Ancient Greece: Geography and Settlement

Greece has water on three sides, so it is a

• country
• city-state
• peninsula
• continent

Ancient Greek city-states fought over

• women
• land
• weapons
• money

The ancient Greeks sent colonists to new places 

• to grow food
• to gain territory 
• to take vacations
• to find gold and other riches

What crops did the Greeks grow on the mainland? 

• wheat and corn
• rice and wheat
• grapes and olives
• soy beans and bananas

Why did the Greeks raise goats and sheep instead of cattle?

• These animals eat only grass.
• They can  graze on mountains and hill  sides.
• Their milk is very sweet.
• Greeks didn't like hamburger.

Ancient Greece was the birthplace of a kind of government called

• parthenon
• assembly
• democracy
• philosophy

Why did the Greeks live in isolated communities?

• They didn't like each other.
• They were worried about spreading diseases.
• Mountains and hilly rocky land separated the city-states. 
• Many lakes and rivers made travel difficult

Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Delphi were all Greek

• countries
• provinces
• leaders
• city-states

The Greeks became excellent

• sailors
• farmers
• doctors
• bakers

The Greeks were the first to hold a competition known as the

• World Series
• Super Bowl
• World Cup
• Olympics