S.S. - Ancient Greece

1.  Almost 80% of Greece is covered with...

• farmland
• islands
• mountains
• water

One valuable natural resource that Greece had was...

• diamonds
• gold
• silver
• stone

The goddess who protected Athens was...

• Aphrodite
• Athena
• Demeter
• Hera

The "Iliad" is about the...

• toroise and the hare.
• journey that Odysseus made.
• attack on Troy by the Greeks.
• unjust suffering of Prometheus.

The center of city life in Greece was the...

• acropolis.
• agora.
• isthmus.
• peninsula.

The lowest group in Spartan society was made up of...

• boys
• helots
• soldiers
• women

How is the location of Greece on the Mediterranean Sea beneficial for trade and expansion?

• Greece is located in Africa.

• Greece's water travel allowed traders to reach many areas.

• Greece's islands make it difficult to travel.

True or false. Greece's natural barriers made it difficult for people to interact and form one large, unified country.

• True

• False

The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek word meaning . . .

• lunch

• love of wisdom

• Sparta

• Zeus

Government by the people

• Democracy

• Polis

• Helots

• Aristocrats