GEOGRAPHY
FARMING & RESOURCES
TRADE & TRAVEL
COLONIES
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CHALLENGE QUESTIONS
100

What is a peninsula?

What is "Land surrounded by water on 3 sides"?

100

What made farming difficult in Greece?

What is "Rocky land"? 

100

What was the main way Greeks traveled?

What is "By sea"?

100

What is a colony?

What is "A new settlement far from home"?

100

What sea is near Greece?

What is "Aegean Sea"?

100

Why did Greeks trade?

What is "To get goods they needed"?

200

What geographic feature made travel difficult in Greece?

What are "Mountains"?

200

What farming method did Greeks use on hills?

What is "Terracing"?

200

Why was the sea important?

What are "Trade and travel"?


200

Why did Greeks start colonies?

What is "Lack of farmland"?

200

Where were most settlements located?

What is "Near water"?


200

What is an import?

What is "Goods brought in"?

300

How did mountains affect Greek communities?

what is "They isolated them"?


300

Name one major crop grown in Greece

What are "Olives or grapes"?


300

What did Greeks import?

What are "Grain and metals"


300

Where were good places for colonies?

What is "Near natural harbors"?

300

What was used to carry goods?

What are "Ships"?


300

What is an export?

What is "Goods sent out"?

400

Why didn’t Greeks like traveling on land?

What is "Mountains made it difficult"?


400

Why did Greeks raise goats and sheep?

What is "They can live on rough land"?

400

What did Greeks export?

What are "Olive oil and pottery"?

400

What did colonies spread?

What is "Greek culture"?

400

Name one place Greece traded with

What are "Egypt, Italy, Asia Minor"?

400

What feature helped spread culture?

What are "Islands"?

500

Why were there many different city-states?

What is "Mountains kept people separated"?

500

Why was olive oil important?

What are "Food, trade, lamps"?

500

What did sailors use to navigate?

What are "Stars"?

500

Why did city-states fight?

What is "They wanted more land"?

500

Why was sea travel better than land?

What are "Mountains made land travel hard"?

500

What geographic feature limited farming?

What is "Lack of rivers + rocky land"