Ancient Greece Geography & Early Civilizations Vocabulary

Ancient Greece Geography & Early Civilizations - Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Lowlands are

• a body of land surrounded by water

• an area of land that is lower than surrounding areas, generally a flat region

• a portion of an ocean that is partially surrounded by land

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Most Greek city states were located in the

• lowlands

• mountains

• highlands

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To import is to send trade goods OUT of a country

• True

• False

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Taking control of an area, and sending people to live there, is setting up a

• trade route

• export

• colony

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Greek colonies located on the Eastern side of the Aegean Sea were located in which continent

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

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If you have a SURPLUS of a trade good, it more likely something that a country would

• export

• import

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A narrow piece of land that has water on two sides and connects two bigger pieces of land

• Land bridge

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

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Typical patterns of such things as temperature and rainfall OVER TIME in a specific area would be

• weather

• climate

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A place made of confusing passages and paths, like a maze

• Laboratory

• Landslide

• Labyrinth

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Mainland Greece is on the Balkan Peninsula. A peninsula is

• a body of land surrounded by water

• a narrow strip of land that connects two large areas of land

• a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side

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How did climate and geography affect the settlers of ancient Greece?

• Their economy struggled because the location made trading difficult.

• They raised animals in the mountains and grew crops on the coasts.