Quiz: Ancient Greece

Which is NOT a sea surrounding Greece.

• Aegean Sea
• Ionian Sea
• Black Sea
• Mediterranean Sea

What made farming difficult for Greece?

• Flooding the the rivers
• Rocky soil
• Fertile soil
• Not enough seeds

One of the most important impacts is that the mountains...?

• Made unification difficult
• Made unification easier
• Made worship easier
• Made warfare difficult

By 2000 BCE, who dominated the eastern Mediterranean trade?

• Mycenaeans
• Dorians
• Ionians
• Minoans

Who were the first advanced civilization on the Greek mainland?

• Mycenaeans
• Dorians
• Ionians
• Minoans

"The Rule of Many": This form of government started in Athens:

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Tyranny
• Democracy

Everything we know about Sparta comes from...?

• The two kings of Sparta
• The women of Sparta
• Non-Spartans
• Spartan libraries

What is an independent city with its own government and political system?

• City-State
• Civilization
• Acropolis
• State-City

What is the island in the Mediterranean Sea that was home to the Minoans?

• Delphi
• Olympus
• Athens
• Crete

The falling of the Myceneans marked the end of the...?

• Iron Age
• Dark Age
• Dragon Age
• Bronze Age