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We feel so alone
Crop maintaince
The original colonies
Trade
Geography
100
Ancient Greek colonies felt isolated because of these features.
What are mountains and seas?
100
Most people in Ancient Greece had this job.
What is farming?
100
These are settlements in distant places.
What are colonies?
100
Many Greek colonies relied on this to get the needed supplies that may have been lacking from their own region.
What is trade?
100
These are the three continents that Greece had colonies.
What are Africa, Asia, and Europe?
200
This is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
200
These three reasons explained why farming was difficult.
What are mountainous landscape, rocky soil, and scarce water?
200
The is a holy person that the Greeks believed could communicate with their gods.
What is an oracle?
200
Olive oil and pottery from the mainland were traded for these three items.
What are grains, timber, and metals?
200
This island is the southern most island in Greece.
What is Crete?
300
This sea is to the South of Greece.
What is the Mediterranean sea?
300
These animals where raised instead of cattle.
What are sheep and goats?
300
These were two features that the colonist were looking for when trying to find new land.
What are natural harbors and good farm land?
300
These were made out of wood and not built for speed but rather to haul "goods".
What are ships?
300
Olympia and Sparta are located in this area.
What is Peloponnesus?
400
This sea is off the West coast of Greece.
What is Ionian sea?
400
As fresh water was scarce these two facts made life even more difficult when it came to water.
What are no rivers and it only rained during the winter months?
400
It was because of the colonist that this spread throughout the area.
What is Greek culture?
400
Unlike modern ships, Greek ships were lacking these tools.
What are compasses or charts?
400
This is the seas that is located Northwest of the Aegean Sea.
What is the Black Sea?
500
This sea is to the East of Greece.
What is the Aegean Sea?
500
Along with sheep and goats these are three other animals that the Greeks raised.
What are oxen, mules, and donkeys?
500
These were two precious metals that Greeks were able to get from their colonies.
What are gold and silver?
500
While these helped sailors navigate, they did not warn of the dangers of the sea.
What are stars?
500
These are the main mountains found in Greece.
What are the Pindus Mountains?