The Geography of Greece

The Geography of Greece

Peninsula

Greece is a peninsula, or a body of water that has land on three sides.

Peloponnesus

The Greek peninsula is divided in two. The Peloponnesus is the southern (bottom) peninsula. An isthmus, a narrow strip of land, joins the Peloponnesus to the rest of Greece.

Mountains

Greece is covered (75 to 80 %) in mountains. This made travel and communication difficult. The Greeks did not create a single large empire, but instead, they lived in many city states.

Farming

The mountains and rocky soil were not good for growing grain. Greeks used the mountains for growing grapes and olives. Herders raised goats and sheep on the rocky soil. There was also lots of fish!

Multiple Choice

Baja California is an example of a(n)

• peninsula

• island

• mountain

• volcano

Multiple Choice

What is the Peloponnesus?

• a Greek dish with rice and fish

• a type of boat

• the southern tip of the Greek peninsula

• the top of a mountain

Multiple Choice

How much of Greece is covered by mountains?

• 10 to 20 percent

• 2 to 5 percent

• 70 to 80 percent

• 30 to 40 percent

Multiple Choice

Greece had much farmland, and Greek farmers produced a surplus of grain.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which crops did the ancient Greeks easily grow?

• avocadoes

• olives

• peanuts

• bananas

Fill in the Blanks

What was the reason the Greeks could not easily communicate and form one large connected empire? The answer is one word.