Classical Civilizations Ancient Greece & Rome: Riley 2025

What is a revolution?

• A war
• A fight between to countries
• A dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people's ideas about it
• An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

Based on the chart below, which form of Government involves the state being ruled by a single individual who often inherits his position?

• monarchy
• aristocracy
• direct democracy
• oligarchy

Based on what you see in the chart below, how would someone from Athens describe Sparta after visiting it?

• "The Spartans are very strict. The military dominates Spartan society."
• "It's interesting how both the rich and the poor can be rulers in Sparta."
• "This society has so many personal freedoms, unlike in Athens."
• "Sparta is exactly like Athens."

What effect did the geography of Greece have on it's early development?

• Greece had a lot of natural resources, so they never traded with other nations.
• Being located on the Mediterranean Sea limited cultural diffusion.
• 75% of Greece was covered by mountains, which led to independent city-states (called polis)
• It's locations limited the colonization of Greece.

Which of the following did Sparta and Athens have in common?

• Both favored Democracy
• Both were dominated by their military
• Both were Greek city-states
• They both fought on the same side in the Peloponnesian Wars

In a comparison between the Greek city-states of Sparta and Athens, Sparta placed more importance with?

• equality and voting rights
• art and culture
• education
• the military

Who was the Persian king who led his massive forces in an invasion of Greece, only to be held off by the Spartans?

• Darius
• Cyrus
• Alexander
• Xerxes

Which statement describes a Direct Democracy?

• The government controls the action of the people
• Citizens participate in government decisions by voting
• The military leaders create laws
• Religious leaders control the government

Why is Ancient Greece considered important to Western Civilization?

• Greek culture influenced today's democracy, architecture, and entertainment
• Athens defeated Sparta in the Peloponnesian Wars
• The Greeks borrowed ideas from Rome and improved on them
• The Greeks invented the world's first monotheistic religion

Which of the following is NOT a Greek achievement?

• Mathematics such as the formula for pi
• Philosophy, such as the work of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
• Medicine, such as the Hippocratic Oath
• Government, such as using Confucius as the basis for the exam system