Ch. 8 Review greeks

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

Apollo was the god of the...

An age marked by great achievements

People who have the right to participate in the government

The Greeks could make great works of literature because they enjoyed telling myths and stories.

Which of the following BEST describes a Representative Democracy?

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

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

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

How was democracy in Ancient Greece different from American democracy?

The ancient Greeks believed who caused events like thunder and earthquakes

A famous poet and one of the earliest Greek writers

A high hill that often had a fortress on its top

Which city did not begin as a Greek colony?

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

Hera is the king of the gods.

What sea lies to the east of the Greek mainland?

Rich landowners

Because it was difficult to travel on land in Greece, the Greeks became experts at...

The Minoans and whom helped shaped later Greek cultures.

A leader who uses force to hold power

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

Why did many ancient Greeks visit the oracle at Delphi?

Which of the following best describes a lyric poem?

A Greek famous for his fables

Which of Homer's epics tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War?

Which of these leaders would not have approved the American form of Democracy?

Which of these did NOT take place in the agora?

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

In what was were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans?

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