Chapter 8 Test Review - Ancient Greece

In geographic terms, Greece is a (an)

• straight

• peninsula

• continent

• island

Everyone who lived in the city state would have lived behind the city walls.

• True

• False

Which of the following was a tyrant who brought peace and prosperity to Athens?

• Ms. Shultz

• Zeus

• Mrs. Lukaesko

• Peisistratus

The ancient Greeks wrote great works of literature because they enjoyed telling myths and stories.

• true

• false

Sappho was a famous female.

• tyrant

• goddess

• dictator

• lyric poet

Why did the first democracy in Athens end?

• The Romans conquered Athens.

• The Egyptians conquered Athens.

• The Mesopotamians conquered Athens.

• The Macedonians conquered Athens.

The geography of Greece consists of

• a cold, empty land.

• a rocky and mountainous land.

• deserts and valleys

• flat plains with a lot of good farmland.

Greek people living in city-states

• A) saw themselves as citizens of the larger country of Greece.

• B) saw themselves as residents or citizens of their city state, not as Greeks.

• C) fled their city states and set up their own colonies.

• D) disliked their city states and began to rebel against them.

What type of activities were held in the agora?

• religious meetings

• political meetings

• buying and selling goods

• all of the above

Why did the Greeks create myths? To explain why (a)   .

• To explain natural phenomena

• To teach moral lessons

• To entertain

• To preserve history