Greek City-States and Governments Video

The Greek name for a self-governing independent city

• police

• polis

• acropolis

• agora

What made the geography of Greece different from Mesopotamia and Egypt?

• Greece was easy to invade, but not unite

• Greece was easy to invade and unify

• Greece was easy to unite, but not invade

• Greece was not easy to unite nor invade

What was NOT something every Greek polis shared?

• the same language

• religion

• a common history

• holy sites

Every polis had a constitution, or...

• a way to establish colonies

• a written system of government

• a sporting competition

• geographic isolation

Greek colonies in this region led it to be later called Magna Graecia- Big Greece.

• Southern France

• Northern Greece

• Ireland

• Southern Italy

A colony is

• a settlement in a distant land

• a military commander

• a sports festival

• a codified government

Which term does NOT come from the word polis?

• politics

• polite

• polytheism

• police

What made Egypt different from Greece?

• it was easy to unite

• it was hard to unite

• it was hard to invade

• Egypt made colonies

How were stories of Mycenaean kings different from other civilizations' stories?

• they were much longer

• they were not the hero of the story

• they were made to seem like gods

• they waged war over small causes

What surprisingly helped to unite the Greeks?

• competition

• warfare

• colonization

• a common constitution