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Ancient Greece Section 1
Test Description: Section 1 - CH 8
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a polis?
A
A Greek term for city-states
B
A Greek term for unity
C
A Greek term for country
D
A Greek term for mountains
2) Why did the Greekās develop city-states?
A
separate themselves from other countries
B
they wanted to gain land from other areas
C
band together for protection and stability
D
were ordered to by the king
3) How did the city walls and acropolises benefit Greek city-states?
A
protected them from attacks
B
gave them an idea of where cities were located
C
created city-states and countries
D
set boundaries that people could not cross
4) How did the sea help shape early Greek society?
A
made trade difficult
B
it separated towns and villages
C
it provided a means of trade and transportation
D
made contact difficult with other countries
5) What effect did the mountains of Greece have on the civilization?
A
helped them change ideas with other cultures easily
B
gave them a way to trade with others
C
provided them with little farmland
D
provided them with plenty of room to plant food
6) Why did the Greeks create colonies?
A
to become rich from trade
B
to sail to exotic places
C
to create a large empire
D
to conquer all the seas
7) Around what feature was a Greek polis usually built?
A
river
B
temple
C
mountain range
D
fortress
8) What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece?
A
Sumerians and Assyrians
B
Minoans and Mycenaean
C
Dorians and Hebrews
D
Trojans and Olympians
9) Why were the seas important to the early Greeks?
A
gave them a great place to swim and relax
B
provided them with trade routes
C
gave them drinking water
D
gave them water for crops
10) On what type of landform is mainland Greece located?
A
valley
B
peninsula
C
flat land
D
island
11) What body of water does not surround Greece?
A
Black Sea
B
Ionian Sea
C
Aegean Sea
D
Mediterranean Sea
12) Which of the following is a big city that began as a Greek colony?
A
Naples in Italy
B
Madrid in Spain
C
Berlin in Germany
D
Paris in France
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