Ancient Greece Escape Room

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save the nuclear power plant

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 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 MISSION

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peninsula

isthmus

QUESTION 1/5

plateau

island

Which physical feature best describes Greece?

the land

rivers

QUESTION 2/5

the sea

a system of roads

The ancient Greeks relied on ________ for transportation.

they were not allowed to travel outside their city-state

the rugged mountains made travel difficult

QUESTION 3/5

the many storms made it impossible to travel on land

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

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

colony

empire

QUESTION 4/5

capital

stronghold

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

grapes

wheat

QUESTION 5/5

potatoes

olives

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

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tyranny

oligarchy

QUESTION 1/5

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

monarchy

democracy

democracy

tyranny

QUESTION 2/5

Which type of government lasted the longest in ancient Greece?

oligarchy

monarchy

worshipped the same gods and goddesses

spoke the same language

QUESTION 3/5

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

had the same governments and laws

participated in the Olympic Games

patricians

aristocrats

QUESTION 4/5

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

helots

citizen-soldiers

tyrannical oligarchy

tyrannical democracy

QUESTION 5/5

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

democratic oligarchy

monarchial democracy

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True

QUESTION 1/5

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

False

Pythagoras

QUESTION 2/5

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

Plato

Socrates

Hippias

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

QUESTION 3/5

How were monarchs and tyrants similar?

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

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

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

women

QUESTION 4/5

_______ could vote in the Athenian Asembly.

foreigners

free men

slaves

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

QUESTION 5/5

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

Direct democracies do not have the authority to declare war.

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

Citizens of direct democracies can only vote on select issues.

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QUESTION 1/5

Which city-state was closer to the sea?

Athens

Sparta

QUESTION 2/5

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

Corinth

Sparta

Delphi

Athens

QUESTION 3/5

The Council of 500 was part of the government in:

Athens

Megara

Thebes

Sparta

QUESTION 4/5

Women in ancient Athens did all of the following EXCEPT:

wove cloth

danced

tended the household

went to school

QUESTION 5/5

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

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

Five ephors were elected each year

Was considered an oligarchy

Women could participate in voting

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QUESTION 1/5

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

agoge

sacred soldier

mercenary

helot

QUESTION 2/5

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

Sparta

Athens

QUESTION 3/5

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

Thebes

Delphi

Corinth

Argos

QUESTION 4/5

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 ______.

Corinth

Megara

Delphi

Argos

QUESTION 5/5

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

Argos

Corinth

Megara

Sparta

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