Greece 8.1 Review

Polis

Greek word meaning City-State.

Colonies

Settlements created by Greeks.

Plains

Grapes, olives, and other crops are grown on the _______.

Agora

Marketplace

Mountains

The Pindos ______ cover much of Greece.

They wanted to become rich from trade.

Why did the Greeks create colonies?

Classical Age

A time of great achievement.

Temple

Around what feature was a Greek polis usually built?

Islands

Greece has a mainland and thousands of ______.

Peninsula;water

Greece is a _______ because it is surrounded on three sides by ________.

Peninsula

On what type of landform is mainland Greece located?

Minoans and Mycenaeans

What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece?

They provided trade routes

Why were the seas important to the early Greeks?

Seas

Three ______, the Ionian, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean, surround Greece.

Acropolis

A high hill often having a fortress or temple.