Greece: Geography, City-States, Early Greeks, and Government

Choose the three bodies of water that surrounded ancient Greece.

• Black Sea

• Ionian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Aegean Sea

What continent is ancient Greece on?

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

What island below Greece contained the city of Knossos?

• Rhodes

• Africa

• Byzantium

• Crete

What famous mountain was in the northern part of ancient Greece?

• Mount Olympus

• Mount Everest

• Pine Mountain

• Jellico Mountain

True or False: It was much harder to get around Greece in ancient times than it is today.

• True

• False

An alternative to traveling ancient Greece by land was to travel by ______.

• water

• air

• underground

• train

Who often roamed the seas of Greece looking for vulnerable travelers?

• the Navy

• pirates

• sailors

• the Romans

Because of dangerous travel conditions, different Greek city-states became _______.

• allies

• enemies

• isolated

About 80% of ancient Greek land was covered by _______.

• water

• trees

• mountains

• valleys

To create more land for crop production, the ancient Greeks invented _________.

• plowing

• irrigation

• terrace farming

• crop rotation