Ancient Greece Escape Room

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Using your knowledge of ancient Greece, prevent the Dudleyville Nuclear Power Plant from exploding. If you are successful, millions of lives will be saved!

THE MISSION

The Dudleyville Nuclear Power Plant provides electricty to millions of people. However, foreign spies have rigged it to explode. If this happens, the surrounding area will become very radioactive and millions will die. Your mission is to find all the explosives before they detonate. Good luck.

THE base

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QUESTION 1/5

isthmus

island

Which physical feature best describes Greece?

peninsula

plateau

QUESTION 2/5

rivers

a system of roads

The ancient Greeks relied on ________ for transportation.

the land

the sea

QUESTION 3/5

the rugged mountains made travel difficult

people were too afraid to travel because they could be robbed by bandits

Why were ancient Greek city-states very isolated from one another?

they were not allowed to travel outside their city-state

the many storms made it impossible to travel on land

QUESTION 4/5

empire

stronghold

A settlement under the control of a distant country is the definition for which term?

colony

capital

QUESTION 5/5

wheat

olives

All of the following were crops grown by the ancient Greeks EXCEPT:

grapes

potatoes

THE base

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QUESTION 1/5

democracy

monarchy

A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people best defines:

tyranny

oligarchy

QUESTION 2/5

monarchy

oligarchy

Which type of government lasted the longest in ancient Greece?

democracy

tyranny

QUESTION 3/5

participated in the Olympic Games

had the same governments and laws

All of the following were similarities shared by the Greek city-states EXCEPT:

worshipped the same gods and goddesses

spoke the same language

QUESTION 4/5

citizen-soldiers

helots

_________ were members of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society and often adivised the kings.

patricians

aristocrats

QUESTION 5/5

monarchial democracy

democratic oligarchy

A government ruled by a few people who are not lawfully in power is the best defintion for:

tyrannical oligarchy

tyrannical democracy

the base

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QUESTION 1/5

True

True or false: Tyrants in ancient Greece were never popular with the people.

False

QUESTION 2/5

Hippias

Pythagoras

The last tyrant to rule the city-state of Athens was:

Socrates

Plato

QUESTION 3/5

There were no legal limits on the power of a tyrant or a monarch.

Tyrants and monarchs both led the military in times of war.

How were monarchs and tyrants similar?

The children of both tyrants and monarchs inherited their parent's power.

Both monarchs and tyrants could claim the laws of the land gave them the right to rule.

QUESTION 4/5

slaves

women

_______ could vote in the Athenian Asembly.

free men

foreigners

QUESTION 5/5

Citizens of direct democracies can only vote on select issues.

Unlike representative democracies, there are no assemblies in a direct democracy.

What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?

All citizens vote on every issue in direct democracies, while officials elected by the people do the voting in representative democracies.

Direct democracies do not have the authority to declare war.

the base

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QUESTION 1/5

Sparta

Which city-state was closer to the sea?

Athens

QUESTION 2/5

Athens

Delphi

The statue below would most likely be found in which city-state?

Sparta

Corinth

QUESTION 3/5

Sparta

Thebes

The Council of 500 was part of the government in:

Megara

Athens

QUESTION 4/5

went to school

tended the household

Women in ancient Athens did all of the following EXCEPT:

danced

wove cloth

QUESTION 5/5

Women could participate in voting

Was considered an oligarchy

All of the following are true of Sparta's government EXCEPT:

Five ephors were elected each year

Had a Council of Elders that consisted of 2 kings and 28 men

the base

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QUESTION 1/5

helot

mercenary

At the age of seven, Spartan boys entered the ________ system where they were trained to become warriors.

sacred soldier

agoge

QUESTION 2/5

Athens

In which city-state did women generally have more rights?

Sparta

QUESTION 3/5

Argos

Corinth

Which city-state actually defeated the mighty Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra?

Delphi

Thebes

QUESTION 4/5

Argos

Delphi

If you wanted to visit the famous priestess who was believed could speak directly to the god Apollo, you would have needed to go to ______.

Megara

Corinth

QUESTION 5/5

Sparta

Megara

Some of the wealthiest people of ancient Greece could have been found in the city-state of:

Corinth

Argos

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