Ancient Greece Review

What was a unified formation of Greek soldiers called?

• Phalanx
• Phylange
• Assembly
• Ephor

What is another name for a Greek city-state?

• Polling Place
• Acropolis
• Polis
• Oligarchy

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 government where only a few, very wealthy people rule?

• Democracy
• Tyranny
• Oligarchy
• Assembly

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

300 Spartan soldiers held the Persian army to a stalemate for three days before the Persians eventually defeated them in what famous battle?

• Battle of the Greeks
• Battle of Thermopylae
• Battle of Little Big Horn
• Battle of Pericles

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