Ancient Greece Questions

What type of government where only a small group of the wealthiest people?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Aristocracy

What are stories about gods and heroes that attempt to explain natural and historical events?

• Democracy

• Mythology

• Philosophy

• Alliance

What is a group of soldiers arranged in a square and equipped with spears and shields?

• Phalanx

• Alliance

• Olympics

• Citizen

What type of government that gives people the power to rule themselves?

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

What type of government that uses force to rule?

• Representative Democracy

• Tyranny

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

Which term describes Greek-like culture that blended with customs in parts of Africa and Asia?

• Phalanx

• Hellenistic

• Mythology

• Olympics

What was a city-state in ancient Greece that had its settlements in the surrounding countryside and functioned as an independent state?

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Alliance

• Democracy

What is an agreement formed between groups to work together?

• Tyranny

• Alliance

• Mythology

• Oligarchy

Who is someone who has the right to participate in government?

• Aristocrat

• Citizen

• Tyrant

• Phalanx

What was a sporting competition held every four years in honor of Zeus?

• Polis

• Olympics

• Acropolis

• Democracy