Question 1

In ancient times, Greece was not a united country.

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true

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false

Question 2

Minoans lived in

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the large island of Crete

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Athens

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Sparta

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Corinth

Question 3

Ancient Greece consisted of mainly a _________ peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea.

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mountainous

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rich-soiled

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forest-filled

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grassy

Question 4

Greece also included about 2,000 islands on the (_) and (_) Seas.

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Aegean and Ionia

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Black and Red

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Adriatic and Mediterranean

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Red and Mediterranean

Question 5

In one sense, Greeks did not live on a land but around a sea.

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true

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false

Question 6

Sea travel and trade were important because

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it linked Greece to other societies.

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family members were residing among other area societies

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it was the Greek's way of getting food.

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Greece lacked many important natural resources.

Question 7

Ragged mountains covered about __________ of ancient Greece.

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3/4ths

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1/3rd

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1/2

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1/4th

Question 8

How much of Greece was arable?

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1/4th

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almost all of Greece

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1/2

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3/4ths

Question 9

How did the mountains affect Greeks?

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mountians protected against outside invaders

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Greeks were more unified

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Greeks did not have a source of food

Question 10

Choose one of  two factors directly prevented Greece from having a large population?

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little fertile farmland

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not enough space

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the climate was too cold

Question 11

Which of the following was not of the three environmental factors that influenced Greece?

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volcanoes

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sea

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climate

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land

Question 12

Some of the people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C. were known as

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Mycenaeans.

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Athenians

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Minoans

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Spartans

Question 13

Where was the center of the Mycenaean people?

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Mycenae

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Tiryns

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Athens

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Sparta

Question 14

A Greek army besieged and destroyed Troy because a Trojan prince kidnapped

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Helen

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Aristotle

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Hera

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Athenia

Question 15

Who was the greatest Greek story teller

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Homer

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Thucydides

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Herodotus

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Euripides

Question 16

Homer wrote

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Epics

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Dramas

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Novels

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Plays

Question 17

Aretē means

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excellence

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pride

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nationalism

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parochialism

Question 18

Which of Homer's epics is about the Trojan War?

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The Iliad

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The Trojan Horse

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The Oddessey

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Achilles

Question 19

What was the difference between humans and gods?

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gods were immortal

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gods could feel jealous

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Only gods fought wars

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Humans could love and hate

Question 20

The ruler of the gods lived

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on Mount Olympus

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by the sea

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on Crete

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Mt Hera

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