Ancient Greece

Which of these is NOT true about the geography of Ancient Greece?

• Greece is made up of small islands and peninsulas

• Greece had a lot of good farmland

• Greece is rocky and mountainous

• The mountains and seas isolated Greek city-states

What did all of the Greek city-states have in common?

• They shared the same language

• They all valued education and the arts

• The all had the same type of government

• All of these

Which Greek city-state became the most powerful and important of them all around 700 B.C.?

• Minoa

• Troy

• Athens

• Sparta

Who was allowed to be a citizen in Ancient Athens?

• Men and women

• All men, but no women

• Men that had two parents from Athens

• Anyone that lived in Athens

What type of democracy did Athens have?

• Representative

• Authoritative

• Participatory

• Direct

Who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey?"

• Socrates

• Homer

• Aristotle

• Plato

Greek word for city 

• polis 
• agora 
• acropolis 
• oligarchy 

Rule by a few wealthy aristocrats 

• democracy 
• oligarchy 
• tyranny 
• socialism 

a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people or something in the natural world

• Epicureanism

• Rhetoric

• Fable

• Myth

a story meant to teach a lesson

• Oracle

• Myth

• Fable

• Comedy