The Ancient Greeks

The geography of Greece contributed to its growth as a

• unified state

• group of individual city-states

• democracy

The Minoan civilization was noted for its

• cultural achievements

• advances in politics and government

• military power

The Mycenaeans came to dominate the Aegean region because

• their government was democratic

• The Minoan civilization had declined

• they conquered the Minoans

The early history of the Greeks was kept alive during the Dark Age through

• oral tradition

• government records

• literature

The achievements of the Age of Expansion include each of the following except

• the rise of the city-states

• the development of democracy

• the invention of writing

This is a form of government controlled by the people.

• democracy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

• monarchy

This is a type of government controlled by a king or queen.

• democracy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

• monarchy

This type of government is controlled by a few who hold power ver a larger group of people.

• democracy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

• monarchy

This type of government is controlled by one person who seized power by force.

• democracy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

• monarchy

Participation in the democracy of Athens was open to

• all people

• citizens only

• citizens and metics (a foreigner living in Greece)

• citizens and their wives