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