Chapter 7 Lesson 1- Rise Of Greek Civilization Question Preview (ID: 54421)


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Where was the city-state of Knossos located?
a) the island of Crete
b) mainland Greece
c) on the Peloponnesus
d) on the coast of Anatolia

Which statement best describes the mainland of Greece?
a) most of the land is surrounded by desert
b) most of the land is rugged and mountainous
c) most of the land is flat plains
d) most of the land is frozen and barren

What three major bodies of water surround the Greek peninsula?
a) Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea
b) Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean
c) Nile River, Tigris River, Euphrates River
d) Gulf of Corinth, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea

What was the Greek word for marketplace?
a) acropolis
b) polis
c) agora
d) phalanx

What were a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows called?
a) phalanx
b) acropolis
c) polis
d) agora

What was the polis?
a) Greek word for city-state
b) a gathering place or market place in ancient Greece
c) the civil force of a government responsible for the prevention and detection of crime
d) a high hill with a fortress on top

What is a colony?
a) a group of people descended from the same ancestor
b) a city and the surrounding farmland it controls
c) a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
d) a settlement in a new territory that has close ties to its homeland

What was a bard?
a) a warrior
b) a storyteller
c) a semi-solid fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the pig
d) a shoal-draft flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of bulk goods

What is a peninsula?
a) a piece of land nearly surrounded by water
b) a piece of land nearly surrounded by more land
c) a piece of water nearly surround by land
d) a piece of land completely surrounded by water

Which civilization was the earliest to settle near the Greek mainland?
a) Minoans
b) Mycenaeans
c) Dorians
d) Hellenes

Which civilization was the first to settle on the mainland of Greece?
a) Minoans
b) Mycenaeans
c) Athenians
d) Spartans

Why did the Dark Age occur early Greece?
a) A solar flare caused all electronic devices to stop workin
b) A volcanic eruptions caused the downfall of the Minoans
c) The Dorians invaded, conquered the Mycenaeans, but were unable to create a lasting empire
d) The early Greeks gradually lost their ability to read/write, trade stopped, and farmers grew just enough food to survive

Who did the Greeks adopt their alphabet from?
a) Lydians
b) Mycenaeans
c) Phoenicians
d) Minoans

What was a hoplite?
a) a citizen soldier, who purchases their own armour and weapons
b) a leader of the Athenian democracy
c) an early ruler of the developing Greek city-states
d) an explorer from ancient Greece, who sailed the Mediterranean Sea

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