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GREECE Review
Facts to know for Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Greece is located in the southern portion of this continent | Europe |
| Most of Greece's land is covered with | mountains |
| Greece has hundreds of small | islands |
| Greece is surrounded by | sea |
| What helped spread Greek ideas to and from other cultures? | trade |
| Limited fertile soil caused poor | farming |
| Small, independent communities in ancient Greece were called | city-states |
| In what sea are most of the Greek islands located? | Aegean Sea |
| Each city-state had it's own | government |
| Travel was difficult because of the | mountains |
| Travel was easiest by | boat |
| This city-state had a military culture | Sparta |
| This city-state had the first democracy | Athens |
| A time of little progress and many disasters is called | Dark Ages |
| Athens had this type of Democracy | Direct Democracy |
| The U.S. has this type of Democracy | Representative Democracy |
| A slave in ancient Greece was called a | helot |
| A fort on the top of a hill in Greece | acropolis |
| Another name for a city-state | polis |
| Athens and Sparta worked together to fight this Empire | Persia |
| This military leader spread the Hellenistic Culture | Alexander the Great |
| Alexander was from | Macedonia |
| Blending Greek cultures with other cultures was called | Hellenistic Age |
| A time when prosperity and growth occurred in many areas was called a | Golden Age |
| A new settlement that keeps ties to its homeland | colony |
| Your username to get on the textbook | RVC plus your 49 number |
| Your password for the textbook | Your initials then your 49 number |