Ancient Greece Test Review

Match the following

• Philosophy

• An ________ is a small group of rich, powerful citizens who control the decision making in a government.

• Peninsula

• _______ is a culture with Greek ideas blended with African and Asian ideas.

• Hellenism

• An area of land nearly surrounded by water is a __________.

• Agora

• The search for wisdom and the right way to live is called ________.

• Oligarchy

• The farmers gathered at the _______ to trade with each other.

What made the terrain of Greece difficult for farmers?

• There is a lot of salt water in the ocean.

• A rocky, hilly terrain made it difficult to grow crops.

• Sheep dug up all the crops.

• The terrain had very good soil for crops to grow.

Where was democracy established?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Crete

• Rome

Select five ancient Greek ideas or traditions that are still practiced today.

Groups:

(a) Invented in Greece and still used today.

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(b) Not invented in Greece.

• Democracy

• Fireworks

• Mythology

• Geometry

• Hieroglyphics

• Silk

• Pottery

• Olympics

• Bow and Arrow

• Drama

What Phoenician invention did the Greeks improve?

• Kites

• Papyrus

• Alphabet

• Sails

What clues tells you this is a historical map?

• The scale and compass rose.

• The map key and scale.

• The date range and event title.

• The Aegean Sea and islands.

Greece is surrounded by 3 sides of water. On the east is the ​ (a)   On the west is the ​ (b)   and in the South is the ​ ​ ​ (c)  

• Aegean Sea
• Black Sea
• Red Sea
• Ionian Sea
• Nile Sea
• Mediterranean Sea
• Caspian Sea

Greece is surrounded by 3 sides of water therefore it is considered a ​ (a)  

• Peninsula
• Island
• Mountain
• Plateau

Why was communication difficult between communities in Ancient Greece?

• They did not have telephones
• Mountains and Water
• communication was easy
• most people had horses

Alexander the Great greatly expanded his empire. Select the three continents that his empire reached.

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

• Europe