Chapter 8 Ancient Greece

In what way were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans?

Hera is the king of the gods

A leader who uses force to hold power

People who have the right to participate in government

Why did many ancient Greeks visit the oracle at Delphi?

Greeks produce great works of literature because they always enjoyed telling myths and stories

A high hill that often had a fortress on its top

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

A famous poet and one of the earliest Greek writers

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

Which of the following best describes a representative democracy

An age marked by great achievements

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

All of the following cities began as Greek colonies except

The Minoans and the__ helped shape later Greek cultures.

A Greek famous for his fables

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

The ancient Greeks believed that their__ caused events like thunder and earthquakes

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

The_tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War.

The following Greek leaders would have approved of democracy found in the United States except

Which of the following does not describe the first democracy in Athens

Which of the following best defines a lyric poem

Which of the following shows that Greeks strongly influenced our language

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

The__Sea lies to the east of the Greek mainland.

Rich landowners

Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks

Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks

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

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

Apollo was the god of the _