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History
Ancient Greek civilisation: what do we know about ancient Greece?

Starter quiz

  • Which of these was the most important city-state in Ancient Greece?
    • Sparta
    • Corinth
    • Athens  ✓
  • Why were there so many city-states in Ancient Greece?
    • they could not decide which city should be in charge
    • there were natural barriers preventing growth of settlements  ✓
    • they wanted to build more cities than other civilisations
    • Ancient Greece was so big it had to have lots of states
  • What word describes places that were ruled by city-states but were far away from them?
    • outposts
    • islands
    • territories
    • colonies  ✓
  • Complete the sentence. Ancient Greece ended when the ______ Empire started growing.
    • 'Roman' ✓
  • Match the words to the definitions
    • Mediterranean Sea
      ⇔
      a body of water around part of the Greek coast ✓
    • Athens
      ⇔
      a city-state in Ancient Greece ✓
    • Mount Olympus
      ⇔
      the highest mountain in Greece ✓
    • Italy
      ⇔
      a country where Ancient Greece had colonies ✓
  • Put these civilisations in the order they existed, starting with the earliest.
    • 1
      ⇔
      Indus
    • 2
      ⇔
      Ancient Greek
    • 3
      ⇔
      Roman
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