Ancient Greek Geography

Greece is a(n) _______ because it is surrounded on three sides by water.

• island

• peninsula

• continent

• mountain

What is a polis?

• A hill with a fort

• A city-state

• A colony

• An artisan

What caused Greece to be a group of city-states instead of a united country?

• Kings could not get along with one another

• Citizens of different city-states were hesitant to work together

• Areas were separated by mountains and seas

Because poleis (the plural of polis) were running out of food, Greeks created _____.

• colonies

• farming

• new city-states

• trading

At the center of each polis, at the top of the hill, was the ____________.

• agora

• farmland

• village

• acropolis

What is a colony?

• A city-state, which governs itself

• A large group of people with a shared culture

• A center for ants

• A settlement in a new place with close ties to its homeland

One of the main exports (items traded out of the country) of Greece was ______.

• olive oil

• papyrus

• marble

• gold

Two of the main poleis in Greece were ______.

• Persia and Troy

• Athens and Sparta

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Thebes and Giza