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Chapter 8: Ancient Greece
Chapter 8: Ancient Greece
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The father of democracy...
Cleisthenes
Aesop
Peisistratus
Pericles
2
The Minoans lived...
on the Greek mainland.
on Greek islands.
3
Many English words and expressions come from Greek mythology.
False
True
4
Traveling by land was difficult for the Greeks so they...
gave up traveling.
became expert shipbuilders.
took up farming.
learned how to climb mountains.
5
The English language is based on the letters of the Greek alphabet.
False
True
6
How did the ancient Greeks honor their gods?
had parades
built temples
sang hymns
held sporting events
7
In a representative democracy....
all men, women, and children can vote.
all citizens help make the laws.
citizens elect officials to make the laws.
citizens act as judges and lawmakers.
8
A lyric poem is a poem that...
discusses Greek heroes
is set to music
explains natural events
teaches life's lessons
9
The geography of Greece is...
rocky and mountainous
cold and barren
flat and fertile
hilly and forested
10
A high hill that often had a fortress on its top is...
agora
acropolis
assembly
polis
11
Greeks living in citystates thought of themselves as residents of the citystate, not as Greeks.
True
False
12
The main characters of Greek fables are...
heroes
gods
animals
humans
13
The Greeks set up a polis in distant lands that traded with city-states on the mainland.
False
True
14
The Mycenaeans lived...
on Greek islands.
on the Greek mainland.
15
The first democracy in Athens allowed all citizens the right to speak.
False
True
16
A government in which only a few people have power is called an aristocracy.
False
True
17
The English language was first spoken in ancient Greece.
False
True
18
This sea lies south of Greece...
Black
Mediterranean
Ionian
Aegean
19
Rich landowners are...
aristocrats
lords
elite
nobles
20
A famous tyrant of Athens who brought peace and prosperity to the city...
Pericles
Cleisthenes
Aesop
Peisistratus
21
The queen of the gods is...
Demeter
Artemis
Athena
Hera
22
Greek people living in citystates fled their city-states in fear and set up their own colonies.
False
True
23
Greek people living in city-states became bored and developed the desire to travel.
True
False
24
A Greek famous for his fables...
Grimm
Aesop
Sappho
Homer
25
A citizen is a ruler who held power though the use of force.
True
False
26
The king of gods is...
Apollo
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
27
A citizen is a ruler who held power though the use of force.
False
True
28
A polis is...
an achievement
a marketplace
a city-state
a high hill
29
Why were the seas important to the early Greeks?
Provided water for crops
Provided trade routes
Provided drinking water
Provided places to swim
30
The citizens in the early democracy of Athens voted by...
show of hands
writing on paper
secret ballot
31
Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live...
myths
lyric poems
epic poems
fables
32
A leader of Athens who encouraged the people of his city to participate in government.
Pericles
Aesop
Cleisthenes
Peisistratus
33
The Greeks set up colonies in distant lands that traded with city-states on the mainland.
False
True
34
The mainland of Greece is a...
continent
plateau
peninsula
island
35
Theseus traveled to Crete and killed this monster...
Medusa
Hydra
Harpy
Minotaur
36
People who have the right to participate in government are...
tyrants
citizens
kings
aristocrats
37
This sea lies to the east of the Greek mainland...
Ionian
Aegean
Mediterranean
Adriatic
38
The first democracy in Athens allowed aristocrats to have more power than citizens.
False
True
39
The first democracy in Athens allowed all citizens the right to participate in the assembly.
False
True
40
Under the laws of Solon all free men living in Athens became citizens.
True
False
41
A government in which only a few people have power is called an oligarchy.
True
False
42
The Greeks used a wooden horse to sneak into the city of Troy in this epic poem by Homer
Odyssey
Iliad
Trojan War
Labyrinth
43
A gathering of people that created the city's laws...
assembly
court
agora
pynx
44
The ancient Greeks believed that their actions caused events like thunder.
True
False
45
The creation of city-states marks the beginning of Greece's modern age.
True
False
46
Stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works...
lyric poems
fables
epic poems
myths
47
Athens was conquered by these people from the north of Greece...
Mesopotamians
Macedonians
Vikings
Romans
48
Greece is considered the birthplace of...
democracy
tyranny
oligarchy
monarchy
