Ancient Greece

What makes much of Greece a peninsula?

• the lack of large rivers

• the water on three sides

• the steep mountain slopes

• the large number of islands

How did the Greek mountains affect communication?

• They promoted road building.

• They led people to write letters.

• They isolated communities.

• They made farmers stop speaking.

What made farming in ancient Greece especially difficult?

• too many rivers

• poor soil

• a desert

• cold climate

What are the names of the Major bodies of water around Greece?

• Adriatic Sea and Sea of Cortes
• Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea
• Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
• LAke Michiganand Superior

Greece is on which continent?

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

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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A Greek city-state is called 

• a colony 
• phalanx
•  agora
• polis 

A gathering place; marketplace in ancient Greece 

• polis
• colony
• agora 
• city-state 

Women and slaves had voting rights in ancient Greece

• True
• False

The Greek alphabet was created based off of the ancient..

• Sumerians

• Egyptians

• Phonecians

• Assyrians