The Early Greeks 7-1 Quiz

Mainland Greece is a __________, a body of land with water on three sides.

• peninsula

• island

• continent

• archipelago

The island of Crete lies southeast of the Greek mainland and was home to the ____________.

• Minoans

• Romans

• Egyptians

• Phoenicians

The Mycenaeans invaded the Greek mainland around 1900 B.C. and became the first Greek kings.

• True

• False

Greek city states were known as __________, which was a tiny independent country.

• polis

• acropolis

• agora

• parthenon

During the Dark Ages, thousands of Greeks left the mainland and settled on the islands in the Mediterranean Sea. True or False?

• True

• False

A settlement in a new territory that stays closely linked to its homeland.

• Mycenae

• Agamemnon

• Agora

• Peloponnesus

• Colony

An open area that had two functions (a market and farm land).

• Mycenae

• Agamemnon

• Agora

• Peloponnesus

• Colony

An example of an Isthmus in which Dorians settled on.

• Mycenae

• Agamemnon

• Agora

• Peloponnesus

• Colony

Mycenaean King who led soldiers during the Trojan War.

• Mycenae

• Agamemnon

• Agora

• Peloponnesus

• Colony

Walled palace that was discovered in 1900 by Heinrich Schliemann.

• Mycenae

• Agamemnon

• Agora

• Peloponnesus

• Colony