Greek Geography - 2024

Greece's landscape and geography was different than other civilizations we've studied this year. Which of the following details supports this idea?

• 1. The hills and rocks made farming difficult 

• 1. The warm weather made farming easy 

• 1. The large seas were a good source of freshwater for farming 

• 1. The bushes and shrubs made great source of food 

 The mountains and hills of Greece made communication difficult between city-states.

What effect did this have on these people?

• The terrain caused farmers to stop speaking.

• The terrain led people to writing letters.

•  A. The terrain created isolated communities in which people rarely traveled and saw each other.

       

        

  
  

• The terrain promoted road building.

The mountains and hills of Greece caused many challenges for the farmers in Greece.

What adjustments to the land needed to be made in order to farm in such an area?

• they fished more often

• they invented a new design for the plow that helped them with the land

• they only raised livestock, no crops

• they dug flat areas to farm into the hillsides

Ancient Greece, and Greece today is surrounded by sea water on 3 sides. This geographical feature is called:

• a terrace

• an island

• a peninsula

• a plateau

The ancient Greeks raised these animals on their farms because these animals

• they did not need flat land

• they could drink sea/salt water

• they could not start colonies

• all wanted more land

What is a reason why the ancient Greeks produced so much olive oil?

• 1. They could get olives from other countries in trade.

• 1. They could feed the olive oil to their pigs.

• 1. They could grow olive trees & vines in a small space.

• they could exchange the olive oil for nuts

Why did Greek city-states sometimes fight each other?

• 1. They had too many soldiers.

• 2. They were crowded together.

  4. They each wanted more land.

• 1. They each wanted more land.

• 1. They could not start colonies.

 What caused the Greek people to colonize, unlike other civilizations we've studied this year?

• conflict with enemies

• increase in trade

• increase in food production

• growing population and need for more food and land

Similar to Ancient China, why did ancient Greek communities trade?

• 1. to enjoy adventures at sea

• 1. to get goods they needed

• 1. to stop having to farm

• 2. to give families work to do

Which choice of titles would best fit as column headings for the chart seen here?

• 1. Exports and Imports

• 1. Goods and Services

• 1. Farms and Villages

• 4. Wants and Needs