Ch. 25 -- Ancient Greece Geography

What made travel difficult for ancient Greeks?

• rough roads and lots of lakes

• mountains, rough roads

• mountains and lots of lakes

• none of the above

Click on the correct seas that surrounded the Greek peninsula.

• Red Sea

• Ionian Sea

• Aegan Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

Why was farming difficult for ancient Greeks

• too many weeds and lots of flooding

• limited water and too many weeds

• lots of flooding and rocky soil

• limited water and rocky soil

How did ancient Greeks solve their problems of having limited farm land?

• they stopped farming and traded with the Spartans

• they built terraced steps into hills

• they invaded Europe and took their land instead

• they did not do anything

What was a result of the lack of good farmland? **choose all that apply.**

• they stopped farming

• wars

• they decided to steal Sparta's food

• looked elsewhere for farm resources

Why did the ancient Greeks first start new colonies?

• to spread Greek ideas

• to make the population lower in Greece

• to start new farming communities to trade with

• none of the above

Ture or False....Ancient Greeks would talk to an Oracle to see if their trip would be a success.

• True

• False

• Not all ancient Greek cities would do this.

Some of the hardships that Greek settlers faced included..... **choose all that apply**

• finding good farmland

• finding a good harbor

• long trip

• local settlements already built

True or False....Ancient Greece started colonies over a 300 year span

• True

• False

True or False.....Ancient Greece started colonies in parts of: France, Spain, Italy, Africa, and on the Coast of the Black Sea

• True

• False