Mainland Greece is broken up by steep mountain ranges and deep inlets of the sea. What effect did this landscape have on how ancient Greeks organized their communities?

In ancient Greece, what did the word polis, or city-state, describe?

In Athens during the 400s BCE, citizens met in an assembly and voted in person on laws and public spending. What form of government is that called?

Sparta was led by two hereditary kings alongside a council of elders and a small group of officials who held most decision-making power. What form of government does that describe?

In ancient Athens, who was allowed to speak and vote in the assembly?

How did the upbringing of Spartan boys differ from the upbringing of most boys in Athens?

Athens in the 400s BCE is remembered for a burst of creative work. What did Athenians produce during that period?

The Parthenon was built on the Acropolis of Athens during the 400s BCE. What purpose did the building serve?

Ancient Greeks honored many gods and goddesses, whom their myths placed on Mount Olympus. What is the belief in many gods called?

The Iliad and the Odyssey are long works of Greek epic poetry, recited aloud for generations before being written down. What do these poems tell about?

Greek city-states staged play festivals at which two main kinds of drama were performed. What were those two kinds?

The ancient Olympic Games were athletic contests held about every four years at Olympia as part of a religious festival.

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle became known for what kind of work?

The Greek alphabet was adapted from a writing system used by which seafaring trading people, with signs for vowel sounds added by the Greeks?

Level farmland was scarce across much of Greece and the soil was thin. What did many Greek city-states rely on instead to obtain grain and other goods they lacked?

Trade surpluses in Greek city-states supported job specialization. What does job specialization mean?

Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire during the 300s BCE. What was one lasting effect of those conquests on the lands he took?

A wine jar painted in Athens around 450 BCE and a textbook chapter on Athens written in 2010 both describe Greek daily life. What can the painted jar show about daily life that the textbook chapter cannot?

A Greek city-state such as Athens governed itself and the countryside beside it. How did the Han dynasty's empire in China differ from that arrangement?

The golden age of Athens took place in the 400s BCE, and Alexander the Great's conquests took place in the 300s BCE. Did the golden age of Athens happen before or after Alexander's conquests?