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1
What was the name of the capital city of the Minoans?
Knossos
Corinth
Sparta
Thebes
2
Who did the Minoans name their civilization after?
MINOS THE KING
MINOSAURUS REX
MANOA
KING MINOS
3
Mycenaean Greece belongs to the period of
The Iron Age
The Bronze Age
The Stone Age
The Silver Age
4
Where do the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece live?
Mount Olympus
Odyssey
Ithaca
5
Invaders from the north who destroyed the Mycenaean cities and started the dark ages of Greece
Dorians
Delians
Minoans
Thebians
6
Which sea was critical to the development of Ancient Greece?
Black Sea
Aegean Sea
Athenian Sea
Adriatic Sea
7
Ancient Greece was dependent on trade in large part because
its leaders were corrupt
it lost many wars
it was a poor country
very little of its land was agricultural
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On what island did Ancient Greek civilisation originate?
Rhodes
Crete
Olympia
Samos
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What were the Minoans known for?
Trade
Shoe Shining
War
Fishing
10
Which geographic feature encouraged the rise of independent city-states in ancient Greece?
navigable rivers
mountain ranges
broad plains
numerous ports
11
Where was the Mycenaean Civilization located?
Mycenae
Crete
Athens
Troy
12
How did Greek sport influence modern sport?
They invented a way of testing a person's physical fitness
They invented every sport in the modern world
They helped create the Olympic Games
They invented sports entirely
13
Ancient Greece was located in which two continents?
North and South America
Asia and Europe
Asia and Africa
Europe and Austalia
14
One important event that took place during the Dark Ages of Greece was __.
an increase in foreign trade
the disappearance of oral traditions
destruction of all farmland
the disappearance of writing
15
What was the name of the first great Greek civilisation?
Minoan
Roman
Myceneaen
Hellenic
16
In ancient Greece, you would visit an oracle if you wanted
your daily news
your fortune told
your hair cut
your cat fixed
17
This war was fought between the people of Troy and the Mycenaean Greeks
Doric War
Persian War
Trojan War
Gulf War
18
Dark Ages in Greece is between....
approx. 1200-900 BCE
approx. 1100-800 BCE
approx. 1150-850 BCE
approx. 1000-700 BCE
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How do we know that the Greek Dark Ages was a bad time? (Multiple Answers)
There many records that showed there were many deaths
There were no records, so historians believe it was bad
Population and food production fell
There were few records
20
Ancient Greece is often called
Cradle of western civilization
Name of Greece
The place of new ideas
The place of many
21
Name the most powerful of the Greek gods
Poseidon
Apollo
Artemis
Zeus
22
The minoans were good at sailing
True
False
23
What led to the collapse (end) of the Mycenaean civilization?
sickness and famine
invasions and a decline in the economy
They migrated towards Crete.
decline in economy
24
The collapse of the Greeks during the Dark Ages increased
Farming
Income levels
Poverty
Foreign trade
25
Which group invaded Greece during the Dark Ages?
Trojans
Dorians
Macedonians
Persians
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What happened during the Dark Ages of Greece?
No written history
All of those
Trading stopped
No crafts or art