Ancient Greece Open-Note Quiz B

Greece is a peninsula. What is a peninsula?

• an island

• a body of land surrounded by water on all sides

• a body of land surrounded by water on three sides.

• a gulf

Why was the sea so important to the Greeks? (Choose all that apply. )

• They were shipbuilders and sailors.

• It was the source of fish.

• They were able to trade.

• They used it for drinking water.

Who was the ruler of the Gods?

• Hera

• Apollo

• Zeus

• Hermes

The Greeks believed that Gods... (Select all that apply.)

• were sometimes cruel.

• lived on Mt. Olympus.

• had divine and human qualities.

• were more powerful and beautiful than any human could be.

________________are stories that people tell to explain their world.

• helots

• citizens

• myths

• alphabets

The Olympics were games held every _________ years as part of a major festival that honored Zeus.

• 4

• 2

• 8

• 10

Who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Homer

• Atalanta

• Zeus

• Athena

What was an agora?

• an open space where people came for business and public gatherings.

• an Olympic sport

• an epic poem

• a Greek God

The word acropolis means...

• highest city

• pig farmer

• farming city

• democratic city

Everything from government, philosophy, science, mathematics, art, literature, and even sports was impacted by the ancient Greeks.

• True

• False