CRM 3.2 Ancient Greece Test Review

What is a city-state?

• a state that is the size of a city

• an independent city and surrounding area

• a state that has been completely urbanized

• a city that has seceded from the surrounding area

Where did the settlements of ancient Greece tend to be located?

• at the base of tall mountains

• along the seacoasts

• near major rivers

• in the rugged interior

Given the geography of Greece, the ancient Greeks likely became experts at which activities?

• irrigation and subsistence farming

• hunting and gathering

• making silk and blowing glass

• sailing and shipbuilding

What are the predominant geographical features of Greece?

• large, flat plains

• deserts and plateaus

• mountains and seas

• dry, barren deserts

The American form of government has elements from other societies throughout history. American democracy is most associated with which ancient culture?

• ancient China

• ancient Greece

• ancient Egypt

• ancient India

A polis is a Greek city-state. What geographical feature contributed to the development of city-states by keeping people divided and isolated from one another?

• plains

• mountains

• deserts

• tundras

A government by the people

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Democracy

• Monarchy

A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece

• Helot

• Agora

• Oracle

• Polis

Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship?

• Free men, born in that city-state, who owned land

• Any man or woman who lived in that city-state

• Foreign-born men or women who owned slaves and land

• Male or female slaves

The list below describes one of the city-states of ancient Greece.

militaristic society

citizens trained as soldiers beginning in youth

important to the protection of Greece during Greco-Persian wars

respected military power

• Argos

• Athens

• Corinth

• Sparta