Ancient Greece

What is the definition of the term polis?

• A type of government in which the people rule themselves

• A high hill 

• City-state

• Rich landowner

A classical age is a time when there was

• a strong dictator

• great achievements

• a great army

• trade

An acropolis is a

• a religious building

• peninsula

• city state

• high hill

Which of the following does not describe the geography of Greece?

• flat land

• a peninsula

• mountainous

• surrounded by water

What was not an effect of the mountains in Greece?

• difficulty trading

• the separation of city-states

• they were a good source of food

• different governments in the different city-states

• protection from invasion

Match the following terms

• A leader who held power through the use of force

• Tyranny

• A government in which a leader took power through force

• Democracy

• A government in which only a few people have power

• Oligarcy

• A type of government in which the people rule themselves

  "rule of the people"

• Tyrant

• Rich landowner

• Aristocrat

What is a citizen?

• A person who could write myths

• A person who had a slave

• A person who owns land

• A person who had the right to participate in government 

What was Pericles known for?

• ruling the democracy in Greece when it was most successful

• his fables

• writing the Iliad and the Odyssey

• being a female poet

What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?

• In a direct democracy, the people elect a ruler. In a representative democracy, the people vote on laws

• In a representative democracy, the people elect a ruler. In a direct democracy, the people vote on laws

• In a direct democracy, there is a jury. In a representative democracy, there is no jury

• In a representative democracy, there is no army. In a direct democracy, there is a strong army

What is mythology?

• A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

• Short stories that teach the readers lessons about life or give advice on how to live 

• A famous female poet

• a famous volcano in Greece