Unit 7: Ancient Greece

Question 1

it refers to both the Ancient Greek mainland and the surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea

Answer 1

aegean world

Question 2

city-states

Answer 2

polis

Question 3

central

Answer 3

agora

Question 4

used for protection and was a center for religion and government

Answer 4

acropolis

Question 5

an ancient festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor’s prize a crown of wild olive

Answer 5

olympics

Question 6

a series of battles fought between the Greek City States and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C

Answer 6

persian war

Question 7

each citizen votes directly on all laws. (The first democracy invented by the Athenians)

Answer 7

direct democracy

Question 8

citizens vote for representatives ​who then vote on the laws

Answer 8

representative democracy

Question 9

was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta

Answer 9

the Peloponnesian War