Ancient Greece Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which island lies south of mainland Greece and contains the Minoan center of Knossos?
Euboea
Crete
Corcyra
Thasos
2. A map groups Syracuse, Tarentum, and other settlements under the name Magna Graecia. Which area is being highlighted?
Sicily and the southern Italian peninsula
The coastal regions surrounding the Hellespont
The islands off the western coast of Anatolia
The northern and eastern shores of the Black Sea
3. Olympia, home of the ancient Olympic Games, was located in which western Peloponnesian region?
Argolis
Attica
Phocis
Elis
4. A map labels Miletus and Ephesus among the Ionian Greek cities. Where should these cities appear?
Along the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea
Around the western edge of the Nile Delta
On the western coast of Anatolia, east of the Aegean
Along the northern coast of Crete
5. Which route description best fits an overland journey from Athens to Sparta?
Travel northeast through Thessaly and cross into Macedonia
Travel southwest, cross the Isthmus of Corinth, and continue into the southern Peloponnese
Travel northwest past Delphi and continue toward Epirus
Travel east across Euboea and follow the Anatolian coast
6. Athens was the principal city of which region of mainland Greece?
Laconia
Boeotia
Attica
Thessaly
7. Which small Cycladic island, near Mykonos, was renowned for its sanctuary of Apollo and Artemis?
Samothrace
Zakynthos
Aegina
Delos
8. Traveling northwest from Athens into Boeotia, which major ancient city would you expect to reach?
Megara
Chalcis
Thebes
Delphi
9. Which geographical feature made Corinth a strategic link between mainland Greece and the Peloponnese?
The Euripus Strait
The Vale of Tempe
The Isthmus of Corinth
The Hellespont
10. Which island lies off the western coast of Anatolia, north of Chios?
Aegina
Lesbos
Cythera
Melos
11. A fleet sailing from the central Aegean toward Marathon would aim for which part of Greece?
The northeastern coast of Attica
The northern end of Euboea
The western coast of Messenia
The inland plain of central Boeotia
12. An army approaching Thermopylae would encounter which physical setting?
A plateau surrounded by the mountains of Arcadia
A river crossing on the plain west of Sparta
An island channel separating Salamis from Attica
A narrow passage between mountains and the Malian Gulf
13. Which description most accurately locates Delphi?
On the slopes of Mount Parnassus, north of the Gulf of Corinth
At the foot of Mount Olympus, near the Thermaic Gulf
On the eastern side of Mount Taygetus, near Sparta
On Mount Ida in the center of Crete
14. On a map of the ancient Greek world, Macedonia should be placed immediately north of Thessaly. What was its general direction from Athens?
East
North
Southwest
Southeast
15. Sparta stood in the Eurotas valley within which region of the Peloponnese?
Laconia
Arcadia
Messenia
Achaea
16. Which island should be placed in the southeastern Aegean, close to the southwestern coast of Anatolia?
Corcyra
Thasos
Cephalonia
Rhodes