Ancient Greece

The poetry & drama of the Ancient Greeks featured mainly...

• comedies & tragedies

• athletic events

• chariot races

• bull fights

The city-state where boys, at the age of 7, would start hardy soldier training

• Athens

• Sparta

• Delphi

• Olympia

What contributions did the Ancient Greeks have to our modern society?

• Art & Architecture

• Literature & Drama

• Science & Mathematics

• All of the contributions mentioned

How did Greece's mountainous land affect life for the Ancient Greeks?

• It did not affect life for the Greeks.

• The Greeks mostly ate at restaurants.

• The Greeks could only grow certain kinds of crops.

• The Greeks could grow any kind of crop they wanted.

Why was communication difficult between communities in Ancient Greece?

• They did not have telephones

• Mountains and Water

• communication was easy

• most people had horses

5. Which of the following IS NOT a physical feature of Greece?

• mountains

• peninsulas and islands

• wide open plains

• lots of coastline

A great philosopher of Ancient Greece was:

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• all three (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle)

Minoan Civilization was located on the island of

• Ithaca

• Zacynthus

• Samos

• Crete

Why did the Greeks raise goats and sheep instead of cattle?

• Greeks didn't like hamburger.

• They can graze on mountains and hillsides.

• Their milk is very sweet.

• These animals eat only grass.

9. In Ancient Greece, the Olympics was an athletic and _____________ event that honored the God, Zeus.

• cooking

• religious

• building

• art