Quiz on Ancient Greece

How did the geography of Greece affect the lives of its people?

• providing good waterways for sea travel and trading

• improved farming

• made it easy for cities to communicate with each other

What poems did Homer write?

• Iliad & Odyssey

• Romeo & Juliet

• Ode to a Nightingale

Socrates was known for developing ________________?

• the Socratic method

• the Pythagorean theorem

• the theory of relativity

• the law of gravity

Athens had what type of government?

• monarchy

• communism

• democracy

What were Greek city-states called?

• a polis

• a township

• a metropolitan

Who surrendered during the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens

• Persia

• Sparta

What type of religion did the Greeks have?

• no gods

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

What activity are the Greeks known for?

• mechanics

• the Olympics

• baking

How did the Greeks win the battle against the Trojans?

• they gave the Trojans a horse for their gods

• they stormed the castle

• they fought them at sea

What is the enduring legacy of the Greek Empire?

• warrior tactics

• reading and writing

• democracy, art, architecture