Ancient Greece QUESTIONS Chapter 8

These are the QUESTIONS for the Ancient Greece unit CHAPTER 8. The flashcards with DEFINITIONS or CHAPTER 9 questions are found seperately.

What is the sea Greeks sailed along to trade?

Mediterranean Sea

Why did Greek city-states develop independently?

Geographic Isolation

What is the Island the Minoans settled on?

Crete

What is the high place in a city-state called?

Acropolis

What is the temple of Athena?

Parthenon

What is the city-state that had a military society?

Sparta

What is an enslaved person In Sparta called?

Helot

What is a substance from which other products are made?

Raw materials

What is a Greek warship called?

Trireme

Who are the early settlers on mainland Greece that conquered the Minoans?

Myceneans

What is the form of government where a ruler takes power illegally?

Tyranny

What is the reason Greeks established colonies?

Reduce population/ Lack of farmland

What is the name of the group of people who were allowed to vote?

Citizens

What is the geography of Greece?

Pinsula

What is the city-state focused on education and democracy?

Athens

What is the type of government with a few people with equal power ruling?

Oligarchy

What is the easiest way to travel around Greece?

Ship

Why did Athens and Sparta join forces?

Attacked by Persians

Who are 2 Persian rulers who attacked Greek city-states?

Darius I, Xerxes

Who is the ruler of the gods?

Zeus

What are the series of wars that led to a more unified Greece?

Persian wars

What is an open space used as a marketplace and social center?

Agora

What is the type of government where citizens vote on issues?

Democracy

What provides insight into the mystery and mythology of Ancient Greece.

Epic Poems (The Iliad and The Odyssey)