world history ancient Greece

A city-state that operated like an independent country was known as?

• Ephors

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Agora

Greece is on the Aegean and ___________ sea?

• Red sea

• Bering sea

• Caspian sea

• Mediterranean sea

An area of land surrounded on 3 sides by water is called?

• Peninsula

• island

• Archipelago

• Isthmus

Greek word that was an open space that could be used as a market-place or for public gatherings.

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Supermarket

• Hoplites

A government in which a small group has control is defined as?

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

The unified fighting formation greek soldiers used was called?

• Ephors

• Hoplites

• Blitz

• Phalanx

Enslaved laborers held by the Spartans were known as ?

• Satraps

• Helots

• Ephors

• Helocs

Which civilization did the Greeks borrow the idea for an alphabet from?

• Romans

• Egyptians

• Persians

• Phoenicians

Someone who seizes power and rules with total authority is called a/an?

• Tyrant

• oligarch

• Ephor

• Tycoon

At what age did Spartan boys prepare for a life of war?

• nineteen

• seventeen

• nine

• seven