Ancient Greece Physical Geography

What major body of water touches Greece

• Pacific Ocean
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea
• Bay of Biscay

Greece is located in........

• eastern Africa
• central Australia
• western Asia
• southern Europe

The geographic features of Greece consist of the following EXCEPT......

• many islands
• peninsulas
• mountainous; rocky terrain
• lots of flat fertile land

A peninsula is.......

• land surrounded by water on three sides
• land completely surrounded by water
• part of a sea that extends into land
• land at the mouth of a river

A major island of Greece is called....

• Iceland
• Crete
• Java
• Sardinia

True or False:

Greece has many major rivers.

• True

• False

Two seas located on the east and west of Greece are........

• Baltic and Adriatic
• Arabian and Siberian
• Black and Red
• Ionian and Aegean

Greece has a____________climate,  which includes mild, wet winters, and hot, dry summers.

• subarctic
• tropical
• mediterranean
• tundra

What is the largest peninsula in Greece?

• Peloponnesus
• Crete
• Knossos
• Appenines

The Aegean Sea is represented by what letter?

• C
• H
• E
• G