direct democracy to new classes of free men.

• He increased the salaries for government officials.

• He greatly strengthened the authority of military leaders in society.