Ancient Greece Test Review

A body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

• Peninsula

• Island

• Colony

A government ruled by powerful men who seized power

• Monarch

• Tyranny

• Polis

A military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields closed together in rows.

• Acropolis

• Polis

• Agora

• Phalanx

A government in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Dictatorship

A government in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

A Greek city-state

• Agora

• Polis

• Acropolis

A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; the new territory itself

• Polis

• Colony

• Agora

A government ruled by a few powerful citizens

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

A government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent.

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

What caused Greece to develop as independent city-states?

• They spoke different languages and couldn’t communicate

• they were connected by valleys

• they didn’t get along with one-another

• they were separated by mountains and seas