Ancient Greece Review

Describe the climate/geography of ancient Greece (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY):

• Warm climate allowed them to do things outside

• Heavy rainfall allowed for plentiful crops to trade

• Abundance of rocky hills/mountains provided little farmland

• Dry deserts prevented clean drinking water

The ______ and the ________ were the first civilizations in ancient Greece.

• Mycenaeans ; Spartans

• Athenians ; Spartans

• Minoans ; Olympians

• Mycenaeans ; Minoans

The geography of Greece created isolated city-states, which prevented them from creating a unified civilization.

• True

• False

An Acropolis was a

• A large island in the Aegean Sea

• Greek city-stated on a fortified hilltop

• A maze under the castle to keep prisoners

• An army of 10,000 soldiers on horseback

In all forms of government, citizens had to...

• Follow the Laws & Pay Taxes

• Build Roads & Serve in the Military

• Participate in the Olympics & Attend the Chariot Races

• Vote & Serve on Jury Duty

A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who inherited the throne is a

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

A government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who seized power by force is a

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

a government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives is

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people is

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

A "direct" democracy is when

• a group of aristocrats make all of the government decisions

• citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all people

• the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies infect a city-state

• all citizens are involved in making decisions about government