Ancient Greece Test

Greek word for city

• Athens

• Sparta

• polis

• Mycenae

government ruled by a few powerful people

• democracy

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

• representative democracy

government in which the people hold the ruling power

• representative democracy

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

Most powerful military polis in Greece

• Mycenae

• Sparta

• Athens

• Troy

City that was the site of the Trojan War

• Mycenae

• Sparta

• Athens

• Troy

The war that started when Sparta and the other Greek city states joined forces against Athens was

• The Persian War

• The Peloponnesian War

• The Punic War

What is the name for a Greek citizen-soldier?

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Hoplite

• Peninsula

This it the title for a great thinker who has developed a study of nature or the meaning of life. Examples include Plate, Socrates, and Aristotle

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Hoplite

• Philosopher

For defensive reasons, the palace or temple would be located on the top of the hill, known as this.

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Hoplite

• Philosopher

Greece was a single, united country

• True

• False