G-1/18: Do Now

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the geography in Greece?

• They became excellent fishermen, sailors and traders

• There was lots of farmland to grow crops.

• The mountains made it difficult to communicate and travel

• Trade was very important

A Greek city-state is called 

• a colony 
• phalanx
•  agora
• polis 

A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece 

• polis
• colony
• agora 
• city-state 

A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment

• teacher
• philosopher
•  tyrant
• oracle

What caused Greece to be a group of city-states instead of a united country?

• Kings could not get along with one another

• Citizens of different city-states were hesitant to work together

• Areas were separated by mountains and seas

Government where only a few wealthy people hold power 

• democracy
• representative democracy
• oligarchy 
• tyrant 

A slave in Sparta 

• helot
• philosopher
• tyrant
• oracle 

Means “high city”; a fortified hilltop area of a Greek city-state which often included marble temples.

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Agora

• Helot

A Greek temple designed to honor the goddess Athena.

• Parthenon

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Phalanx

Ruler who takes power illegally and by force

• tyrant

• president

• king

• emperor