Ancient Greece

What did Aristotle, Socrates and Plato have in common?

• They were all Greek scientists.

• They were military leaders during the Persian Wars.

• They were all teachers and thinkers.

• They were famous Olympic athletes.

What role did mythology have in Greek society?

• gods controlled few aspects of Greek life

• Greeks prayed to the gods to bring good fortune

Which government system work best if you wanted to make decisions quickly and did not want anyone to argue with you?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Democracy

Which government system would work best if you wanted routine changes in leadership?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Democracy

Which government system would work best if you wanted to ensure your children, and their children, remained the only ones in control?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Democracy

Which government system would work best if you did not want the responsibility to rule over all the people yourself?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Democracy

____ ____ is a political system where an independent sovereign city serves as the center of political & economic life

• architecture

• city-state

• peninsula

• citizen

True or False. Athens was located near the coast

• True

• False

True or False. Sparta was located in the Peloponnese.

• True

• False

____ is the doctrine or belief that there is only one God

• monotheism

• peninsula

• Hellenistic Age

• colonization