Chapter 8 Test

The lack of farm land in Greece caused city-states to go to war with one and another.

• True
• False

How did Greece's geography influence the city-states and their trade?

How is the form of democracy in ancient Greece different from our current democratic government (in the United States)?

The Minoans and _______________ the were the two earliest trading cultures to emerge within Greece.

• direct
• Cleisthenes
• Athens
• Mycenaeans
• Iliad

Democracy in Greece started in the city of ______________ .

• Iliad
• Cleisthenes
• Athens
• Zeus
• Hercules

The ancient Greeks believed their _____________ caused events like thunder and earthquakes.

• myths
• gods
• Zeus
• Hercules
• natural events

Under the rule of _________________, all citizens in Athens had the right to participate in the assembly.

• Mycenaeans
• Zeus
• Cleisthenes
• Hercules
• gods

The form of government in which all citizens can participate directly in the government is called ____________________ democracy.

• representative
• direct
• Athens
• Mycenaeans
• Zeus

The _________________ tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War.

• Iliad
• myths
• Cleisthenes
• Zeus
• Mycenaeans

_______________ is known as the king of the Greek gods.

• Hercules
• Cleisthenes
• Zeus
• Mycenaeans
• Athens