Ancient Greece Test

Which words would best describe the geography of Greece?

• deserts & rivers

• mountains & peninsulas

• straits & prairies

• grasslands & mountains

Which ancient Greek city-state would you find the majority of young men involved in the military? 

• Athens
• Sparta
• Crete
• Olympia

If you wanted to go buy and sell products in an open marketplace, you would go to the...

• Walmart
• Polis
• Agora
• Peloponneses  

If a small group of chosen officials make all the decisions in a government, that type of government is known as a ___________

• Democracy
• Theocracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship 

If you were someone who thought deeply about life's questions, you would be known as a _____________

• Archaeologist 
• Historian
• Philosopher
• Dorian

Greece was a ...

• island
• peninsula
• isthmus
• glacier

The two main crops the Ancient Greeks grew were:

• corn & beans
• squash & quinoa
• olives & grapes
• bananas & coconut

What is a democracy?

• people make the decisions
• government led by a dictator
• government with no rules
• government that is ruled by land owners

The city-state where boys, at the age of 7, would start hardy soldier training

• Athens
• Sparta
• Delphi
• Olympia

True or False? Women who lived in Sparta could own property.

• True
• False