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SS_11.1

SS Chapter 11 Lesson 1

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What is a peninsula? A body of land that has water on three sides, such as the Greek mainland.
What is Peloponnesus? Name for the peninsula at the southern tip of Greece.
What is isthmus? A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, such as the one between Greece and the Peloponnesus.
What is the landform that covers 70-80% of Greece and divides it into regions? mountains
What is the region in which the Greeks founded many farming colonies? Anatolia
What are the three seas that linked most parts of Greece to each other and were used for trade? Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean seas (this allowed for Greek transportation). The Greeks became skilled sailors and shipbuilders.
What was the first Greek civilization, built on the Peloponnesus? Mycenaean civilization (collapsed 1200 BC probably from invaders)
What was the Mediterranean culture from whom the Greeks developed their written language? Phoenician
What is a system of symbols that stand for souond, such as the one developed by the Phoenicians? alphabet (brought by trade)
What was a form of money the Greeks learned about through trade with other peoples? coins (brought by trade)
Over half of the Greeks occupations were? farmers and herders Most farmland was located in the valleys between the mountains.
Who were viewed as upper class? landowners (could by equipment), serve in arm
What did they have for building harbor sites? stones They lacked natual resources, one resource was stone.
Effects of mountains covering most of Greece? Transportation difficult, no large rivers for travel, rugged landscape made it hard to unite under one government.
Greeks bought and traded what? bought: grain, timber, animal hides & slaves traded: nuts, figs, cheese, & flax (used for linen)
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