Q 01/05

Which island is one of only four in the Mediterranean larger than Crete?

A) Majorca

B) Corsica

C) Rhodes

D) Malta

Answer · why

B) Corsica

Corsica edges Crete for fourth place, behind Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus. Big as Crete is, mountains fill most of it and leave little level ground to ...

Q 02/05

On which coast of Crete does its capital, Heraklion, stand?

A) The south

B) The east

C) The west

D) The north

Answer · why

D) The north

The north coast slopes gently to natural harbours and plains, so Heraklion and Crete's other main towns all grew up along it; on much of the opposite ...

Q 03/05

Which sea lies to the south of Crete?

A) The Sea of Crete

B) The Ionian Sea

C) The Libyan Sea

D) The Adriatic Sea

Answer · why

C) The Libyan Sea

The Libyan Sea is older than the country: its name comes from Libya as the ancient Greeks used the word, for the coast of Africa west of Egypt, which ...

Q 04/05

Which island group lies directly north of Crete, across the southern Aegean?

A) The Dodecanese

B) The Ionian Islands

C) The Sporades

D) The Cyclades

Answer · why

D) The Cyclades

The Cyclades, in the tradition Thucydides recorded, fell to King Minos of Crete, who built a navy, drove out the Carians living there and installed hi...

Q 05/05

Which god is Crete famous as the birthplace of in Greek mythology?

A) Apollo

B) Zeus

C) Poseidon

D) Hermes

Answer · why

B) Zeus

Zeus was hidden in a cave on Crete as a baby because his father, Cronus, swallowed each of his children at birth; Cronus was handed a stone wrapped in...