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Greek Geography and Economics

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 34mins

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Class
Date
1.

The first part of these notes is about geography. Which definition below best defines geography?

a)

The study of all physical and human characteristics on the Earth’s surface.

b)

Relating to or affecting the monies of a company or country.

c)

Materials used to produce goods and services.

d)

When two groups of people depend on each other for mutual assistance.

2.

Greece is what type of physical feature?

a)

Island

b)

Peninsula

c)

Sea

d)

Country

3.

What was the big "pull" factor bringing people to live in Greece.

a)

Mountains

b)

Seas

c)

Farmland

d)

Ocean

4.

Which of the following answers were "push" factors making life difficult of the Greeks?

a)

Mountains

b)

Seas

c)

Bad farmland

d)

Ocean

5.

Which of the following were productive resources that the Greeks used to make money?

a)

grapes

b)

wheat

c)

apples

d)

olives

6.

Athens and Sparta were two of the most important city-states in Ancient Greece. What did the Greeks call a city-state?

a)

acropolis

b)

polis

c)

colony

d)

civilization

7.

What were some of the physical features that impeded the Greeks from ever uniting together?

a)

Seas

b)

Mountains

c)

Farmland

d)

Islands

8.

Why is Greece different than the four civilizations you learned about in sixth-grade? (China, India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt)

a)

Ancient Greece was ruled by monarchs.

b)

Ancient Greece was a giant island.

c)

Ancient Greece lacked a major river valley and good farmland.

d)

Ancient Greece was polytheistic.

9.

Greek city-states were built around a hill in the center of town used for protection that they called what?

a)

acropolis

b)

polis

c)

colony

d)

civilization

10.

Scarcity is term used when a group of people are lacking something. What were the Greek people lacking due to the fact that they had no major river valley and such mountainous land?

a)

fish

b)

grapes

c)

grains

d)

olives

11.

The Greek city-states used Asia Minor for the grains they were lacking back home. Which word below best matches this idea of settlements away from home being used for resources?

a)

acropolis

b)

polis

c)

colony

d)

civilization

12.

The Greeks had productive resources like grapes and olives so they decided to specialize in what two things to export and make money?

a)

wine

b)

corn chips

c)

hummus

d)

olive oil

13.

Greek colonies in Asia Minor produced grains that the Greek city-states back home needed. The Greek city-states exported wine and olive oil that the colonies in Asia Minor wanted. This is a good example of which vocabulary word?

a)

physical characteristics

b)

human characteristics

c)

interdependence

d)

political characteristics

14.

Where you live equals how you live. For example, Athens was a city-state (polis) near the coast so they made their money trading and were good sailors. As a result, they developed a strong _____________ to protect their trade interests.

a)

army

b)

navy

15.

Where you live equals how you live. For example, Sparta was a city-state (polis) land locked so they made their money trading across land. As a result, they developed a strong _____________ to protect their trade interests.

a)

army

b)

navy

16.

The Greeks traded with another Mediterranean people called the Phoenicians and adopted the Phoenician alphabet eventually becoming the Greek alphabet. This is a great example of what social studies term?

a)

interdependence

b)

cultural diffusion

c)

environment

d)

productive resource

17.

Cultural diffusion typically happens through trade or war. What "great" Greek leader created a huge empire spreading Greek culture wherever he went?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Hartong the Great

d)

Ye the Great