Ancient Greece Quiz

How much of ancient Greece was mountainous (covered in mountains)?

• 80%

• 75%

• 25%

• 50%

What did the mountains do to civilizations?

• Made the land unusable for farming and divided people

• brought people from far apart together and the land was great for farming

What is a peninsula?

• an island

• a piece of land surrounded mostly by water and connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land

• a piece of land surrounded by a lake

• a piece of land surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by two sides of land

What three bodies of water surround Greece?

• Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea

• Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Black Sea

• Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arctic Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Ionian Sea

Greeks lived on Greece, on the peninsula of Greece and on _____________.

• the tops of mountains

• the top of Mount Olympus

• islands

What type of religion did ancient Greeks believe in?

• Hinduism

• polytheism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

What is polytheism?

• to worship more than one God

• to worship one God

In honor of Zeus, what athletic contest was held every four years in Olympia?

• The Super Bowl

• Basketball tournaments

• The Olympics

Where did they believe that most Gods lived?

• Himalayan Mountains

• Mount Olympus

• The Parthenon

• In Sparta

What did Greeks write to tell about the ancient Greek Gods and heroes?

• myths

• informational essays

• non-fiction

• poetry