Ancient Greece

This is the highest hill in a Greek city-state.

• Acropolis

• Peninsula

• Bunker Hill

• Mt. Olympus

_{In ancient Greek, the term 'polis' refers to what?}

• A large army

• A marketplace

• A city-state

• A religious temple

What does the word "Democracy" mean?

• "rule by the government"
• "rule by the many"
• "rule by the wealthy"
• "rule by the people"

Where was modern democracy founded?

• Sparta

• Thebes

• Athens

• Mykonos

What best describes Sparta and Athens?

• sparta valued military, Athens valued education

• Sparta had a representative government, Athens had an oligarchy

• Sparta was a center of learning, Athens fell due to military loss

• Sparta was wealthy, Athens fell due to women not having rights

Which Greek author wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Homer

• Aesop

• Euclid

• Sophocles

direct democracy

• a group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland; a new territory

• a government by the people

• a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf

• influenced; caused to change

polis

• a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-

  making process

• a group or set of 10; period of 10 years

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• a Greek city-state

Match the following types of government

• Power is shared between a small group of people

• Tyranny

• People have the power to rule themselves

• Aristocracy

• Power is wielded by force

• Democracy

• Only a small group of the wealthiest people hold power

• Oligarchy

What type of government is ruled by a king?

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• aristocracy