Ancient Greece Unit Test

What were the two most powerful Greek city-states?

• Olympia and Sparta

• Macedonia and Sparta

• Sparta and Persia

• Athens and Sparta

What two features isolated Greece into city-states?

• rivers and hills

• mountains and the sea

• deserts and plains

• mountains and rivers

What is a city-state?

• a city that looks like a state

• a state that governs many cities

• a city that governs itself

• none of the above

Athens and Sparta had the same types of government.

• True

• False

Which city-state valued war above all else?

• Athens

• Kansas City

• Sparta

• Greece

Which government means "rule by the people"?

• monarchy

• tyranny

• democracy

• oligarchy

Which government has one person in charge and the leaders are called kings/queens?

• democracy

• oligarchy

• tyranny

• monarchy

Which city-state values wisdom, education and the arts above all else?

• Athens

• Sparta

• United States

• Corinth

Which ancient civilization is considered the birthplace of democracy?

• Chinese

• Egyptians

• Greeks (Athens)

• Sumerians

Which was the MAIN cause for the independence, isolation, and separation of city-states in ancient Greece?

• The spread of Minoan culture.

• The Greeks' location on the desert

• The threat of warlike neighbors to the north.

• The geography of mountains, islands, peninsulas and seas.