Ancient Greece

A gathering place or marketplace in Ancient Greece

• agora

• colony

• city-state

• Pathenon

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

• Athens
• Sparta
• Delphi
• Olympia

What is a democracy?

• A system where the people/citizens share in the running of the government

• where ONE person is in charge of making the laws

• A system where the wealthy are in charge of making the laws

• a system with no rules

stories of the Ancient Greeks' gods & goddesses were called ________

• parables
• myths
• epics
• lullabies

What contributions did the Ancient Greeks have to our modern society?

• Art & Architecture
• Literature & Drama
• Science & Mathematics
• All of the contributions mentioned

Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship?

• free, native-born men who owned land

• any woman, whether she owned land or not

• wealthy men or women who owned slaves and land

• foreign-born or native-born men, who may or may not have been landowners

________ is a system of government in which a few people hold power.

• tyrant

• oligarchy

• democracy

• ephor

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

• Athens
• Sparta
• Crete
• Olympia

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 

Which of the following did the early Greeks NOT do in order to survive?

• Fish
• Trade 
• Herd goats and sheep
• Hunt