Greece Geography and Deities

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!

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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

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How much of Greece is covered by mountains?

• 10 to 20 percent

• 2 to 5 percent

• 70 to 80 percent

• 30 to 40 percent

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

• true

• false

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Which crops did the ancient Greeks easily grow?

• avocadoes

• olives

• peanuts

• bananas

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

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The country was split into differents region by _______.

• Mountains

• Rivers

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The ____________ linked major cities together.

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

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Greece is a peninsula, which is _______.

• land that is surrounded by water on three sides

• an island surrounded by water on all sides

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Greece is surrounded by the ____________.

• Mediterranean Sea

• Aegean Sea

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The ________________ borders Greece to the east.

• Aegan Sea

• Ionian Sea

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The __________ borders Greece to the west.

• Aegean Sea

• Ionian Sea

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An _________ is a skinny piece of land that connects two bigger pieces of land.

• peninsula

• isthmus

• island

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_________ is one of the biggest islands to the south of Greece.

• Crete

• Peloponnesus

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_________ cover most of Greece.

• Mountains

• Rivers

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Mount Olympus was located in _____________ Greece.no

• northern

• southern

• eastern

• western

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Greece was divided into ___________ because of its geography and size.

• city-states

• states

• cities

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The climate in Greece was ______ for most of the year.

• Hot

• Cold

• Mild

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Is this statement True or False? : Greece is covered in mountains, surrounded by seas, and has very few rivers.

• True

• False

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What were the four geographic regions of Greece?

• Peloponnesus, Central Greece, Northern Greece, Greek Islands

• Crete, Central Greece, Northern Greece, Greek Islands

• Northern Greece, Southern Greece, Eastern Greece, Western Greece

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Why wasn't Greece united under one government?

• It was too big to be united.

• The seas were dangerous.

• They didn't want to be united.

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Which body of water is number 2 in?

• Adriatic Sea

• Aegean Sea

• Black Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

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Which feature is number 4 pointing to?

• Peloponnese

• Balkan Peninsula

• Mount Olympus

• Ionian Islands

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Which feature is number 5 on?

• Ionian Islands

• Peloponnese

• Balkan Peninsula

• Mount Olympus

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Which feature is number 6 on?

• Peloponnese

• Mount Olympus

• Sparta

• Athens

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Which feature is number 7 on?

• Peloponnese

• Athens

• Mount Olympus

• Sparta

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Which feature is number 8 on?

• Balkan Mountains

• Athens

• Mount Olympus

• Sparta

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Which body of water is number 9 on?

• Aegean Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Adriatic Sea

• Black Sea

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What continent is Greece on?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• South America

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Which number on the map represents the location of Greece?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which number on the map of Greece represents the location of the Ionian Sea?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Which number on the map of Greece represents the location of the Mediterranean Sea?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Which number on the map of Greece represents the location of the Aegean Sea?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Which number on the map of Greece represents the location of the Athens?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Which number on the map of Greece represents the location of the Sparta?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

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Which of the following landforms best describes the entire country of Greece?

• Peninsula

• Island

• Mountain

• Volcanoe

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Why is the country of Greece considered a Peninsula?

• It is surrounded by water on three sides

• It is completely surrounded by water

• It does not border any bodies of water

• It is surrounded by water on two sides

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Which of the following images below depicts a peninsula?

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What were two effects that mountains had on the develop of civilization in Greece? (Choose 2)

• Greek city-states were isolated from each other

• Greeks became good shipbuilding and fishing

• Greece developed a Democracy

• Travel across land was difficult

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Because Greek city-states were isolated: _____

• they developed different forms of government and cultures

• they traded frequently with each other

• They developed similar forms of government

• Greece was a unified country

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How did living near the ocean or seas affect Greek life?

• Greeks developed different forms of government

• Greeks worshiped different Gods of Nature

• Greeks traveled mainly across land

• Greeks learned to build ships and fish for food