Vocab
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
a large, almost landlocked arm of the Atlantic ocean touching Europe, Asia, and Africa
What were summers like?
hot and dry
What did farmers grow wheat and barely for?
bread
What was the landscape like?
rocky, mountains
What is a peninsula?
area of land almost entirely surrounded by water
What were winters like?
wet and very windy
What were two major crops?
olives and grapes
Why was sailing important?
Traveling by land was too hard
What is a harbor?
A sheltered place along the coast
What was fall like?
Rainy and stormy
What did shrubs on the hills provide food for?
sheep, goats, and cattle
The Peloponnesian contains _________ rivers.
several
What is Rhodes?
a Greek island lying east of Crete in the Aegean Sea
What was spring like?
rainy and green
What was the worst season for growing crops?
summer
What is the biggest island?
Crete
What is Attica?
a Peninsula in East scent real Greece on the Aegean Sea on which Athens was built
What season did rivers dry up in?
summer
Where did suitable farmland exist? ( north, east, south, west)
east
Why was traveling by land difficult?
It was too rocky and mountainy