The Ancient Greeks

Rugged mountains and deep valleys...

• caused the city-states to become fiercely independent.

• caused the city-states to become fiercely dependent on each other.

• do not describe Greece's geography.

• helped the Greeks trade become much easier.

Greece is considered a peninsula in which sea?

• Black Sea

• Red Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Aegean Sea

Which city-state is located farthest south on the map, Athens or Sparta?

• Athens

• Sparta

Because of Greece's numerous coastlines, many Greeks have chosen these two occupations.

• Farmer and Trader

• Fisherman and Farmer

• Fisherman and Trader

• Trader and Farmer

Near 1100 B.C.E., this Greek speaking group of warring people invaded from the north and took control of most of mainland Greece.

• The people of Anatolia.

• The Minoan people.

• The Dorian people.

• The Mycenaean people.

Which event is most likely the reason the Greeks developed a written language.

• An increase in trade.

• Bards or storytellers.

• Small independent communities.

• The Greek alphabet had 24 letters.

The Greek letter for delta, looks most like...

• the letter D.

• a triangle.

• a square.

• The letter Y.

What did the Greek colonies bring to the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea?

• The buying and selling of goods, and the Greek culture.

• The buying and selling of goods, and the Roman culture.

• The buying and selling of goods, and the Indian culture.

• The buying and selling of goods, and the Chinese culture.

Which is another name for a city-state?

• country

• empire

• polis

• Greece

Why did locals seek safety in an acropolis when invaders attacked their polis?

• A hill is much safer than a fort.

• It is difficult for invaders to get close to the polis, and forts don't protect very well.

• Forts are better on the beach.

• It is more difficult for invaders to get to the center of the polis, get up the hill, and get into the fort.