The Earliest Greeks

Greece was the first civilization to develop in ________.

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

• Australia

Greek civilization began in an area dominated by ________________.

• mountains and seas

• rivers and forests

• bad people with sticks

• arctic weather

To the east of the Greek mainland, and surrounding many of its islands, is the ____________________.

• Sea of Darkness

• Baltic Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Aegean Sea

Inland communities were separated from each other by rugged mountains and deep valleys. As a result, communities in many parts of ancient Greece became ________________.

• extremely poor

• warlike

• independent

• weak

Greek city states grew independent because _________________.

• Mountains and water made it difficult to travel from one city to another

• the people in each city spoke their own language

• they thought they were better than everyone else

• none of your business

The _____________ civilization was the first to develop in the Aegean region.

• Minoan

• American

• Vulcan

• Mycenean

Some people think undersea earthquakes caused ___________ that destroyed Minoan cities.

• landslides

• fires

• huge waves

• diseases

Mycenean kings lived in palaces on hills. _______________ surrounded the palaces.

• Roads made from reflective stones

• Thick stone walls

• Armies of lizards

• Traps

They used the ___________ to navigate the seas.

• Maps of Regulus

• motions of the waves

• computations of wizards

• sun and stars

Mycenaean civilization fell apart because : _____________, and earthquakes destroyed their palace fortresses.

• kingdoms fought one another

• their economic system broke down

• a deadly plague swept the land

• wild, venomous ponies ran around biting people