Greece Quiz Review: Geography, Early Greeks, and Mythology

What is another name for a Greek city-state?

• Polling Place
• Acropolis
• Polis
• Oligarchy

what is a hilltop in a Greek city state called? 

(It housed a fort and a temple to the city-state's local god or goddess)

• Agriculture
• Thermopylae
• Acropolis
• Ephor

What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?

• rocky and mountainous
• flat
• desert
• rolling plains

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Why was communication difficult between communities in Ancient Greece?

• They did not have telephones

• Mountains and Seas

• communication was easy

• most people had horses

Greece is a peninsula which means

• a mountain range with a river running through it. 
• land surrounded by water on three sides
• an area with major rivers running through it
• a very mountainous region

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The ancient Greek religion can be described as

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

• Atheist

• Scientologist

According to the ancient Greeks, the gods and goddesses lived...

• in Athens.
• on Mount Olympus.
• in Sparta.
• in Turkey.

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Which of these played the biggest role in the economy of ancient Greece?

• Persian Gulf
• Black Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Nile River

Which of these was a result of the geographic conditions of Greece in their early civilization?

• unified political organization
• withdrawal from international contact
• a society centered around plantations
  
• a reliance of sea-based commerce

What geographic features kept the ancient Greeks from being united?

• The deserts kept them isolated.
• The lakes kept them isolated.
• The mountains and the seas kept them isolated.
• The ice and the snow kept them isolated.