Rise of Greek Civilization Practice Quiz

Communities in ancient Greece were ______.

• separated by rivers and deserts

• separated by valleys and rivers

• separated by rugged mountains and valleys

• separated by deserts and mountains

Trade was important for all the groups of people who lived on or around Greece.

• True

• False

The geography of Greece DID NOT influence the formation of independent city-states.

• True

• False

a market and a place where people meet and debate

• agora

• polis

• colony

• peninsula

a Greek city-state

• polis

• colony

• peninsula

• agora

The civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece

• Phoenician

• Dorian

• Minoan

• Mycenaean

Which factor or factors started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization?

• the Trojan War

• economic collapse and lack of written language

• earthquakes and civil war

• migration

What type of landform is surrounded by water on 3 or more sides?

• island

• peninsula

• colony

• isle

Greek soldiers fought in a certain formation called the ...

• phalanx

• colony

• polis

• agora

On what continent is present day Greece located?

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

• Europe