Ancient Greek Geography

What were the TWO major crops of Ancient Greece?

• Barley & Rice

• Barley & Corn

• Grapes & Olives

Why does Greece have many city-states?

• They like fighting with each other.
• The mountains and hills divide the land making it hard to travel.
• They want to be like the United States.

True or False: 
It was difficult to farm in Ancient Greece.

• True
• False

Because farming was difficult, Ancient Greeks became excellent ______________

• sailors & traders
• farmers & soliders

What words describe the geography of Greece?

• rocky and mountainous

• flat

• underwater

Why was Greece separated into many city-states?

• It was very mountainous

• They all spoke many different languages

• They were good at sailing

Greece is a peninsula. What is a peninsula?

• a mountain range with a river running through it.

• land surrounded by water on 3 sides

• an area with major rivers running through it

Greece is on which continent?

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

The body of water that borders the southern part of Greece 

• Mediterranean Sea
• Ionian Sea
• Aegean Sea 
• Pacific Ocean 

What is the name of the mountain where the Greek gods were believed to live?

• Pindus Mountains

• Thessaly Mountains

• Mt. Olympus

• Balkan Mountains