Difficulties in Travel and Isolated Communities
Farming
Colonies
Trading
Extras
100
No, in groups
Did the Greeks travel alone?
100
Hard
Was it easy or hard to farm in Ancient Greece?
100
They made colonies
What did the Greeks do to get more farmland?
100
Olive oil and pottery (grain, metal, and timber)
What did they trade with?
100
People who make colonies
Who are colonists?
200
They had no necessities for travelers
What was the problem at the inns?
200
olives, grapes, barley, wheat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, honey
List at least 3 foods mentioned.
200
300 years (about)
How long did it take the colonies to form?
200
3-5 mph
How fast were the ships?
200
3
How many sea hazards were listed in Slide 1?
300
Land was harder, water was easier
What were the harder and easier modes of travel?
300
sheep, goats, oxen, mule, donkeys, pigs, chickens
List at least 3 animals mentioned.
300
They had to travel a long sea voyage, they had to find good colony material, they had to build successful communities
List at least one hardship the colonists had.
300
2 months
How long could one trip from the mainland take?
300
Olives and grapes?
What were the two most common foods grown?
400
Mediterranean, Aegean, Ionian
What are the 3 seas Greece is near?
400
No large rivers, winter rains
List at least one reason the Greeks didn't have much farming water.
400
Africa, Italy, Spain, France
Where were the other colonies? List at least 2 places.
400
Themselves, their colonies, other places throughout the Mediterranean region.
Who did the ancient Greeks trade with?
400
settlements under the control of a distant country
What are colonies?
500
Ships crashing into shoreline, ships sinking, ships getting driven off course
Name at least 2 sea hazards from Slide 1.
500
Sheep could make wool, and goats provided milk and cheese
What were the sheep and goats useful for besides meat?
500
Ionia in Turkey
What was the first colony? Where was it in modern-day terms?
500
The stars
Name as many resources for the sailors as you can.
500
rectangular
Were merchants' ships' sails rectangular or triangular?
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