Ancient Greece

Which of these is NOT true about the geography of Ancient Greece?

• Greece is made up of small islands and peninsulas

• Greece had a lot of good farmland

• Greece is rocky and mountainous

• The mountains and seas isolated Greek city-states

What did the ancient Greeks become very good at building because of their geography?

• Castles

• Pyramids

• Ships

• Weapons

What did all of the Greek city-states have in common?

• They shared the same language

• They all valued education and the arts

• The all had the same type of government

• All of these

Which Greek city-state became the most powerful and important of them all around 700 B.C.?

• Minoa

• Troy

• Athens

• Sparta

What did the ancient Greeks build to honor their gods?

• Temples like the Parthenon

• Oracles

• Pyramids and obelisks

• None of these

Athens, Sparta, or both: Valued education and the arts.

• Athens

• Sparta

• Both

Athens, Sparta, or both: Boys began their military training at age 7;

• Athens

• Sparta

• Both

What was so important about Alexander the Great's conquest?

• It united the ancient world

• It helped spread Christianity

• It spread Greek culture throughout the Ancient world

• It was not really that important

Spartans were known for

• their military culture

• encouraging the arts

• welcoming outsiders.

• establishing democracy

Greek history was influenced by Greece’s

• rivers and deltas.

• deserts and plains.

• mountains and seacoast.

• glaciers and forests.