Ancient Greece

This is the highest hill in a Greek city-state.

• Acropolis

• Peninsula

• Bunker Hill

• Mt. Olympus

_{In ancient Greek, the term 'polis' refers to what?}

• A large army

• A marketplace

• A city-state

• A religious temple

What does the word "Democracy" mean?

• "rule by the government"
• "rule by the many"
• "rule by the wealthy"
• "rule by the people"

Which type of government allows the citizens to vote for laws?

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

What do we call land with water on 3 sides?

• island

• continent

• peninsula

• city

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

The ideal Spartan believed that ________.

• The family came before Sparta

• Sparta came before family

• Greece needed to be united as one country

• The key to winning a war was all about the size of your army

By the mid-1400s, Minoan society had declined. That decline allowed the ​ (a)   to take over Crete and become the major ​ (b)   in the eastern Mediterranean. Mycenaean society began to fall apart in the 1200s BC when ​ (c)   from Europe swept into Greece. At the same time, ​ (d)   destroyed many cities.

• Mycenaeans
• traders
• invaders
• earthquakes
• Trojans
• allies
• Monsoons

Life in the city often focused on the marketplace, or _______ in Greek. Farmers brought their crops to the market to trade for goods made by craftsmen in the town.

Spartan society was dominated by the ​ (a)   . Healthy boys were trained from an early age to be ​ (b)   For Spartan soldiers— ​ (c)   and ​ (d)   were more important than one’s own safety.

Soldiers between the ages of 20 and 30 lived in army barracks and only occasionally visited their families. Spartan men stayed in the army until they turned​ (e)  

• military
• soldiers.
• courage
• strength
• 60.
• Navy
• Pacifists
• weakness
• fear
• 75