Geography
Travel
Starting Colonies
Food and Goods
Miscellaneous
100
How did the Greek mountains affect communication?
The Greek mountains isolated communities.
100
What did Greek sailors use to help them steer their ships?
Stars
100
Greek communities sometimes fought each other because ____________________.
They wanted more land.
100
Why did ancient Greek communities trade?
To get the goods they needed.
100
What makes much of Greece a peninsula?
Greece is a peninsula because of the water on three sides.
200
Which sea is marked by the stars?
Aegean Sea
200
Which continent is marked by the X?
Africa
200
On what continent is Greece located?
Europe
200
What were the two primary goods that the Greeks traded with other regions?
(100 for each correct answer)
The Greeks traded olive oil and pottery with other regions.
200
How did farmers in ancient Greece adapt to the mountainous terrain?
Greek farmers built flat steps into the hills.
300
Which sea is marked by the stars?
Mediterranean Sea
300
Why didn’t ancient Greeks like to travel on land?
They found traveling through the mountains difficult.
300
By starting colonies Greeks solved this problem.
shortage of farmland
300
The Greeks imported which three goods?
(100 for each correct answer)
Grain, Timber, and Metal
300
Which sea is marked by the X?
Ionian Sea
400
Which continent is marked by the X?
Asia
400
The Greeks established colonies over a period of more than 300 years, from __________ to ___________ B.C.E.
(200 for each correct answer)
1000 to 650 B.C.E
400
When looking for a good place to colonize, what did the ancient Greeks look for?
(200 for each correct answer)
They looked for places with both natural harbors and good land for farming.
400
Goods such as olive oil and pottery are known as ___________.
exports
400
Why did the ancient Greeks raise certain animals, such as sheep and goats, on their farms?
These animals did not need flat land.
500
Which sea is marked by the X?
Adriatic Sea
500
Groups started colonies in ________, _______, ________, and _______, and along the coast of the ___________.
(100 for each correct answer)
Spain, France, Italy, and Africa, and along the coast of the Black Sea
500
The first group of settlers started a colony called ____________, in Asia Minor, in what is present-day Turkey.
Ionia
500
Goods such as timber, metal, and grain are known as _______________.
imports
500
How did ancient Greek colonies affect other places?
They spread the Greek culture over a wide area.