7.HI.2a - Ancient Greece

What does 'democracy' mean?

• rule by the few
• rule by the people
• rule of the leaders
• rule of the powerful

A form of government ruled by a king (monarch) independently and the power is passed from father to son (hereditary succession):

• oligarchy
• tyranny
• monarchy
• democracy

How did the geography of Greece impact its development of as civilization?

• Independent city-states developed with different forms of government.
• The city-states were ruled as an empire under one ruler.
• The city-states formed a national democracy and voted for president of Greece.
• The rough, rocky terrain did not effect the developement of civilization in Greece.

Which of the following geographic term best describes Greece?

• archipelago
• subcontinent
• desert
• peninsula

Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks...

• Became expert ship builders

• Learned how to climb mountains

• Gave up trying to travel

• Took up farming

Oligarchy was a government in which

• The people ruled themselves

• A small group of influential people

• A single person ruled by force

• A single person ruled by election

The world's first democracy was formed by

• Cleisthenes

• Hephastus

• Pericles

• Draco

The culture that was created through Alexander the Great's conquest was called ___________.

• Persian

• Greek

• Macedonian

• Hellenistic

The Minoan civilization is thought to have spanned roughly from ____________ to ______________.

• 3000 BCE to 1600 BCE.

• 1100 BCE to 64 BCE.

• 8000 BCE to 3000 BCE.

• 3000 BCE to 1000 CE.

The Minoans lived mainly on the island of

• Crete

• Cyprus

• Alexandria

• Ellis