Greece Background Info

Greece is mountainous; how did this affect farming?

• Farming was difficult there

• Farming was easy there

• Farming was impossible there

Minoan cities on the island of Crete did not have these.

• Temples

• Palaces

• Walls

• People

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Socrates

• Theseus

• Moses

• Homer

Which story describes the journey of Odysseus from Troy back to his home in Ithaca?

• The Bible

• The Iliad

• The Odyssey

What type of government did the city-state of Athens develop?

• democracy

• republic

• tyranny

• monarchy

Which ancient empire invaded Greece twice?

• Assyrians

• Hittites

• Chaldeans

• Persians

What year was the Battle of Marathon fought?

• 480 BC

• 490 AD

• 490 BC

• 1776 AD

Which one describes how Athens and Sparta destroyed each other eventually?

• History of the Peloponnesian War

• The Odyssey

• The Iliad

• The Greek Myths

Who wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War?

• Thucydides

• Plato

• Homer

• Herodotus

What were Alexander the Great's "big plans"?

• To conquer Rome

• To build a great stadium

• To bring his extended family to Disney World!

• To organize the empire he had conquered