Ancient Greece

What did Greek city-states do when they didn’t have enough farmland to produce food for their people?

• They created colonies and/or started trading.

• Started wars with neighboring city-states

• Forced their citizens to starve
• Established colonies in other regions

Mainland Greece is a peninsula.  What is a peninsula?

• A peninsula is a landform connected to an island on one side.
• A peninsula is a landform surrounded by water on all sides.

• A body of land surrounded on three sides of water.

• A peninsula is a landform surrounded by mountains on three sides.

Why were farms and villages were often separated from each other in Ancient Greece?

• To promote better communication and trade between farms and villages.
• To encourage a sense of independence and self-sufficiency in each community.
• To prevent the spread of diseases between farms and villages.

• There were many steep mountains.

What method of travel did the Greeks master that helped them become a center of learning and commerce?

• Land travel
• Air travel
• Underwater travel

• They mastered the art of sailing.

What was the name and location of the first Greek colony?

• The first Greek colony was Ionia, in Asia Minor.

• Athens, Greece

• Marseilles, France
• Syracuse, Sicily

Who made the laws in monarchy?

• Citizens
• Judges
• Military Generals

• The king made the laws in a monarchy.

What type of government is characterized by one ruler who takes power by seizing it?

• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Anarchy

• In a tyranny there is one ruler who takes power by seizing it.

What are the four types of governments that developed in Ancient Greece, in the correct order?

• Monarchy

• Tyranny

• Monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy developed in Ancient Greece.

• Oligarchy

Who had final approval of laws in Athens?

• Senate of Athens
• Court of Areopagus
• Council of 500

• The Assembly had final approval of the laws in Athens.

How could someone of the proper age become a member of the Council of 500 in Athens?

• Slave over the age of 35, chosen by the Council of Elders

• They were chosen based on a random drawing.

• Foreigner over the age of 40, appointed by the king
• Female citizen over the age of 25, selected by popular vote