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