Ancient Greece

Greece is in which continent?

• Europe
• Africa
• North America
• Asia

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Greece is a peninsula which means

• a mountain range with a river running through it. 
• land surrounded by water on three sides
• an area with major rivers running through it
• a very mountainous region

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What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?

• rocky and mountainous
• flat
• desert
• rolling plains

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Why was communication difficult between communities in Ancient Greece?

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

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The ancient Greeks were  

• Monotheistic  
• Polytheistic
• Atheist
• Scientologist

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One of the most famous ancient Greek poets who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey was...

• Homer.

• Athena.

• Sandburg.

• Pericles

_{Greece has many _________ that are like mini countries with their own kings.}

• counties

• city-states

• provinces

• parishes

In Greek, the word for a city-state was 

• civitas 
• barracks 
• democracy
• polis

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The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called

• Goodwill Games
• Marathons
• Olympics
• Triathlons 

A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.

• Athens
• Delphi
• Corinth
• Sparta

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