7th Grade Ch 11 Ancient Greece Quiz

land that has water on three sides

• isthmus
• terrace
• peninsula
• polis

the peninsula that forms the southern part of Greece

• Peloponnesus
• Isthmus
• Phoenician
• Mycenaean

a narrow strip of land

• peninsula
• isthmus
• terrace
• canyon

a people of Southwest Asia who began to trade around 1100 B.C.

• Spartans
• Athenians
• Phoenicians
• Persians

the ruler of the Greek gods

• Hercules
• Poseidon
• Ares
• Zeus

the highest mountain in Greece; the gods lived here

• Mt. St. Helens
• Mt. McKinley
• Mt. Olympus
• Mt. Sinai

a story that people tell to explain beliefs about their world

• myth
• epic poem
• fable
• tall-tell

games held every four years

• March Madness
• Olympics
• World Cup
• Super Bowl

a long poem about ancient heroes

• myth
• epic poem
• fable
• haiku poem

a short story that usually involves animals and teaches a moral

• parable
• expository
• myth
• fable