Classical Greece: Guided Reading Review

A Polis was...

• A City-State of Ancient Mesopotamia

• A City-State of Ancient Greece

• A City-State of Ancient Rome

• A City-State of Ancient Egypt

According to legend, Mycenaeans fought a long war with the people of Troy, a city in Turkey. This conflict was called

• Spartan War

• Greek Roman War

• Persian War

• Trojan War

Greek poet who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey

• Zeus

• Homer

• Dorian

• Epic

These stories explain the actions of Greek gods and events in nature.

• Epics

• Myths

• Fiction

• None of the above

Heroic story told in the form of a long poem

• Epic

• Myth

• Action

• None of the above

Government ruled by a king or queen

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

Government ruled by a few powerful people

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

Government ruled by a small group of noble families

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

Rule by the people

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Oligarchy

Powerful ruler who gained control of a city-state’s government by asking the common people for support

• Helot

• Monarch

• A tyrant

• Aristocrat