Ancient Greece Test

A government where a few powerful elites are in charge

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• republic

• tyranny

What was the center of public life in Ancient Greece?

• acropolis

• stadium

• home

• agora

Who were the ancient people who lived on the island of Crete and built a grand palace in the city of Knossos?

• Minoans
• Romans
• Persians
• Spartans

What ancient civilization eventually replaced the Minoans as the major power in the Aegean sea, after the Minoan civilization disappeared?

• Romans
• Spartans
• Persians
• Mycenaeans

what is a hilltop in a Greek city state called? 

(It housed a fort and a temple to the city-state's local god or goddess)

• Agriculture
• Thermopylae
• Acropolis
• Ephor

What is a form of government in which all citizens get a vote?

• Democracy
• Assembly
• Oligarchy
• Tyranny

A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.

• Athens
• Delphi
• Corinth
• Sparta

A city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education. 
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)

• Sparta
• Athens
• Delphi
• Corinth

Who was the leader of Athens after the defeat of the Persians and took athens into a "Golden Age" of prosperity and achievement?

• Pericles
• Leonidas
• Themistocles
• Socrates

What is the name for thinkers who reflect on the meaning of life?

• Soldiers
• Philosophers
• Ephors
• Helots