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