Ancient Greece

Greece is a peninsula which means

• a mountain range with a river running through it. 
• land surrounded by water on 3 sides
• an area with major rivers running through it
• a very mountainous region

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Most ancient greek people made a living by

• farming

• building

• mining

• hunting

What word describes the land of the Greek peninsula?

• rocky and mountainous
• flat
• underwater
• rolling

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How did Greece's mountainous land affect life for the Ancient Greeks?

• It did not affect life for the Greeks.
• The Greeks could only grow certain kinds of crops.
• The Greeks mostly ate at restaurants.
• The Greeks could grow any kind of crop they wanted.

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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

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The two main crops the Ancient Greeks grew were:

• corn & beans
• squash & quinoa
• olives & grapes
• bananas & coconut

Where is the Mediterranean Sea?

• B
• G
• E

What is this Greek structure called?

• Pantheon
• Acropolis
• Parthenon
• Polis

When Ancient Greece grew, it grew to places that were next to the ____________

• Alps Mountain

• Egypt

• Mediterranean Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

The Ancient Greeks influenced our culture in many ways. Select all.

• Their Olympics influenced our modern day sports

• They invented fireworks

• They invented the direct democracy which impacted our government

• They invented columns which we use in our architecture

• They were the first to invent paper out of papyrus