Ancient Greece Review

This group lived on the island of Crete which is south of mainland Greece.

• Minoans
• Myceneans

What are the names of two of the major bodies of water around Greece?

• Adriatic Sea and Sea of Cortes

• Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea

• Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• LAke Michiganand Superior

Greece is a peninsula which means

• a mountain range with a river running through it. 
• land surrounded by water on 3 sides
• an area with major rivers running through it
• a very mountainous region

What civilization conquered the Minoans in 1400 B.C?

• Trojans
• Spartans
• Pericles
• Mycenaeans

Who is the king of the Greek Gods?

• Jupiter
• Zeus
• Poseidon
• Hades

This is the mythological home of the Greek gods.

• Mt. Oedipus
• Mt. Zion
• Mt. Saint Helens
• Mt. Olympus

Why was Mount Olympus so important to Greeks?

• It's where the Oracle lived.

• It's where the gods and goddesses were said to live.

• It had a nice theater.

• It's the oldest mountain in the world.

What did the Trojan Horse look like?

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Who is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey

• Homer

• Aesop

• Sophocles

• Pericles

The Trojan horse helped destroy the city of Troy because

• the Trojans were afraid of it

• Laocoon was afraid of it

• it was a way the soldiers could get inside the city through treachery

• none of the above