Ch 8- Ancient Greece

What kind of terrain does Greece have?

• flatlands

• prairies and deserts

• mountainous peninsula

• wetlands and swamps

What sea is to the south of Greece?

• North Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Baltic Sea

• Ionian Sea

What is the Greek word for "city-state?"

• Nation

• Tribe

• Polis

• Parthenon

Who were the first people to be considered Greek?

• Athenians

• Spartans

• Myceneans

• Persians

Greece is the birthplace of _______.

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• theocracy

______ were usually good rulers in ancient Greece.

• kings

• aristocrats

• tyrants

• dictators

What city in ancient Greece had a democracy?

• Sparta

• Crete

• Ionia

• Athens

The US has a representative democracy, but ancient Greece had a ________ democracy.

• direct

• indirect

Greeks believed that _____ caused disasters and daily events.

• monsters

• gods

• science

• weather

If you needed advice, you traveled to the temple at Delphi and talked to the _________.

• priest

• gods

• oracle

• leaders