Ancient Greece Review

The Greeks specialized in all of the following EXCEPT _____________.

• shipbuilding

• mining

• trading

• farming

Greece is located in the continent of ________________.

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

Greece is considered the birthplace of democracy:

• True

• False

Greece is surrounded by water on three sides.  This geographic feature is known as: 

• an island

• a continent

• a peninsula

• a lake

The Greeks contributed many things to society.  One contribution that is still used today is:

• Paper

• Printing

• Pyramids

• Democracy

There was  ______________ amount of rich soil for farming.

• a lot

• a limited

• a great

The sporting event held to honor Zeus was known as:

• The Olympics

• The circus

• Gladiator flighting

• The marathon

The mountains and hills of Greece separated people into:

• empires

• dynasties

• states

• city-states

The Parthenon was a Greek temple built to honor this goddess of wisdom and war:

• Zeus 

• Medusa

• Poseidon

• Athena

The Greeks used this body of water as a form of transportation and to trade goods: 

• The Atlantic Ocean

• the Mediterranean Sea

• The Nile River

• The Pacific Ocean