Ancient Greek Review Question Preview (ID: 49666)


Ancient Greece. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority
a) ephor
b) helot
c) tyrant
d) president

a market and a place where people meet and debate
a) phalanx
b) agora
c) colony
d) polis

a Greek city-state
a) polis
b) agora
c) phalanx
d) peninsula

A new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland
a) polis
b) agora
c) phalanx
d) colony

a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient greece arranged close together in rows
a) colony
b) peninsula
c) polis
d) phalanx

Athens had a ____________________ type of government
a) representative democracy
b) direct democracy
c) Oligarchy
d) tyranny

A type of landform
a) colony
b) Polis
c) Peninsula
d) Agora

A government where a small elected group make government decisions on behalf of many
a) tyranny
b) direct democracy
c) representative democracy
d) oligarchy

The major leader in Athens who made Athens more democratic
a) Cyrus
b) Pericles
c) Zeus
d) Posiedon

A system of government in which a few people hold power
a) oligarchy
b) democracy
c) direct democracy
d) tyranny

Greek city-states were run by
a) soldiers
b) citizens
c) king
d) politician

The type of leader in power in Greece around 600 BC due to growing political unrest among city-states was a(n)
a) democrat
b) ephor
c) oligarch
d) tyrant

The age of pericles was known as a golden age of
a) Farming and trade
b) Prosperity, culture, and achievement
c) military conquest rebuilding
d) Politics and religion

The Athenian economy was supported by
a) Merchants and artisans
b) Government intervention
c) pottery and jewelry
d) Farming and trade

In 431BC Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight the
a) Peloponnesian War
b) Spartan War
c) Persian War
d) Greek Civil War

Direct Democracy worked well in Athens because
a) Women were allowed to participate in government
b) Elections were held to help select representatives
c) Every resident of Athens could participate in government
d) There was a small number of citizens.

Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 49666 in the upper right hand corner or click here.

TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register

Help / Support / FAQ




Gaming Links