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1
Name the most powerful of the Greek gods
Artemis
Apollo
Zeus
Poseidon
2
Ancient Greece was located in which two continents?
North and South America
Asia and Africa
Europe and Austalia
Asia and Europe
3
What was the name of the capital city of the Minoans?
Thebes
Corinth
Knossos
Sparta
4
Which geographic feature encouraged the rise of independent city-states in ancient Greece?
broad plains
numerous ports
navigable rivers
mountain ranges
5
Invaders from the north who destroyed the Mycenaean cities and started the dark ages of Greece
Dorians
Delians
Thebians
Minoans
6
Mycenaean Greece belongs to the period of
The Silver Age
The Stone Age
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age
7
This war was fought between the people of Troy and the Mycenaean Greeks
Gulf War
Trojan War
Doric War
Persian War
8
Where was the Mycenaean Civilization located?
Crete
Troy
Athens
Mycenae
9
What was the name of the first great Greek civilisation?
Minoan
Roman
Myceneaen
Hellenic
10
Where do the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece live?
Mount Olympus
Odyssey
Ithaca
11
Ancient Greece is often called
Cradle of western civilization
The place of new ideas
The place of many
Name of Greece
12
On what island did Ancient Greek civilisation originate?
Rhodes
Olympia
Crete
Samos
13
Dark Ages in Greece is between....
approx. 1000-700 BCE
approx. 1100-800 BCE
approx. 1200-900 BCE
approx. 1150-850 BCE
14
Who did the Minoans name their civilization after?
KING MINOS
MINOS THE KING
MANOA
MINOSAURUS REX
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What happened during the Dark Ages of Greece?
Trading stopped
No written history
No crafts or art
All of those
16
One important event that took place during the Dark Ages of Greece was __.
the disappearance of oral traditions
an increase in foreign trade
the disappearance of writing
destruction of all farmland
17
Which group invaded Greece during the Dark Ages?
Macedonians
Persians
Trojans
Dorians
18
The minoans were good at sailing
False
True
19
Ancient Greece was dependent on trade in large part because
its leaders were corrupt
very little of its land was agricultural
it was a poor country
it lost many wars
20
In ancient Greece, you would visit an oracle if you wanted
your hair cut
your fortune told
your daily news
your cat fixed
21
What led to the collapse (end) of the Mycenaean civilization?
sickness and famine
They migrated towards Crete.
invasions and a decline in the economy
decline in economy
22
How do we know that the Greek Dark Ages was a bad time? (Multiple Answers)
There were few records
There were no records, so historians believe it was bad
Population and food production fell
There many records that showed there were many deaths
23
Which sea was critical to the development of Ancient Greece?
Adriatic Sea
Black Sea
Athenian Sea
Aegean Sea
24
How did Greek sport influence modern sport?
They invented a way of testing a person's physical fitness
They invented sports entirely
They invented every sport in the modern world
They helped create the Olympic Games
25
What were the Minoans known for?
Trade
War
Shoe Shining
Fishing
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The collapse of the Greeks during the Dark Ages increased
Income levels
Poverty
Farming
Foreign trade