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WorksheetsLesson 1: Greece
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 28mins
First Greeks were the Mycenaeans and the...
Dorians
Minoans
Peloponnesus
Trojans
One of the following about Greece's geography is NOT true.
It had a huge river system
located in the Balkan peninsula
It has just a couple of islands
plenty of coast
Why did the Greeks become fishers and traders?
because they loved the sea
They wanted to travel a lot
Their closeness to the sea
just because!
One crop the Greeks cultivated
Greece's largest island is...
Knossos
Troy
Crete
Balkan
Which creature was kept in king Minos' palace?
Centaur
Medusa
Cyclop
Minotaur
Minoans lived in...
Greece's mainland
Caucasus
Crete
Dorians came from...
Balkan peninsula
Crete
Caucasus Mts.
Mycenaeans lived in...
Crete
Ionian peninsula
Greek mainland
Why did king Minos' palace have so many rooms?
Draw Minoans' god
One of the following is NOT a reason/theory why Minoans weakened.
a natural disaster
war with Mycenaeans
volcanic eruption
Mycenaeans used all of the following to pay taxes except one:
livestock
honey
salt
wheat
The Dorians were philosophers and interested in learning a lot of stuff.
True
False
The Iliad begins with Hector kidnapping Helen.
False
True
Achilles was a great Trojan soldier.
True
False
The Odyssey's main character is...
Paris
Hector
Achilles
Odysseus
Mountains divided the Greek land.
False
True
The Trojan war lasted...
5 years
20 years
10 years
100 years
The period while the Dorians ruled the Greeks is known as...
The Golden Age
Dorian Age
Trojan Horse
The Dark Age
BONUS: What happened in Greece while the Dorians ruled?
