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49 Cards in this Set
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when did greek culture flourish
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between 750 and 338 BCE
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what aspects of the modern world are influenced from ancient greece
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greek art, ideas, and writings
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what continent is greece located on and what peninsula is it on
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it is locates in southern europe, on the balkin peninsula
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what is a peninsula
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land surrounded by water on 3 sides
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wich seas are the greek islands located in
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the Agean and the mediteranean seas
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what is mainland greece's terrain is like
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it is steep rugged and almost entirely surrounded by water
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where did greeks live
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they live on farms or villages that were seperated from each other
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what contributes to the isolation of the communities
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mountains and seas (geography)
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why do settlements have little communication with each other
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because travel was very difficult
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why was travel by land especially hard
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1.people walked or rode in carts pulled by oxen
2.roads were unpaved 3. wooden wheels break against sharp rocks and get stuck in mud 4.only wealthy had horses to ride |
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what did inns on main roads provide
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they provide only shelter shelters; travelers had to carry their own food and supplies
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who carried bedding, food and other necessary goods
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slves or pack animals
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how did greeks usually travel
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they traveled in groups which were usually slower than traveling alone
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what did greeks learn to travel in
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ships close to shore
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what were the seas around greece
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South of Greece-Mediterranean sea
East of Greece-Agean sea West of Greece-Ionian sea |
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what were the dangers of the sea
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1.storms drive ships off cours or smash them in to rocks
2. ships could sink even in open water, so sailors sailed close to land/shore and only during daylight-not at night |
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what did most people do in greece
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they were farmers
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why was farming hard
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1. the land was mountainous
2 in plaines and valleys the land was rocky and water was scarce 3. no major rivers and rained in winter months |
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what did farmers have to do to be able to farm
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they had to build earth steps to create more land to farm on
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what did some farmers grow
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wheat and barley
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what did most farmers grow and why
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most grew crops that needed less room like grapes and olives - uses to produce olive oil, soap, and used as fuel
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who did they grow the crops for
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farmers grew for food for their families; a small vegtable gadren sometimes a hillside orchard of fruit and nut trees
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what did some farmers keep to to polinate their crops
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they used honey bees and honey was the best known weetener to the ancient world
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what kind of animals would farmers raise
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they would raise sheep and goats due to the lack of grazing.
could raise cattle because they needed flat land some raised chickens and pigs |
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what did sheep supply and what did goats supply
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sheep supplied wool for clothing and goat provided milk and cheese
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what did farmers use for transportation and plowing
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they had oxen mules and donkeys
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what did shortages of food lead to
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it lead to wars between greek settlements;
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what did settlements need from other places
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they needs food and other goods
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what happpened when the population grew beyond production of food
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they started colonies
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colony
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a settlement under the coontrom of usually a distant country
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what did greek communities send people to do
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to search for new places to farm so food could be grown there and shipped back home
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what are people that set up colonies called
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colonists
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what did greeks do before a journey
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they would consult an oracle to see if their efforts would be successful or not
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what is an oracle
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a holy person who the greeks thought could communicate with the gods
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when starting a new colony what what greeks gather and why
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they brought food and supplies to start a new sacred fire
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what were harships greek colonists faced while traveling
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long dangerous voyages and finding a suitable location
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what did colonists look for while trying to find a new location
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1. areas with natural harbors and good farmland
2. areas where the locals might oppose their new colony 3. then builld a colony and make it successful |
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what was the name of the countries the first group of settlers started
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Ionia in asia minor, then in spain, France, Italy, and Africa
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what rights did the colonies have
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they have the same rights as the people in greece's mainland
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what did many settlements relied on
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they relied on trade with each other to get needed goods
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which settlements were less dependent on trade
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the settlements with enough farmland
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who did they trade with
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among the city states, greek colonies, and across the mediteranean sea
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what did people trade
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they trades olive oil, pottert, grain, timber, and metal
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how were goods transported
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on ships
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what were ships made of
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wood with large cloth sails
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what were ships built for
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to hold cargo so they didn't go fast
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was navigation difficult and why
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yes because there were no compasses or maps; only stars to follow
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what could stars tell
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the boats position but not hazards; no lighthouses to warns dangers on coastline
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did trade flourish
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yes
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