Ancient Greece

Which are the three geographical areas where Greek civilisation developed?

• European Greece, Asian Minor and the Greek Islands between both areas.

• The Balkan Peninsula, Peloponnese Peninsula and Asia Minor.

• European Greece, Asian Greece and African Greece.

What is the polis?

• The police force in Ancient Greece.

• The most important part of the Greek cities.

• The name for a Greek city-state.

What happened at the beginning of the economic and cultural decline of the Dark Age?

• The invasion of a number of towns, especially the Dorians.

• Years of bad harvest.

• The Trojan War.

Why did some Greeks abandon their polis and funded colonies?

• Because the authorities of the polis wanted to extend their domains and create new colonies.

• Because bad harvests and the population increase caused food shortage for everyone.

• Because they thought they were going to find unexplored riches in other lands.

What were the social groups in which the Greek society was divided? (from most

important to least important)

• Aristocracy, free people, foreigners and the liberated and last the slaves.

• Aristocracy, citizens, foreigners, the liberated and last the slaves.

• Aristocracy, slaves and last the foreigners.

What is the name of the central square in Greek cities?

• Agora

• Acropolis

• Stoa

What were the Greco-Persian wars?

• The ones that took place between the Greek doctors.

• The ones that took place between Greeks and Persians.

• The ones that took place between Athens and Sparta.

Who was Pericles?

• A political reformer who began the democratic system in Athens.

• A military Athenian who defeated Persians in the Salamis battle.

• A leader of Athenian democracy in its time of most splendour.

What is the name of the cultural mix of Greek and oriental cultures that Alexander the

Great had conquered?

• Polytheism.

• Hellenism.

• Mixsism.

What is the difference between the Doric order and the Corinthian order?

• The Doric order has an apex ceiling and the other has a triangular pediment.

• The Doric order has a smooth capital while the other has a capital decorated with acanthus

  leaves.

• One was made by the Dorians and the other by the Corinthians.