Chapter 8: Ancient Greece Unit Test

1. This sea is a large, almost landlocked arm of the Atlantic touching Europe, Asia, and Africa.

• A. Crete
• B. Mediterranean Sea
• C. Rhodes

2. A sheltered place along a coast used to protect boats and ships

• A. peninsula
• B. Mediterranean Sea
• C. harbor

3. An area of land almost entirely surrounded by water

• A. peninsula
• B. harbor
• C. Rhodes

4. A Greek island, lying east of Crete in the Aegean Sea

• A. Crete
• B. Mediterranean Sea
• C. Rhodes

5. A Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea, which is the biggest island of Greece

• A. Crete
• B. Mediterranean Sea
• C. Rhodes

6. A wedge-shaped peninsula in east-central Greece on which Athens was built

• A. polis
• B. Peloponnesus
• C. Attica

7. A city-state in ancient Greece is called a

• A. polis
• B. agora
• C. citizen

8. A mountainous peninsula in southern Greece shaped like a hand, Sparta is here

• A. polis
• B. Peloponnesus
• C. citizen

9. A person with certain rights and responsibilities

• A. agora
• B. Attica
• C. citizen

10. A central area in Greek city-states used both as a marketplace & meeting place

• A. agora
• B. Attica
• C. citizen