5 Written Questions

1. Aesop
2. monarchy
3. Mycenean Civilization
4. the Olympics
5. agora

5 Matching Questions

1. took power away from nobles, soon under him, any citizen could vote
2. an important trading people with the Greeks, lived on an eastern Mediterranean coast
3. a blind man that composed famous epics
4. a narrow strip of land
5. a type of democracy in which people elect representatives to make political decisions (used today)

1. a Cleisthenes
2. b Phoenicians
3. c isthmus
4. d Homer
5. e indirect democracy

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. epic poems
   1. the plain where the Persian war took place
   2. wife of Zeus, queen of the gods
   3. long poems passed through generations that tell stories
   4. a body of land that has water on three sides
2. Solon
   1. a body of land that has water on three sides
   2. a blind man that composed famous epics
   3. a leader of Athens chosen by nobles, helped end slavery
   4. god of the seas and earthquakes
3. myth
   1. wife of Zeus, queen of the gods
   2. military houses for boys training to be in the army
   3. stories that people tell to explain beliefs about their world
   4. someone who took power in an illegal way
4. direct democracy
   1. a blind man that composed famous epics
   2. a type of democracy in which people elect representatives to make political decisions (used today)
   3. a type of democracy in which citizens make political decisions
   4. a body of land that has water on three sides
5. acropolis
   1. games held every 4 years as part of a major festival honoring Zeus
   2. stories that people tell to explain beliefs about their world
   3. a hilltop where Greeks built temples and palaces and soon houses at the foot of the hill
   4. a Greek city-state named after the Greek goddess Athena

5 True/False Questions

1. a Greek city-state named after the Greek goddess Athena → Athens

   True        False

2. a body of land that has water on three sides → Poseidon

   True        False

3. someone who took power in an illegal way → tyrant

   True        False

4. wife of Zeus, queen of the gods → Zeus

   True        False

5. a system of symbols → alphabet

   True        False