WorksheetsGreek Geography - 2024
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Greece's landscape and geography was different than other civilizations we've studied this year. Which of the following details supports this idea?
The hills and rocks made farming difficult
The warm weather made farming easy
The large seas were a good source of freshwater for farming
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?
They could get olives from other countries in trade.
They could feed the olive oil to their pigs.
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?
They had too many soldiers.
They were crowded together.
They each wanted more land.
They each wanted more land.
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?
to enjoy adventures at sea
to get goods they needed
to stop having to farm
to give families work to do
Which choice of titles would best fit as column headings for the chart seen here?
Exports and Imports
Goods and Services
Farms and Villages
Wants and Needs
Using the map, what are 3 locations that Greece imported goods from?
North America, South America, and Europe
Egypt, Australia, and Europe
Europe, Italy, and Egypt
Africa, India, and China
6. Why was the sea so important to the ancient Greeks?
It provided water for their farms.
It restricted, or stopped cultural diffusion from other lands.
They relied on the sea for travel and trade.
They stayed away from the sea as much as they could.
