Ch. 4 -Ancient Greece

Greece is surrounded by all these bodies of water except:

• Ionian Sea

• Red Sea

• Aegean Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

A Greek city-state is called what?

• Polis

• agora

• acropolis

• colony

Which civilization was founded on the island of Crete?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Minoans

• Mycenaeans

A settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland.

• colony

• polis

• agora

• settlement

The importance of the Battle of Marathon was?

• showed the power of Persian army

• Greeks were defeated

• kept the idea of democracy alive

• showed the power of the Spartan army

Land with water on 3 sides

• Peninsula

• straight

• polis

• island

The Mycenaeans were most proud of their success in?

• Battle

• Trade

• Farming

• Religion

Who were considered citizens of a Greek city-state?

• native born women

• children

• enslaved people

• native born men who owned land

The Peloponnesian war was fought between?

• Athens and Persia

• Sparta and Poland

• Athens and Sparta

• Greece and Macedonia

A fortified area at the top of the hill in Greek City-states was called?

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Castle