Ancient Greece Review

What was a unified formation of Greek soldiers called?

• Phalanx
• Phylange
• Assembly
• Ephor

A Government by the people

• Democracy
• Oligarchy 
• Monarchy
• Tyranny 

A Government with the power in the hands of a few wealthy people.

• Oligarchy 
• Tyranny
• Monarchy
• Democracy

Greece is a peninsula which means

• a mountain range with a river running through it. 
• land surrounded by water on three sides
• an area with major rivers running through it
• a very mountainous region

What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?

• rocky and mountainous
• flat
• desert
• rolling plains

What ancient civilization eventually replaced the Minoans as the major power in the Aegean sea, after the Minoan civilization disappeared?

• Romans
• Spartans
• Persians
• Mycenaeans

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

Greek word for city 

• polis 
• agora 
• acropolis 
• oligarchy 

What is Greece's hilly terrain (land) good for?

• lots of farming

• communication between city-states

• growing grapes and olives

• providing water for the crops