Lesson 25: Ancient Greece

What makes much of Greece a peninsula?

• the lack of a major river

• the water on 3 sides

• the steep mountain slopes

• the large number of islands

How did the Greek mountains affect communication?

• the isolated communities

• they promoted road building

• the led people to write letters

• the made farmers stop speaking

What was one of the problems of travel by land?

• the land god became upset with travelers

• they were afraid of attack from other villages

• there were too many obstacles in their way

• traveling over a mountain was difficult

What is one way the Greeks farmed on the mountains?

• they did not farm in the mountains

• they built flat steps into the hills

• they invented a new type of wheelbarrow

• they limited the number of farmers

What made farming in Greece especially difficult?

• mud

• rocks

• bandits

• weather

Why was the sea so important to the Greeks?

• it provided the water for their crops

• they relied on the sea for travel and trade

• they stayed away from the sea as much as possible

Why were the Greeks able to produce so much olive oil?

• it was good for their animals

• the could trade it for nuts

• olive trees could grow in small areas of land

• they got too many olives from other countries

The Greeks sometimes had conflicts because:

• they were fighting over land

• they lived in houses too close together

• they could not start colonies

• there were too many soldiers

Why did Greeks need to trade?

• so they didn't have to farm

• to enjoy adventures and vacations at sea

• to get the goods they needed

• to give families something to do

How did geography influence settlement and way of life in Greece?

• the people lived in isolated villages

• no one was able to farm so they had to trade

• they developed city-states to help them govern

• the lived and worked near and on the sea

• they relied only on themselves and didn't trade with other people