Intro
Land that is surrounded on three sides by water
Peninsula
A small community or village
Settlement
Name 3 animals raised for food in Greece
Bees, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens
colonist
Greek settlements on the mainland used __________ to get the goods they needed
trade
Greece is a small country located in which continent?
Europe
It was hard to travel over the mountains, so there was little ______________ between people
Communication
2 main Greek crops
Grapes and Olives
oracle
a person who makes money by selling goods
merchant
Farms and villages were _____________ from one another by the high mountains
isolated
A place that provides protection from weather, such as a house
Shelter
Name 2 animals used for plowing and transportation
oxen, mules, donkeys
2 important factors Greeks looked for when starting a new colony
Natural harbors and good farmland
2 goods that the Greeks imported
Grain, timber, and metal
Name the Sea located to the East of Greece.
Aegean Sea
Name 2 difficulties of traveling by boat
Farmers built __________ __________ into the hills to create more flat land for planting
earth steps
Name 3 places that Greeks started colonies
Asia Minor, Spain, France, Italy, Africa, coast of the Black Sea
2 goods that the Greeks exported
Olive oil, pottery, and wine
Greeks used the seas to establish ____________ and trade with people from other lands
Colonies
Name 3 difficulties of traveling by land
People walked, roads were unpaved, sharp rocks shattered wooden wheels, wagons stuck in mud, bring their own food, groups traveled more slowly, bandits
Name something olive oil was used for by the Greeks
cooking, soap, fuel for lamps
The colonies helped to spread Greek ___________.
Culture
Greeks had no compasses or charts to guide them, so they used the _________
Stars