Ancient Greece Review

What is a peninsula?

• A fancy type of pen the Greeks would write with.

• A body of land with water on three sides.

• Name for the upper class in Greece.

• A city-state well known for developing democracy.

What is Mount Olympus?

• A government ruled by a few people.

• The peninsula at the southern end of Greece

• highest point in Greece where gods were believed to live.

• A fortified hill top

An oligarchy is a government in which...

• One person has all the power.

• The people decide everything.

• A few people share the power and make decisions.

Aristocracy is a fancy term for...

• The wealthy and upper classes of Greece

• the Greek gods

• The soldiers of Sparta

An isthmus is...

• someone who takes power in an illegal way

• a body of land with water on three sides

• rule of the Greek gods

• a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

Someone who takes power in an illegal way is

• a polis

• a tyrant

• a citizen

• Sparta

The games held every four years, originally to honor the gods, are called

• The Olympics

• Myths

• polis

• Acropolis

A polis is a Greek word for "city-state." Two city-states in Greece are...

• Sparta

• Acropolis

• Macedonia

• Athens

The Peloponnesus refers to...

• relating to the blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures that began with Alexander the Great.

• the ruler of the Greek gods

• the peninsula at the southern end of Greece.

Hellenistic is an adjective used to describe...

• how awesome the Greek gods are

• relating to the blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures that began with Alexander the Great.

• a Greek military invention for hurling stones.