Vocabulary
An area of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a pennisula
This is a geographic feature used for harvesting salt to preserve food
What is salt water?
Can be used to rest and restock ships during travel
What are islands?
Greece is located on this continent
What is Europe?
The most popular grain in ancient Greece
What is barley?
Features of the Earth such as bodies of water and landforms
What is a geographic feature?
The type of water that surrounds the coastland of both mainland Greece and all its islands.
What are seas?
A natural barrier that makes it difficult for attackers to climb
What are cliffs?
The large body of water that borders all of Greece (and Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia)
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This made it difficult to farm in ancient Greece
What is rough, dry terrain and poor soil?
A large, flat piece of land that has the same elevation
What is a plain?
The body of water located between the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea
What is the Sea of Marmara?
What is an isthmus?
Greece is located on this peninsula
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
Two things that Ancient Greeks did beside farming
What is fishing and trading?
A geographic region in ancient Greece located on the continent of Asia and is now most of modern day Turkey
What is Asia Minor?
A narrow waterway that allows movement between landforms and connects one body of water to another one
What is a strait?
Created natural barriers that promoted independent city-states
What are mountains?
The largest of the Greek islands
What is Crete?
Animals that are raised for their milk, meat, eggs, wool, and waste
What is animal husbandry?
A city that governs itself and usually includes a urban area as well as a bordering protective wall
What is a city-state?
The name of a well-known channel of water in the area of Greece
What is the Dardanelles/Hellespont?
A great hiding place for an 'ambush' or to fish for food
What is a cove?
A popular southern region and peninsula in Greece connected by the Isthmus of Corinth.
What is the Peloponnese?
Three goods that ancient Greeks traded
What is grain, olive oil, and grapes/wine?