Environment 1
(FILL IN THE MISSING WORD) Ancient Greek civilisation was developed in the South of the .......... peninsula
South of the Balkan Peninsula
The territory was divided into independent city states called ..........
Poleis
Ancient Greek history is divided into .......... periods
3 periods
The dates of the Archaic Period
776-490 BCE
Two characteristics of the Ancient Greek territory
It was mountainous and surrounded by water
The reason why the Greeks were good at sailing
The easiest method of travelling was by sea, and therefore this was the main method of transport.
Minoan civilisation was mainly based in C........... and T............
Crete and Thera
The year of the first Olympic Games
776 BCE
Where the Greek metropolis created colonies
Along the Mediterranean coast
The coast where the civilisation was developed
Coast of Asia Minor
Three things that the independent city states had in common
Culture, language and religion
The name of the people in the Dark Age
Dorian people
The period in which there was the first Persian war (490 BCE)
Classical period
The cause of colonisation
Population increase and the uneven distribution of land (owned by wealthy people).
(FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS) Ancient Greek civilisation was also founded on various islands in the .......... and ............. seas
Aegean and Ionian seas
What the Ancient Greeks called the territory and the name of its inhabitants
Hellas and the inhabitants were called Hellenes
The name of the people from the Mycenae civilisation
Achaean people
The year and name of the period during which Alexander the Great started to reign
336 BCE. Hellenistic period
Definition of Poleis
Independent and self-sufficient city states