Greek Geography
Most Greek communities were isolated from each other due to this natural barrier.
What are mountains?
Because of Greece’s rocky soil, farmers primarily grew these two crops.
What are grapes and olives?
Because travel by land was difficult, Greeks preferred this method of transportation.
What is sailing?
The second step in the process when starting a colony.
What is gathering food and supplies?
The sheer amount of these caused the citizens of Greece to feel isolated from other cities.
What are mountains?
This highest mountain in Greece was believed to be the home of the gods.
What is Mt. Olympus?
Since cattle couldn’t graze on the steep hillsides, Greek farmers raised these two animals instead.
What are sheep and goats?
Greek sailors respected the sea because these sudden events could sink their ships.
What are storms?
Colonists carried this from their home city to their new settlement.
What is the sacred fire?
Wealthy Greeks could afford to travel by this mode of transportation, while most people walked.
What is horseback?
This landform describes Greece because it is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Ancient Greek farmers also domesticated these insects.
What are honeybees?
The Greeks traded these two items away because they produced too much of them.
What is pottery and olive oil?
Because there were none of these in Ancient Greece, traders often had difficulties knowing where the coastline was.
What are lighthouses?
Before setting out on a journey by boat, Greeks would pray to this God.
Who is Poseidon?
The three major seas that surround Greece are the Mediterranean, the Aegean, and this sea.
What is the Ionian?
With little farmland, Greek communities fought over land or looked for new places to farm, leading to these.
What are colonies?
Greek sailors navigated the seas without compasses or maps, using these instead.
What are the stars?
Before founding a new colony, Greeks consulted this person to ask the gods for advice.
What is an oracle?
These two items caused wagon wheels to get stuck or broken.
What are rocks and mud?
This part of Greece, connected by a thin strip of land, was home to the Spartans.
What is the Peloponnesus?
This farming method was used to create flat land on hillsides.
What is step-farming?
Ancient Greeks traded olive oil and pottery in exchange for these three resources.
What are grain, timber, and metal?
Colonists searched for these two geographic features when choosing a place for a new settlement.
What are natural harbors and good farmland?
Since inns along travel routes provided only shelter, travelers had to bring this with them.
What is food?