Geography of Greece

independent self-governing city and the territory around it

• democracy

• clan

• polis

• city-state (polis)

Which type of landscape best describes Ancient Greece?

• Plains

• Mountainous

• Desert

• Rainforest

In what continent is Greece located in?

• Africa

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

What is the climate like in Ancient Greece?

• Hot all year round!

• Cold all year round!

• Cold summers and Hot Winters

• Hot Summers and Mild Winters

What is a peninsula

• Mountains

• Land surrounded by water on 1 side

• Land Surrounded by water on 3 sides

• Land surrounded by water on 6 sides

Farming was hard in Greece because

• there was too much water

• there was not enough water

• the land was very rocky and mountainous

• the climate did not allow for seasonable growth

Because Greece was made up of many mountains, it made travel hard.  This lead to what?

• Led to the development of isolated city-states
• Focused on growing different kinds of crops
• Travelled by sea instead of over land
• Greeks became fishermen and sailors instead of farmers

What is the geography of greece

• seas
• mountains
• islands
• all of the above

What body of water does NOT surround Greece?

• Ionian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Pacific Ocean

• Aegean Sea

If mountains and seas cut off Greek center of population from one another, you can infer that ...

• trade was easy

• civilization declined

• separate groups developed

• agriculture was impossible