Ancient Greece Review

What type of government best describes Athens?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Monarchy

Who won the Persian War?

• Greece

• Athens

• Persia

• Sparta

How is a tyrant government different from a monarchy government?

• Tyrants take power by force, Monarchies pass power to oldest son

• Monarchs take power by force, Tyrants pass power to their oldest son

• Tyrant governments have 3 rulers, Monarchies have 1

• A Monarch must be a king, whereas a tyrant can be a queen

The Ancient Greeks were . . .

• buddhism
• christian
• polytheistic
• monotheistic

This is another word for an Ancient Greece marketplace.

• agriculture
• farmer's market
• agora
• public square

A body of land surrounded on three sides by water

• representative democracy
• peninsula
• island
• isle

Who could be a citizen of an ancient Greek city-state?

• free, native-born, men

• native-born men and women

• land-owning men

• foreign-born men

At what age did children in Sparta begin training to defend their city?

• 5
• 7
• 9
• 11

True or False?  
The ancient Greeks were excellent sailors.

• True
• False

Democracy means ________?
(fill in the blank)

• demonstration of government
• government with a king
• government run by a few wealthy leaders
• government by the people