Vocabulary
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A large, almost landlocked arm of the Atlantic Ocean touching Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What were summers like in Greece?
Very hot and dry.
Why was it hard to plant crops in Greece?
Because the summers were to hot and the ground dries up. And in the winter it is to cold and rainy.
What is the biggest island in Greece?
Who could be a citizen?
Boys
What was Rhodes?
A Greek island lying east of Crete.
What were winters like?
What were the two main crops that were plated in Greece?
Wheat and barely
Why wa it so hard to travel in Greece?
Because of all the hills and mountains.
What was Athens governed by?
An oligarchy
What is a peninsula?
An area of land almost entirely surrounded by water.
What was spring like in Greece?
Chilly and rainy.
Where did farmers gather to do business?
Sparta's agora.
What did the Greeks use to travel/trade because of all the mountains?
The sea
What does Monarchy mean?
A government ruled by a king or queen.
What was Attica?
A peninsula in east central Greece on the Aegean sea.
What was fall like in Greece?
Windy and cold.
What crops other than wheat and barely grow in Greece?
Olives and grapes.
Where does suitable farmland exist in Greece?
Along the coast.
What is a citizen?
People with certain rights who live within a certain country.
What was peloponnesus?
A mountainous Peninsula in Southern Greece.
True or false: Summers were very hot and dry
True
What animals ate the shrubs on hills?
Sheep, goats, and cattle.
What happens to the rivers during the summer time?
They dry up because its so hot.
Who couldn't be a citizen?
Women and slaves.