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Chapter 17 Section 3 GREECE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Click in the flag that belongs to Greece.

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

The capital of Greece is______.

a)

Athens

b)

Corinth

c)

Piraeus

d)

Cenchrea

3.

Choose which is a reason to consider Greece to be part of the Mediterranean Europe?

a)

It´s the origin of a culture that reached full expression in Western Europe.

b)

Greece is a memeber of the EU and the NATO.

c)

Greece shares a border with Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria.

d)

All of the above.

4.

Greece share a border with the following countries, except...

a)

Albania

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Macedonia

d)

Spain

5.

Greece has approximately 2 thousand islands.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Southern Greece is a product of the North American tectonic plate and the Pacific tectonic plate.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

____________ is the tallest peak of Greece and where, according to mythology, the gods lived.

a)

Mount Everest

b)

The Acropolis

c)

Mount Parnassus

d)

Mount Olympus

8.

Agriculture is one important economic activity for Greece.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Athens is located in a part of Greece called...

a)

Origin of Greece

b)

Sterea Hellas

c)

Stellas Greek

d)

It does not have a particular name.

10.

The monuments of Athens stood on Mount Parnassus.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Athens merges with this port.

a)

Cenchrea

b)

Piraeus

c)

Crete

d)

Corinth

12.

What enables Greece to maintain contact with its many islands?

a)

The resources

b)

The sea

c)

The airplanes

d)

The tectonic plates

13.

The two major economic activities in the Greek islands are...

a)

technology and agriculture

b)

technology and tourism

c)

fishing and agriculture

d)

fishing and tourism

14.

Tourists visit Greece for...

a)

its biodiversity

b)

its technological innovations

c)

its rich history

d)

its wildlife

15.

The Minoans used to live in the island of Crete during the Bronze Age.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Greece is not considered a Western Nation.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

In what year did Greece gain its independence from Turkey?

a)

1825

b)

1829

c)

1830

d)

1832

18.

What is a tsunami?

a)

an elongated block of earth´s crust lying between two faults and displaced downward relative to other block of earth

b)

a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance

c)

to live in; habitable

19.

What is a graben?

a)

an elongated block of earth´s crust lying between two faults and displaced downward relative to other block of earth

b)

a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance

c)

to live in; habitable

20.

What is a inhabitable?

a)

an elongated block of earth´s crust lying between two faults and displaced downward relative to other block of earth

b)

a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance

c)

to live in; habitable