Greek City States

What is a 'city-state?'

• A city within a state

• Your address

• The government of Greece

• A city that acts like a small country

In a monarchy, what is the ruler called?

• President

• Dictator

• King/Queen

• Priest

What two features changed how the Greeks lived?

• rivers and the sea

• mountains and the sea

• mountains and plains

• deserts and rivers

What did the ancient Greeks use the sea for?

• food only

• transportation only

• food and transportation

• none of the above

Being next to the sea, allowed the Greeks to become excellent _______________ and ______________.

• fishermen and sailors

• herders and farmers

• farmers and sailors

• fishermen and farmers

Mountains made farming easier for the Greeks.

• True

• False

How did mountains change the way the Greeks lived?

• mountains connected the city-states

• mountains divided the territory into valleys

• mountains made farming better

• mountains allowed the Greeks to go on many adventures

What is a city-state?

• a city that governs itself

• a city that looks like a state

• a country that governs many cities

• none of the above

Fortified area on a hilltop

• trenches

• acropolis

• great wall

• castle

By 750 B.C., the ____, or city-state, became the central focus of Greek life.

• hoplite

• agora

• polis

• pantheon