SS GREECE

Question 1

Poor Athenians protested the ruling ___________________and created a democracy

Answer 1

oligarghy

Question 2

Students in Greece searched for wisdom by studying

Answer 2

philosphy

Question 3

The merging of Greek, African and Asian cultures is called

Answer 3

Hellenism

Question 4

The natural harbors along the Attica __________were important to Athens navy

Answer 4

Pennisula

Question 5

The political and commercial center Athens was the __________or town plaza

Answer 5

Agora

Question 6

The ancient Greeks planted olives and grapes because they grow well in _____-

Answer 6

rocky soil

Question 7

Why was the Mediterranean Sea important to the Greeks?

Answer 7

it was used for trade

Question 8

Some of the achievements of the Golden Age in Athens included

Answer 8

philosophy and geometry

Question 9

The Peloponnesian Wars opened Greece to attack from

Answer 9

Macedonia

Question 10

How long did it take Alexander to win control of the largest empire of his day

Answer 10

nine years

Question 11

Maps that show information about the past

Answer 11

Historical Maps

Question 12

It unlocks the meaning of maps

Answer 12

Map Key

Question 13

They make maps

Answer 13

cartographer

Question 14

A sheltered place along a coast

Answer 14

harbor

Question 15

A _______________is an area of land nearly surrounded by water

Answer 15

peninsula

Question 16

The two major crops of Greece were

Answer 16

Olives and grapes

Question 17

The most valuable Greek product was

Answer 17

Olive Oil

Question 18

Without a major river to provide silt for fertile farmland the ancient Greeks turned to the ___________to help meet their needs

Answer 18

rocky hills

Question 19

A _____________was a Greek city-state

Answer 19

Palis

Question 20

An ___________was an open area market and it also served as a place for town meetings

Answer 20

agora

Question 21

The __________was a walled hill where people of the city could seek safety during an enemy accack

Answer 21

Acropolis

Question 22

A ___________was a product what was traded

Answer 22

commodity

Question 23

List the major parts of the Aegean World

Answer 23

Attica, Pheloponnesus, Western Asia Minor, Crete, Rhodes and other small islands, Mediterranean Sea, Ioniah Sea, Aegean Sea

Question 24

King Phillip of Macedon conquers the independent Greek city-states. After his fathers death ___________builds a great empire

Answer 24

Alexander

Question 25

Describe the land of Greece

Answer 25

it was described as the Jewel in the earths ring

Question 26

A _______________is a person who has rights and responsibilties in his or her country or community

Answer 26

citizen

Question 27

A ____________________is a type of government that has a single ruler by a king or queen

Answer 27

monarchy