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Ancient Greece
Test Review
What is a Jury?
A Jury is a group of citizens chosen to
hear evidence in a court of law.
 They
decide Guilt or Innocence
Who was Socrates?
He was a famous Greek teacher.
 He
was put to death for corrupting children.
 He taught about the right way to live.
 He discussed the government issues.
What is an area of land nearly
surrounded by water?
Peninsula
Crete
The Tigris River
What sea is this?
The Mediterranean Sea
The Red Sea
Greek merchants competed with
traders from _____________, which
is the present day country of Lebanon.
Phoenicia
Rhodes
What sea is this?
The Ionian Sea
Name two differences between Sparta
and Athens.
 The
amount of training. (from age 7)
 In Athens women were not encouraged to ask
questions.
 Athenian boys worked each day with their fathers
in the fields, in pottery or stone-working shops.
 Spartan women trained vigorously while women
in Athens led more gentle lives.
The ancient Greek gods and
goddesses lived on what mountain?
Mount Olympus
What was the name of the Greek poet
that wrote the Odyssey?
Homer
 He
also wrote the Illiad.
 He is not Homer Simpson!
Italy
What is the name of the island that
is the largest of the Greek islands
and is one day sail south of the
Greek mainland?
Crete
What is the name of the island that
is located East of Crete? It was
home to one of the 7 wonders of the
ancient world?
Rhodes
What continent is this?
Africa
Sicily
Thessaly
Macedonia
Thrace
What is the name of the place that has
plains, suitable for farming and is
located on the peninsula that juts into
the Aegean Sea?
Attica
What is the name of the large
peninsula that lies to the southwest of
Attica? It is shaped like a giant hand
reaching toward Crete.
Peloponnesus
Each community usually revolved
around one city. The Greek word for
this kind of city-state was
___________.
Polis
The Adriatic Sea
What is a group of lawmakers who
voted on issues that helped to shape
the future of the city?
Assembly
Who was Pericles?
An Athenian leader around
450B.C.E., who made sure that the
poor as well as the rich were
represented in the assembly.
What is a sheltered place along a
coast?
Harbor
What is the name of the sea that
marks the southern border of
Greece?
Mediterranean Sea
The Nile River
Peloponnesus
What was a large hill where city
residents could seek shelter and safety
in times of war?
Acropolis
Attica
What is the name given to a clearing
near the acropolis and often served
farmers and craftsmen as a place of
trade?
Agora
True or False
 Slavery
was common in ancient Greece.
True
What type of people were allowed to
become citizens?
Free males
What type of government is where
only a small group of powerful men
were allowed to make decisions?
Oligarchy
True or False
 Oligarchy
is the only type of government that
Athens has known.
False
The Tyrrhenian Sea
 Name
one other form of government that the
Athenian’s had experienced.
Monarchy
What does the word monarchy mean
in Greek?
Rule by One
Cyprus
In 700B.C.E. what was Greece’s
largest city state?
Sparta
What is the name of this river?
The Euphrates River
Look on the map, where was Sparta
located?
Southern Peloponnesus
Did Sparta have slaves?
Yes
What type of landform is this?
Peninsula
How old were Spartan boys and girls
when they began to train?
Seven
What does the word democracy mean
in Greek?
Rule by the People
What two main features was a Greek
polis build?
 Acropolis
 Agora
What is the Acropolis?
The religious center of Athens.
The temple dedicated to Athena that
was made of marble cut from a nearby
mountain is called what?
The Parthenon
Phoenicia
The Black Sea
What is the search for wisdom?
Philosophy
Who was Socrates’s student that
wrote down his teachings?
Plato
 He
also became a famous philosopher.
What was the name of the wars
between Athens and Sparta?
The Peloponnesian Wars
How was the Peloponnesian War
finally concluded?
Sparta cut off Athens food supply and
starved them out.
Who was Alexander the Great?
 He
conquered many areas.
 As a result of his victories the Greek language
and traditions spread as far as Egypt in Africa and
the Indus Valley in Asia.
What was the name of Alexander the
Greats teacher?
Aristotle
Bonus Question
Compare the military tactics of
Hammurabi and the City-State of
Sparta.
You’re Done.