Ancient Greece Rise of City States

Greece borders all of these seas except which one?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Aegean Sea

• Ionian Sea

• North Sea

The Greeks were influenced by this early civilization who developed on the island of Crete?

• Minoans

• Mycenaeans

• Egyptians

• Babylonians

Greece has a Mediterranean climate with

• cold, snowy winters, and cool, rainy summers

• cold, rainy winters, and mild summers

• mild, wet winters, and hot, dry summers

• mild winters and warm, wet summers

These crops can be grown in Greece's climate?

• olive trees and grape vines

• wheat and barley

• rice and corn

• flax and wheat

This civilization developed on mainland Greece and was destroyed by the Dorians.

• Mycenaeans

• Minoans

• Greeks

• Trojans

During this time period, Greeks lost the ability to read and write?

• The Trojan War

• The Dark Age

• The Iron Age

• Peloponessian War

Citizens felt strong pride and loyalty toward this in Ancient Greece?

• Their polis, or city state

• The sea

• Their family

• Politics

Which type of government is led by a king, or queen?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

In which type of government do citizens govern themselves?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Aristocracy

• Tyranny

Which type of government is ruled by "the best people" or upperclass?

• Direct Democracy

• Tyranny

• Aristocracy

• Anarchy