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Greek Geography
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Other facts about Greece's Geography
Minoans & the Myceneans
100
On what type of landform is mainland Greece located?
What is a peninsula?
100
The is the Greek word for city-state.
What is polis.
100
__________________ are long, hot and dry.
What are summers.
100
They built an advanced society on the island of Crete.
What are the Minoans?
200
Around what feature was a Greek polis usually built?
What is a fortress.
200
An age marked by great achievements.
What is classical.
200
Unlike ancient Egypt, Mesoportamia, and Israel, ancient Greece had very little rich ________________.
What is farmland.
200
They were first to speak Greek and to be considered Greek.
What are the Myceneans?
300
Why were the seas were important to the early Greeks?
What is providing trade routes.
300
A high hill upon which a Greek fortress sits.
What is an Acropolis.
300
A peninsula in Greece is covered with mountains.
What is Peloponnesus?
300
True or false: Earthquakes destroyed many Mycenean cities.
What is true.
400
What is the world's largest inland sea?
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
400
The two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece are...
What are the Minoans and Myceneans?
400
The Greeks became master _______ _______________.
What are ship builders.
500
Because of the rugged terrain, most Greeks settled in flat coastal plains and river _____________.
What are valleys.
500
The 3 seas that surround Greece.
What are the Agean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas?