Seas
What is it called when a landmass is surrounded by water on 3 sides?
Peninsula
What mountain was home to the Gods?
Mt. Olympus
Around how many islands are there in greece?
1200-6000
Describe the landscape of a mountain valley. What do you see? How does the land feel?
Rocky, Mountainous
Name a major River in Greece?
There are no major rivers
What sea is between Greece and Persia?
Aegean Sea
What percent of Greeces land is mountains?
80%
What is the biggest advantage of living on the coast?
Able to fish and trade easily
What city-state lives in the mountain Valley in the Peleponnesus
Options: Mycenae, Olympia, Sparta, Athens, Delphi
Sparta, Mycenae, Olympia
What city-state was known for their military strength?
Options: Mycenae, Olympia, Sparta, Athens, Delphi
Sparta
What are 2 products that the Greeks traded?
Olive Oil, Wine, Pottery, honey
Since the greeks had limited farmland, this led them to find it elsewhere. What is the word used when a country controls another area?
Colonies
Homer wrote the Odyssey and warned travelers about what in the seas?
Sea Monsters
What animals were raised in the mountain valley?
Sheep or goats
Name 3 Olympic events the Ancient Greeks had in their Olympics
Races, long jump, shot put, javelin, boxing, discus throwing, wrestling,
Name 3 major Seas of Greece (no notes)
Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Sea of Crete, Sea of Marmara
Name one positive for living near mountains and one negative
Positive: Hard to invade
Negative: hard to communicate and travel
What city-state lived by the coast in the Peninsula? They lived in the area called Attica
Options: Mycenae, Olympia, Sparta, Athens, Delphi
Athens
Name a positive about living in the mountain valley.
What God did the city-state of Athens get named after?
Athena
Name one positive about the seas and one negative
Positive: Access to the seas for trade routes
Negative: The seas had many islands that made travel difficult
What farming technique did they start implementing on the mountains?
Terrace farming
What is a disadvantage to having thousands of islands in ancient greece?
Easy to run into and crash your boat-hard to travel.
What was the biggest effect of isolation on Greek City-States?
Communication was difficult-Greeks developed different cultures, governments, laws etc.
Name 5 Greek Gods and what they are the God of
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Hades and either Hestia or Dionysus