Key Terms
A piece of land with water on 3 sides
Peninsula
Most valuable product traded in ancient Greece
Olive Oil
What kind of government do we have here in the United States?
Democracy
80% of Greece is covered in what?
Mountains
What were 2 natural barriers the ancient Greeks had to deal with?
Mountains & Seas
A group of people gathered for either discussion, voting, worship or entertainment
Assembly
A main food source of the ancient Greeks
Fish
A type of government where the citizens hold some power.
Democracy
Crete was what kind of landform?
Island
The sea the ancient Greeks first settled on
Aegean Sea
The spread of culture from one place to another
Cultural Diffusion
Greece's land is rocky and hilly making their soil not the most ____________ (word meaning grow)
Fertile
The term the Greeks used for their city-states.
Polis
What do we call a small strip of land that connects to larger pieces of land?
Isthmus
Explain how Greece's architecture is influenced by the climate and WHY it is that way.
Painted houses white- to deflect heat from sun
or
Flat roof tops- for outdoor living space
A group of islands
Archipelago
Cooking, Body Lotion, Lamp Fuel
A cruel and unjust ruler
Tyrant
Northern Region
Greece has _________ winters and ________ summers.
Mild & Hot
Meaning "High City" in Greek.
Acropolis
Besides olives what are 3 crops grown by the ancient Greeks?
Wheat, Barley and Grapes
A type of government where only a small # of people have power
Oligarchy
What are 2 ways natural barriers affected the way ancient Greeks lived?
- Houses built closer together
- Waterways were important for trading, fishing, etc.
- Lack of communication, hard to warn
- Isolated from others
- City- States (Polis)
Name 4 places you labeled on the ancient Greek map
Aegen, Ionian, Mediterranean, Macedonia, Troy, Mt. Olympus, Ionia, Persia, Delphi, Athens, Crete, Knossos, Mycenae, Sparta, Olympia