Ancient Greece Trivia: Part 1

A Greek city-state is called 

• a colony 
• phalanx
•  agora
• polis 

A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows is called a 

• phalanx 
•  polis 
• agora 
• peninsula

A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece 

• polis
• colony
• agora 
• city-state 

A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process is 

• direct democracy 
•  democracy
• oligarchy 
• representative democracy

A form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf is 

• democracy
• representative democracy 
• direct democracy
•  oligarchy

A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

• teacher
• philosopher
•  tyrant
• oracle

Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 

• democracy
• representative democracy
• oligarchy 
• tyrant 

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

• Peninsula

• City-State

• Mythology

• Crete

A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• City-State
• tyrant 
• philosophers 
• drama 

Was the Athenian Assembly a direct democracy or a representative democracy?

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy