Honor's Geography and the Settlement of Greece Test

What makes much of Greece a peninsula?

How did the Greek mountains affect communication?

• They isolated communities.

• They promoted road building.

• They led people to write letters.

• They made farmers stop speaking.

The ancient Greeks did not like to travel on land because they

How did farmers in ancient Greece adjust to the area's difficult terrain?

• A. They only raised livestock.

• B. They built flat steps into the hills.

• C. They invented a new design for the wheelbarrow.

• D. They limited how many olive trees each farmer could grow.

What made farming in ancient Greece especially difficult?

Why was the sea so important to the ancient Greeks?

• It provided water for their farms.

• It restricted cultural diffusion.

• They relied on the sea for travel and trade.

• They stayed away from the sea as much as they could.

Why did Greek communities sometimes fight each other?

• A. They had too many soldiers.

• B. They were crowded together.

• C. They could not start colonies.

• D. They each wanted more land.

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

• too many ships

• too much timber

• shortage of people

• shortage of farmland

A good location to start an ancient Greek colony would have had

• tall mountains.

• a high city wall.

• a natural harbor.

• strong local tribes.

Why did ancient Greek communities trade?