Ancient Greece

What city-state had the strongest democracy?

• Sparta

• Athens

• Olympia

• Troy

Who could be granted citizenship in Athens?

• Only men over the age of 12

• Men and women

• Only men who were Athenian for two generations

• Men, women, and slaves over the age of 18

The poet Homer wrote two epics called…

• Aesop’s Fables and the Odyssey

• The Trojan Horse and Odysseus

• The Iliad and the Odyssey

• The Cyclops and the Trojan Horse

__________________ lived on the island of Crete and dominated trade in the Mediterranean

Sea.

• The Spartans

• The Minoans

• The Trojans

• The Athenians

What is significant about Mount Olympus?

• It was important in the Trojan War

• Alexander the Great was born on Mt. Olympus

• The main Greek Gods lived on Mt. Olympus

Of the 12 great gods in Ancient Greece, who is the head god?

• Zeus

• Hera

• Kronous

How did the physical geography affect Greece?

• Greeks had a ton of farm land and could trade food for goods

• Greece was spotted with mountainous/rocky land, so people became skilled in sea trade

TRUE OR FALSE: Both Athens and Sparta allowed slavery to occur.

• True

• False

In Ancient Greece, tribute most nearly means

• The taxation of Athenian citizens

• A ceremony to honor the gods

• Collecting payment from allied states

During the Golden Age, who was the most powerful man in Athens’ government?

• Pericles

• Zeus

• Socrates