Ancient Greece (VA WHI SOL .5) Review

What is a government ruled by the people--direct or representative?

• tyrrany

• democracy

• monarchy

• Athenian

What is a government ruled by one person in absolute control (especially during times of trouble in Ancient Greece)?

• tyrrany

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• democracy

Athens was on the _____________ peninsula, while Sparta was on the _____________________ peninsula.

• Ionian, Balkan

• European, Peloponnesian

• Peloponnesian, Balkan

• Balkan, Peloponnesian

The ____________ Sea lies to the east of Greece and separates it from Asia Minor

• Mediterranean

• Yellow

• Aegean

• Ionian

What was the mountainous kingdom to the north of ancient Greece?

• Hindu Kush

• Macedonia

• Olympus

• Balkan

What was the name of Greece's rival city that was on the coast of Asia Minor, and which was their opponent in the Trojan War?

• Persia

• Macedonia

• Troy

• Crete

"A" on the map above is

• the Mediterranean Sea

• the Indian Ocean

• the Aegean Sea

• the Balkan Peninsula

"D" on the map is

• Jerusalem

• Athens

• Troy

• Rome

"C" on the map is labeling the

• mountain called Olympus

• city of Sparta

• Balkan Peninsula

• Greek agricultural colonies

What two factors led the ancient Greeks to colonize surrouding land and islands?

• overpopulation and drought

• poor economy and poor soil

• overpopulation and limited arable land

• Greed and economic need