Land and Location
Ancient Greece was located on which continent?
Europe
True or False: Much of Ancient Greece was mountainous.
True
Ancient Greece was surrounded by many ________.
seas
Which was often easier in Ancient Greece: traveling by land or traveling by sea?
traveling by sea
True or False: Geography influenced how Ancient Greeks lived.
True
Greece is surrounded by a lot of water because much of the country is a ________.
peninsula
Mountains made travel by ________ difficult.
Name one sea that surrounds Greece.
Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, or Mediterranean Sea
Why was traveling by land difficult?
Because of the mountains and rugged terrain.
Greece's rocky and mountainous land made ________ difficult.
farming
What is a peninsula?
land surrounded by water on three sides
How did mountains affect communication between Greek communities?
They made communication and travel more difficult.
Why did many Ancient Greeks become skilled sailors?
Because Greece was surrounded by water and had many islands.
What activity allowed Greeks to get resources they could not easily produce themselves?
trade
What political communities developed partly because mountains separated Greek settlements?
city-states
Ancient Greece had many small pieces of land surrounded completely by water. What are these called?
islands
Because mountains separated communities, Greeks developed many independent ________.
city-states
True or False: The seas completely isolated Ancient Greece from other civilizations.
Name one reason the sea was important to the Ancient Greeks.
It provided transportation, trade, fishing, or connections to other places.
Give one example of evidence showing that geography affected Ancient Greek life.
Mountains made land travel difficult, so Greeks often traveled by sea
Name two important geographic features of Ancient Greece.
mountains and seas
Explain one way mountains helped shape Ancient Greek civilization.
Mountains separated communities, making them more independent and contributing to the development of separate city-states.
How did Greece's location near the sea help connect Greeks to other civilizations?
Greeks could sail, trade, exchange ideas, and establish colonies.
How did geography encourage the Ancient Greeks to trade?
Greece had limited farmland and many mountains, while access to the sea made it easier to trade for needed resources.
Make a claim explaining how geography shaped Ancient Greek civilization and support it with one piece of evidence.
Claim: Geography caused Greek communities to become more independent. Evidence: Mountains separated communities and made travel between them difficult.