Ancient Greece Quiz

Ancient Greece was

• a large city

• a collection of city-states

• an island nation

Ancient Greece is .....

• flat, with a lot of land to grow many different crops, and thousands of islands

• flat, with out arable land to grow crops

• Mountainous with a lot of land to grow many different crops

• Mountainous without much arable land to grow crops, and thousands of islands

Due to the fact that Greece had a lot of islands and was covered in mountains, the Ancient Greeks

• Became expert shipbuilders and sailors. The land was not good to grow crops so they traded olive oil, weapons, and grape drinks with neighboring civilizations for food and other valuables.

• The people were able to travel well on land, they traded wheat, vegetables, and gold for olive oil.

• Were a country with many city states called polises with only one government and culture.

• Became expert shipbuilders and sailors. The people were able to travel well on land, they traded wheat, vegetables, and gold for olive oil.

What is democracy?

• Government where the people vote to make decisions

• Government with one ruler who makes all decisions

• Government in which a group of people make decisions

• Government were anyone can do whatever they want.

Why is Greece so important to understanding Western Civilization (The Civilization you live in)

• We borrowed their government, culture, olympics, art, philosophy, science theories, theater and plays, language

• We borrowed their weapons, religion, clothes, shoes, music, food, and art.

• We borrowed their way of life

• We borrowed their religion, military, clothes, singing, movies, technology, language, houses, dogs

What do Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have in common?

• they were all aristocrats

• they were all scientists

• they were all mathematicians

• they were all philosophers

Which famous Greek is credited with writing the Illiad and the Odyssey?

• Herodotus

• Homer

• Hercules

• Sophocles

Athens was known as the birthplace of

• democracy.

• war.

• philosophy.

• slavery.

The ancient Greeks were  

• Monotheistic  
• Polytheistic
• Atheist
• Scientologist

Which term describes the blending of Greek culture with Persian, Indian, & Egyptian influences?

• Classical
• Arabesque
• Hellenism
• Gothic