The Geography of Greece
The Greeks lived on rocky, ____________ lands surrounded by water.
mountainous
___________ means to change, or have an effect on.
a. Defluence
b. Reference
c. Influence
d. Influx
c. Influence
A Greek city was usually built around a strong fortress, and the fortresses often stood on top of a high hill called the ____________.
a. acropolis
b. hightop
c. mesa
d. lighthouse
a. acropolis
A government in which only a few people have power is called a(n) __________.
a. Aristocrat
b. Noble
c. Snob
d. oligarchy
d. oligarchy
The ancient Greeks believed in many gods, and these gods were at the center of Greek _________, which is a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works.
mythology
Which one of these seas does NOT touch Greece?
a. Indian Sea
b. Mediterranean Sea
c. Aegean Sea
d. Ionian Sea
a. Indian Sea
The first people to speak Greek and the first to be considered Greek were the _____________.
a. Mycenaeans
b. Influencers
c. Referencers
d. Daddysharks
a. Mycenaeans
Life in the city often focused on the marketplace, or _______.
a. agora
b. acropolis
c. supermarket
d. Kroger
a. agora
People who had the right to participate in government are called __________.
a. Aristocrat
b. nobles
c. people
d. citizens
d. citizens
Poseidon, god of the _____
sea
The Greeks became skilled __________ and sailors.
shipbuilders
The Mycenaeans were building fortresses all over the Greek mainland, and the largest and most powerful fortress was ___________, which is where the Mycenaeans got their name.
a. Mycryers
b. McDonalds
c. Mycenae
d. Medieval
c. Mycenae
Greece is the birthplace of ___________, a type of government in which people rule themselves.
democracy
A _______ is a leader who held power through the use of force.
a. teacher
b. tyrant
c. noble
d. queen
b. tyrant
Some of the earliest Greek writings are two great epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, by the poet named __________.
a. Homer
b. Bart
c. Delphi
d. Aesop
a. Homer
The mountains of Greece made travel throughout the country difficult, and there was not much ___________ for farming and building houses.
a. money
b. flatlands
c. mountains
d. badlands
b. flatlands
The Greek word for a city-state is _______.
a. state
b. city
c. state-city
d. polis
d. polis
The word democracy comes from Greek words meaning “rule of the ______.”
people
All citizens in Athens could participate directly in the government. We call this form of government a ________ democracy because each person’s decision directly affects the outcome of a vote.
a. indirect
b. direct
c. representative
d. independent
b. direct
Many Greeks who needed advice traveled to _______, a city in central Greece, to speak the oracle, a female priest of Apollo to whom they thought the god gave answers.
a. Athens
b. Delphi
c. Greece
d. Rome
b. Delphi
One of the earliest people to settle in Greece were the _________ who built an advanced society on the island of Crete.
a. Midianites
b. Amish
c. Minoans
d. Dutch
c. Minoans
The creation of city-states marks the beginning of what is known as Greece’s ______ _____, an age that is marked by great achievements.
classical age
Even Athens, the birthplace of democracy, began with a different kind of government. __________ are a group of rich landowners.
a. Aristocrats
b. Nobles
c. Snobs
d. Oligarchies
a. Aristocrats
The democracy created by the founders of the United States is a __________________ democracy, or republic. In this system, the citizens elect officials to represent them in the government.
a. indirect
b. direct
c. representative
d. independent
c. representative
_________ was a storyteller known for his fables, or short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live.
Homer