Quiz: Ancient Greece

What is a peninsula?

• Land almost surrounded by water

• A large mountain range

• Land completely surrounded by water

• A large desert region

What important discovery did the ancient Greeks make in science?

• The theory of relativity

• The law of gravity

• The concept of atoms

• The invention of the wheel

What is democracy?

• Government ruled by a military general

• Government ruled by a council of elders

• Government where people govern themselves

• Government ruled by a king

Where did the ancient Greeks learn the alphabet from?

• The Egyptians

• The Romans

• The Phoenicians

• The Persians

A way of looking at the world through a perspective centered on Western and European cultures and values

• indigeneity

• equality

• multiculturalism

• eurocentrism

Where did the Minoan culture develop?

• Mainland Greece

• Sicily

• Crete

• Cyprus

What happened to the Minoan civilization around 1450BCE?

• It developed advanced technology

• It became a powerful empire

• It mysteriously disappeared

• It was conquered by the Mycenaeans

What period followed the Greek Dark and Archaic Ages?

• The Renaissance

• The Classical Age

• The Archaic Age

• The Heroic Era

What form did the bards use to tell stories during the Greek Dark Age?

• Plays

• Novels

• Short stories

• Long poems called epics

Who was the Trojan War fought over according to legend?

• Helen

• Artemis

• Hera

• Athena