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18 Cards in this Set
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What is a colony? |
A settlement in a distant place. |
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What is a colonist? |
A person who lives in a colony |
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What is a merchant? |
A person who makes money by selling goods |
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What is a peninsula? |
A piece of land bordered by water on 3 sides but connected to mainland |
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What is shelter? |
A place that provides protection from weather, such as a house |
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What is a settlement? |
A small community or village |
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Locate the following: Athens, Sparta, Olympia, Crete, Aegean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea |
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What are the mountains in Greece like? |
Steep and rocky |
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Why was the sea important to the ancient Greeks? |
Because they used it to travel, trade with people from other lands, and establish colonies. |
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Why were ancient Greek communities isolated from one another? |
Because of the high mountains. |
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What were some of the dangers of travel? |
land: roads in bad shape, bandits water: pirates, bad weather, rocky shores |
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What crops did the Greek farmers grow? |
Grapes, olives, fruit/nut trees (things that grew easily on the side of a mountain) |
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What animals did the Greek farmers raise? |
Sheeps, goats, bees, pigs, oxen, and chicken |
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Why did Greek settlements fight one another? |
Because they wanted each other's farmland and resources. |
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Why did some Greek settlements trade?
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To get goods they needed and did not have |
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What products from the Greek mainland were traded? What products did the Greeks get in exchange? |
They traded olive oil, pottery, and wine. They got grain, timber, and metal in exchange. |
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Why did the Greeks start colonies?
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There was not enough farmland in some communities to feed their people. |
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What were some things Greeks did to start a colony? |
Consulting an oracle to ask the gods about the trip, gathering food and supplies, finding a place for their colony, and establishing their community |
