Chapter 8 Ancient Greece Test Review

All of the following cities began as Greek colonies EXCEPT....

Why did many ancient Greeks visit the oracle at Delphi?

A famous poet and one of the earliest Greek Writers

A leader who uses force to hold power

Which of the following DOES NOT describe the first democracy in Athens?

An age marked by great achievements...

The citizens in early democracy of Athens voted by writing on paper

Which of the following best defines a lyric poem?

The ___________ Sea lies to the east of the Greek mainland.

Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live...

How was the form of democracy in ancient Greece different from our current form of democractic government?

Apollo was the god of the ______________.

A high hill that often had a fortress on its top...

Which of the following shows that Greeks strongly influenced our language?

Everyone who lived in a city-state lived inside the city walls

In what ways were the Mycenaeans different from Minoans?

The ancient Greeks believes that their ____________ caused events like thunder and earthquakes.

Brilliant elected leader who led the Athens government from about 460 BC until 429 BC...

A Greek famous for his fables.....

The ________________ tells the story of the of the last years of the Trojan War.

It was natural for Greeks to produce great works of literature because they had always enjoyed telling myths and stories

Because they lived on an island, the Mycenaeans spent much of their time at sea

All of the following Greek leaders probably would've approved of the type of democracy found in the United States EXCEPT

Which of the following BEST describes a representative democracy?

Which of the following activities did NOT take place in the agora?

A body of stories about gods and heroes that tries to explain how the world works....

Hera is the king of the gods

People who have the right to participate in government....

Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks....

Rich Landowners...

The Minoans and the ____________ helped shape later Greek cultures.