Lesson about Greece

Question 1

Aegean Sea

Answer 1

an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece

Question 2

Colony

Answer 2

a settlement under the control of a usually distant country

Question 3

Consulting

Answer 3

to get an opinion and information from someone

Question 4

Participate

Answer 4

to take part in something, such as a game or activity

Question 5

Peninsula

Answer 5

body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water

Question 6

Relied

Answer 6

to depend on something or someone

Question 7

Aristocrat

Answer 7

a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society

Question 8

Assembly

Answer 8

a group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws

Question 9

Citizen

Answer 9

a person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

Question 10

Democracy

Answer 10

a government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

Question 11

Hostile

Answer 11

to act in a way that is unfriendly and angry toward a particular person or object

Question 12

Ingnored

Answer 12

to knowingly not pay attention to something or someone

Question 13

Insisted

Answer 13

firmly and repeatedly stating a point of view

Question 14

Monarchy

Answer 14

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

Question 15

Oligarchy

Answer 15

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

Question 16

Reversed

Answer 16

to act or decide in a way that is the opposite of what has been established

Question 17

Tyranny

Answer 17

government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

Question 18

Required

Answer 18

to have to do something based on a rule or command

Question 19

Implemented

Answer 19

to put a decision or plan into effect

Question 20

Under the rule of the oligarchs, what happened to most of the poor people?

Answer 20

They became more poor

Question 21

What was the same throughout the Greek city-states?

Answer 21

The language

Question 22

Ancient Greece communities are called _____.

Answer 22

City-states

Question 23

The lawmaking group in Athens was called the _____ and all _____ could vote in it.

Answer 23

Assembly/ Free men

Question 24

In times of war the king relied on the _____ for money to raise and supply an army.

Answer 24

Aristocrats

Question 25

In a Monarchy the king has what type of power?

Answer 25

Absolute

Question 26

What idea that is important today came from ancient Athens?

Answer 26

Democracy/People can rule themselves

Question 27

How was Ancient Greek democracy different from democracy in the United States today?

Answer 27

The Greek democracy was a direct democracy but the U.S. democracy is a representative democracy.

Question 28

How was democracy in Athens different from other ancient forms of government?

Answer 28

All citizens shared ruling power

Question 29

Why were some tyrants well like?

Answer 29

They made laws that improved people’s lives

Question 30

What time did many city-states come under the rule of tyrants?

Answer 30

Mid-600 B.C.E

Question 31

In a tyranny, what allowed the leader to rule?

Answer 31

Military force

Question 32

Who would have said these words ( I was in the army when people began to complain about members of the government getting richer while everybody else was getting poorer. So I stepped forward, and with the people's help, I became a leader.)

Answer 32

Tyrant

Question 33

Oligarchs were thrown out of power by a partnership between _____.

Answer 33

The poor and the army

Question 34

What kinds of laws did the oligarchs pass?

Answer 34

Laws that favored the rich

Question 35

What might an oligarch do on an ordinary day?

Answer 35

Party/Participate in chariot races

Question 36

Which word in English comes from a Greek word meaning "few"?

Answer 36

Oligarch

Question 37

What happened to the king's advisers after the king lost power?

Answer 37

They made a new ruling group

Question 38

Who belonged to the councils of aristocrats?

Answer 38

Rich men ( who owned land from familys )

Question 39

How did most kings in Ancient Greece come to power?

Answer 39

Inherited from family

Question 40

How was it possible that different parts of Greece had different forms of government

Answer 40

Steep mountains kept people from different areas apart

Question 41

Which form of government in a Greek city-state usually came first?

Answer 41

Monarchy