Greece - Pt. 2

Question 1

What did the Mycineans bulid on hilltops?

Answer 1

Polis

Question 2

What did each polis have for defense?

Answer 2

Acropolis

Question 3

What surrounded the polis?

Answer 3

Stone walls and Estates

Question 4

Whats another word for farms?

Answer 4

Estates

Question 5

What were bulit on estates?

Answer 5

Villages

Question 6

When a group of rich citizens take power

Answer 6

Aristocrats

Question 7

When a few powerful people rule

Answer 7

Oligarchy

Question 8

One leader rules by force (bad or good)

Answer 8

Tyrant

Question 9

When all citizens have a say

Answer 9

Democracy

Question 10

When did Thera explode

Answer 10

1600s BC

Question 11

What ended Minoas culture?

Answer 11

The ash from the exploded volcano smothered crops, cites, and people and dimmed the sunlight for years which hurt farmers

Question 12

What are the 2 types of Democracy?

Answer 12

Direct

Representative

Question 13

Who wasthe first democracy

Answer 13

Athens

Question 14

What is a direct democracy?

Answer 14

Every citizen voted (per capita. One vote per citizen)

Question 15

What is a Representative democracy?

Answer 15

Citizens vote for representatives to govern (USA)

Question 16

Polis on the eastern shore of Greece

Answer 16

Athens

Question 17

What democracy did the Athens use?

Answer 17

Direct

Question 18

Which war was ensued because Greeks were living on Asia Minor in a colony (The Pesians claimed the land)

Answer 18

The Persian Wars

Question 19

FACTS ON MINOA:

Answer 19

Good, fair traders
King Minos was king (Lived in Knossos)
Boxing and Bull leaping
Women had high status