The Geography of Ancient Greece

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

• Adriatic Sea, Red Sea, and Sea of Cortes

• Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea

• Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• Lake Michigan and Lake Superior

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 raise goats and sheep instead of cattle?

• These animals eat only grass.
• They can  graze on mountains and hill  sides.
• Their milk is very sweet.
• Greeks didn't like hamburger.

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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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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

What problem did ancient Greek communities try to solve by starting colonies?

• too many ships

• too much timber

• shortage of people

• shortage of farmland

Why did ancient Greek communities trade?

• to stop having to farm

• to get goods they needed

• to enjoy adventures at sea

• to give families work to do

The geography of Greece was dominated by...

• rugged ocean coasts
• rich, fertile valleys
• mountains and seas
• vast desert plateaus

Where is the Mediterranean Sea?

• B
• G
• E

Where is the Ionian Sea?

• B
• G
• E