Greece Quiz

Which continent was ancient Greece located at?

• Europe

• Asia

• North America

• Antarctica

Unlike most of the other ancient civilizations, Greece did not begin in a

• desert

• ocean

• river valley

• volcano

What was an effect of Greece being covered in mountains?

• they had lots of farmland

• they had little farmland

• they had lots of rivers and streams

• they had a delta

What is land surrounded on 3 sides by water?

• a plateau

• a desert

• an island

• a peninsula

This mountain was important to Greece because it was where they thought their gods lived.

• Mount Kilamanjaro

• Mount Rushmore

• Mount Fuji

• Mount Olympus

What caused the Greeks to become a seafaring civilization?

• their favorite god was Poseidon

• they just liked water

• lack of farmland

• they liked seafood

What is land surrounded by water?

• island

• peninsula

• delta

• bay

The Greeks used the seas around the for all of the following reasons except

• for food

• for trading

• for traveling

• They used the sea for all these reasons

What is a city that is like a small country with their own government?

• city-country

• city-state

• city-county

• city-continent

The Greeks were

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

• Atheistic