Ancient Greece S.S. Study Quiz

How did the Assembly work in Athenian democracy?

What is a peninsula?

A form of democracy that allows all citizens to directly participate in government.

Did Athens have a powerful army or navy? Did Sparta have a powerful army or navy?

Why did many Greeks travel to the city-state of Delphi and see the Pythia at the Temple of Apollo?

Why do historians refer to a period of ancient Greek history as the Dark Age?

A sporting competition held every four years in honor of Zeus.

What is the name for the major gods and goddesses from Greek mythology?

Why did the Greeks create their own city-states instead of a united country during ancient history?

What was a significant development after Alexander's death during the Hellenistic Period?

Why is Cleisthenes considered an important figure in world history?

A type of government that gets the power to rule through force.

What was a major cause of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta?

How did Sparta's relationship with the helots affect the development of its society?

Which city-state in ancient Greece experienced several government changes and became the first democracy in the world?

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all famous leaders in which academic field of study?

Did Athenian women have more or fewer rights than Spartan women?

A form of democracy in which citizens choose government officials to represent them.

Democracy is a form of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.

Why do some historians refer to Alexander as "the Great"?

Stories about gods and heroes that attempt to explain different natural and historical events.

A type of government in which power is shared between a small group of people.

What was the role of women in Sparta?

polis is city-state, where city & its settlements in the surrounding countryside are an independent state

Why did Alexander stop his military campaign and turn back toward Greece?

In Athenian democracy, who was excluded from participating in the government?

An agreement between states to fight together against a common enemy.

Why did King Darius send the Persian army to attack Greece in the Battle of Marathon during the Persian Wars?

Why is Homer considered an important figure in world history?

A group of soldiers arranged in a square and equipped with spears and shields.

How did Solon change the government in Athens?

How did mountains affect civilization in Ancient Greece.

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

Why is Hippocrates considered an important figure in world history?

Why do you think Spartan boys received limited food and supplies during their military training?

Who was the Greek politician that was a huge advocate for democracy and supervised the reconstruction of the Acropolis?

Acropolis

What types of plays were invented by the ancient Greeks and became a form of entertainment?

A member of the community who legally belonged to a city-state who had political rights.

Who were the Minoans?

What were some of the major goods produced in ancient Greece?

How was Sparta able to win the Peloponnesian War?

How did the sea affect civilization in Ancient Greece?

How were tyrants viewed differently in some ancient civilizations, such as Greece, compared to in modern times?

What was the significance of the Battle of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars?

A type of government in which only a small group of the wealthiest people have power is aristocracy.

Who were the citizens that also traditionally served as soldiers in the armies of most Greek city-states?