Geography of Ancient Greece

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 made farming in ancient Greece especially difficult?

• mud

• rocky soil and mountains

• dry soil

• deserts

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 are the names of the Major bodies of water around Greece?

• Adriatic Sea and Sea of Cortes
• Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea
• Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
• LAke Michiganand Superior

Which of the following is NOT a physical feature of Greece?

• Mountians
• lots of coastline
• peninsulas and islands
• vast open plains

Which would you be most likely to find in Greece?

• desert

• rivers

• mountains

• forests

On what continent is modern Greece located?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• South America

Greece has a lot of islands.

• True

• False

The land in Ancient Greece was good for farming.

• True

• False

Most of Greece is on a ____________

• plateau

• delta

• peninsula

• atoll