Ancient History Chapter 6 Ancient Greece Test Review

Egypt was already considered ancient during the time of classical Greece.

What was the most common meat eaten by the Ancient Greeks?

What area was the center of activity in Ancient Greek cities?

What do archeologists call the written language of the Minoans?

In what continent is Greece located?

Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann believed he found the ruins of the ancient city of Troy.

What natural disaster do historians think may have weakened the Minoan civilization?

What would happen to a married woman if she was caught at the Olympic games?

Greece is almost completely surrounded by water.

Who ruled the government of Sparta?

What is another name for a Labyrinth?

The Trojan War was a myth.

Where did the Minoans primarily live?

What was the city-state of Sparta known for?

The Trojan War was between

What color was most of the clothing worn by the Ancient Greeks?

There are thousands of islands around the Greek peninsula.

A high, rocky hill on or near which early people built cities is called this

What large peninsula at the southern tip of Greece was home to Sparta and Corinth?

What were the two largest Greek city-states in who fought many battles between each other?

Rule by a single person

What kind of democracy is the United States?

Which type of landscape best describes much of the region of Ancient Greece?

A long poem, such as the Iliad is called this

What was the biggest shame that a Spartan soldier could experience in battle?

Where was the government of democracy first conceived of and introduced?

These Greek plays were meant to make people laugh.

To be a citizen in Athens you had to

Which social class wanted democracy?

When the Mycenaeans conquered the Minoans, they adopted much of the Minoan culture.

Famous Athenian philosopher put to death in 399 BCE when he was forced to drink poison.

What was at the center of the Greek house?

The Minoan civilization was unknown to the modern world until the early 1900s.

According to the Illiad, what strategy finally allowed the Greek victory in The Trojan War?

Who was the patron god or goddess of the city of Athens?

Some Greek theaters could hold over 10,000 people.

What mythical monster lived in a labyrinth built by King Minos?

What was the main thing that the Greeks drank?

A city with its own traditions and its own government and laws is called a

Where did the Ancient Greeks believe the Twelve Olympian gods lived?

These Greek plays were sad stories

The Iliad and the Odyssey were epics believed to be written by this poet

At what age were the children of Ancient Greece considered adults?

What geographical feature formed natural borders between the city-states of Ancient Greece?

Most of Ancient Greece was divided into these types of political regions

What form of government was first introduced in the city-state of Athens?

What was the largest city of the Mycenaeans?

What sea is located along the eastern coast of Greece?

Men and women were thought of as equals in Ancient Greece.

In what Greek city-state did women have the most rights and freedoms?

What was the name of the capital city of the Minoans?

What was a patron god of a city?

What were the homes of the Ancient Greeks made of?

Rule by a small group

Which of the following best describes the climate in Greece?

What do archaeologists call the first period of Ancient Greece?

What building, located at the center of the Acropolis, was dedicated to the goddess Athena?

What was the name of the garment most all Greeks, men and women, wore during ancient times?

What type of government did the city-states of Greece have?

Why are the Mycenaeans sometimes called the first Greeks?

What was the name of the battle formation that the Spartan soldiers used?

City-States no longer exist.

The Trojan War lasted a decade, which is how many years?

A traditional story; a legend that explains people's beliefs

Rule by many people