Early Greece

The geography of Greece included...

• Deserts and rivers

• Mountains and seas

• Glaciers and tundra

• Prairies and archipelagos

Because Greek communities were separated by land and water, this created...

• Easy trade routes

• One united empire

• Separate city-states

• One big city

The earliest civilizations in Greece were the...

• Minoans and Mycenaeans

• Mesopotamians

• Egyptians

• Athenians

City-states included...

• A city and the surrounding land

• Multiple cities

• A group of islands

• No cities

A landform with water mostly around it is called a(n)...

• island

• mountain

• plateau

• peninsula

This is a Greek word for an open area with a marketplace.

• Amazon

• Agora

• Festival

• Colony

This is a story that ancient Greeks would make up to try to explain the world.

• Myth

• Acropolis

• Agora

• Sparta

This world famous Greek poet wrote stories like the Iliad and the Odyssey.

• Agora

• Athens

• Persephone

• Homer

This is the most famous female lyric poet of ancient Greece.

• Sappho

• Aesop

• Achilles

• Persephone

This strong demi-god had to overcome a series of trials to redeem himself.

• Achilles

• Aesop

• Zeus

• Hercules