Ancient Greek History

What is government by the people; one person, one vote.

• Autocracy
• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy

What is the major period of Greek Civilization where major advancements in: art, literature, philosophy, and when Athens and Sparta dominated Greece?

• Hellenistic Period
• Mycenaean Period
• Roman Period
• Classical Period (5th century BCE)

What is the major period of Greek Civilization where Alexander the Great spread Greek Culture throughout the Mediterranean and Asia?

• Hellenistic Period
• Dark Ages
• Byzantine Era
• Classical Period

What geographic feature covers more than 3/4 of the Greek mainland and islands?

• Plains
• Deserts
• Lakes
• Mountains

Which two epic poems were written by the Greek writer Homer?

• Divine Comedy and Beowulf
• Paradise Lost and The Canterbury Tales
• Aeneid and Metamorphoses
• Iliad and Odyssey

The Greeks eventually adopted who's alphabet (24 letters) and was the basis for the modern English alphabet?

• Phoenician
• Cyrillic
• Egyptian

• Persian

The Greeks eventually adopted who's alphabet (24 letters) and was the basis for the modern English alphabet?

• Phoenician
• Cyrillic
• Egyptian

• Persian

The definition of "Spartan" means what?

• Indulgent and carefree attitude
• Luxurious lifestyle
• Highly disciplined lifestyle.

• Chaotic and disorganized behavior

King Darius the II and King Xerxes waged this war against the Greeks:

• Peloponnesian War
• Macedonian Wars
• Roman-Greek Wars
• Greco-Persian Wars

Dating back to 1400 B.C., what was the most important shrine in all of Greece and was the sanctuary of Apollo?

• Temple of Zeus
• Sanctuary of Athena
• Acropolis of Athens
• Oracle of Delphi