Ancient Greece Quiz

How much of Greece’s land could be used for farmers?

• 10%

• 20% to 30%

• 30%

• 40%

Name the largest island of the Greek Isles.

• Rhodes

• Corfu

• Crete

• Mykonos

What is the system of government called in which a king or queen rules over a group of people?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Republic

A body of land with water on three sides is called a ____?

• Peninsula

• Island

• Isthmus

• Archipelago

What type of government developed during the Dark Ages where only a few people rule?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

What is a leader who takes power by force called?

• Monarch

• President

• Tyrant

• Senator

What is the name of Zeus' wife?

• Athena

• Hera

• Aphrodite

• Artemis

What is the name of the place where the gods live?

• Mount Olympus

• Mount Everest

• Mount Sinai

• Mount Kilimanjaro

What is the name of the God of the sea?

• Zeus

• Hades

• Poseidon

• Apollo

Name the three seas surrounding Greece.

• Mediterranean, Aegean, Ionian

• Baltic, North, Black

• Red, Arabian, Caspian

• Adriatic, Tyrrhenian, Ligurian