greek quiz

Question 1

what is plutocracy

Answer 1

rule of the rich

Question 2

what is a tyrant

Answer 2

a illegitimate ruler who seized power, but usually ruled with popular assent

Question 3

who made the laws for sparta

Answer 3

lycourgos

Question 4

who makes the laws for athens

Answer 4

drakon and solon

Question 5

when does athens become a democracy

Answer 5

around 500 BC

Question 6

what are spartan slaves called

Answer 6

helots

Question 7

who are the 3 tyrants of athens

Answer 7

peisistratos, hippias, hipparchos

Question 8

what is “Magna Graecia”

Answer 8

“greater Greece” refers to the prominent greek cities along the southern Italian coast

Question 9

When was colonization the greatest in greece

Answer 9

8th-7th century

Question 10

who was the mythical king of athens

Answer 10

theseus

Question 11

who was the the mythical king of sparta

Answer 11

menelaus

Question 12

what is the an archon

Answer 12

elected athenian lawgivers

Question 13

aristocracy is?

Answer 13

rule of the rich

Question 14

oligarchy is?

Answer 14

rule of the ‘best’

Question 15

what is the gerousia

Answer 15

a council of 30 including 2 kings had to be over 60 years old and part of the aristocracy were elected and served until death

Question 16

what is ostracism

Answer 16

meant a citizen could exiled for 10 years without loosing citizenship and property, was decided by the citizens

Question 17

what is the apella

Answer 17

a sovereign assembly of citizens which would choose the ephors

Question 18

what are ephors

Answer 18

5 magistrates that formed a check on the kings

Question 19

what are demes

Answer 19

political units with their own local assembly, treasury and official