Ancient Greek Civilization Quiz

What type of government is described as one in which only a small group of the wealthiest people have power?

• Democracy

• Alliance

• Aristocracy

• Tyranny

What term refers to stories about gods and heroes that attempt to explain different natural and historical events?

• Polis

• Direct Democracy

• Mythology

• Olympics

Which term describes a type of government that gives citizens the power to rule themselves?

• Tyranny

• Representative Democracy

• Democracy

• Aristocracy

What is the term for a Greek-like culture that blended with customs in parts of Africa and Asia?

• Citizen

• Hellenistic

• Alliance

• Direct Democracy

What is the term for a city-state in ancient Greece, where a city and its settlements in the surrounding countryside act as an independent state?

• Polis

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Alliance

What is the term for an agreement formed between groups to work together?

• Aristocracy

• Alliance

• Tyranny

• Olympics

What term is used for someone who has the right to participate in government?

• Citizen

• Oligarchy

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

What is the term for the sporting competition held every four years in honor of Zeus?

• Polis

• Direct Democracy

• Olympics

• Mythology

What is the term for a form of democracy that allows all citizens to directly participate in government?

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

• Aristocracy

• Alliance

What is the term for a form of democracy in which citizens choose government officials to represent them?

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Tyranny