Ancient Greece Review 1

agora

• a city near Thousand Oaks

• A type of sweater

• a public open air space used for events and markets

• a location of a movie

peninsula

• Florida

• a restaurant

• a flat, grassland that goes on for miles.

• a landform surrounded on three sides by water, that is connected to mainland by one border

tyranny

• a cruel and oppressive government or rule

• quarantine

• a video game

• high school

What is the Greek definition of city-state that is centered around a small town and the countryside around it?

• polis

• agora

• tragedy

• aristocrats

The ruler of all the Greek gods was... 

• Poseidon.
• Ares.  
• Zeus.
• Athena.  

What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?

• rocky and mountainous
• flat
• desert
• rolling plains

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What does the word "Democracy" mean?

• "rule by the government"
• "rule by the many"
• "rule by the wealthy"
• "rule by the people"

City-state owned slaves that came from being conquered by another city-state

• helots
• colonists
• soldiers
• tyrants

A form of government ruled by a king (monarch) independently and the power is passed from father to son (hereditary succession):

• oligarchy
• tyranny
• monarchy
• democracy

How did the geography of Greece impact its development of as civilization?

• Independent city-states developed with different forms of government.
• The city-states were ruled as an empire under one ruler.
• The city-states formed a national democracy and voted for president of Greece.
• The rough, rocky terrain did not effect the developement of civilization in Greece.