Types of Government
What type of government is ruled by a king or queen?
Monarchy
What is the term for a body of land surrounded on three sides by water?
Peninsula
Which area was the first direct democracy?
Athens
What continent is Greece located in?
Europe
What is the name for the stories Greeks told about their gods?
Myths
Which type of government is controlled by a powerful few?
Oligarchy
What is the name for elected leaders?
representatives
What type of democracy is the United States?
Representative
How did the mountains of Greece affect the development of civilization?
They developed separate city-states
Which Greek thinker developed a method of education based on questioning?
Socrates
Which type of government is ruled by an illegal leader who has complete power?
Tyranny
What is the name for official membership in a political community?
citizenship
What is a synonym for a representative democracy?
Republic
How did being surrounded by seas affect Greek life?
They relied on the seas for food, travel, and trade.
Which Greek thinker believed in having equal parts of government?
Plato
Which type of government is based on religious law?
Theocracy
What is the name for rights that cannot be taken away?
unalienable rights
What is the only country that is a direct democracy today?
Switzerland
What three seas surround Greece?
Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean
Which Greek thinker is known as "the father of geometry?"
Euclid
What was the chronological progression of governments from monarchy to democracy?
Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, and Democracy
What is the name for Greek thinkers who used logic to explain the world?
Philosophers
What was the first representative democracy?
Rome
What percentage of Greece is covered by mountains?
75%
Which Greek building is the most famous example of the use of columns in architecture?
The Parthenon