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Ancient Greece 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Greece was a ...
a)
island
b)
peninsula
c)
isthmus
d)
glacier
2.
What kind of culture were the Greeks?
a)
maritime
b)
desert
c)
colonial
d)
caste system
3.

The main crops the Ancient Greeks grew were:

a)

corn & beans

b)

wheat and bananas

c)

olives, wheat, grapes

d)

bananas & yogurt

4.
What bodies of water bordered Ancient Greece?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Aegean Sea
c)
Ionian Sea
d)
All of them
5.
the Ancient Greeks were...
a)
...polytheistic
b)
...monotheistic
c)
...both polytheistic and monotheistic
d)
...neither polytheistic and monotheistic
6.

What kind of livestock did the Ancient Greeks raise?

a)

Sheep

b)

Pigs

c)

Cows

d)

Goats

7.

An independent Greek city-state was known as a

a)

polis

b)

city

c)

empire

d)

civilization

8.

What was the religious area that was the highest place in the city called?

a)
Agora
b)
Acropolis
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Parthenon
9.
What was the large open area where city life was centered around called?
a)
Agora
b)
Acropolis
c)
Democracy
d)
Mall
10.
The polis was different than a modern day city because it functioned like a _________
a)
tiny country
b)
tiny state
c)
tiny village
d)
tiny town square 
11.
A city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education. 
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Delphi
d)
Corinth
12.
What does the word "Democracy" mean?
a)
"rule by the government"
b)
"rule by the many"
c)
"rule by the wealthy"
d)
"rule by the people"
13.
Athens main rival was the city state of 
a)
Anatolia
b)
Marathon
c)
Sparta
d)
Thermopylae