What is the name of the largest Greek island
Crete
On what peninsula would you find some of Greece's farmland?
Attica
What is the name of the large mountainous peninsula of the southern tip of the Greek mainland?
Peloponnesus
Greece's ________ soil is not as rich as that of the Nile or Indus river valleys.
rocky
Name 2 crops raised in Greece
Barley, wheat, grapes, olives
Name 2 examples of livestock that are raised on the hills and mountainsides of Greece
Sheep, goats, cattle
________________ around the Mediterranean Sea for trading purposes was important in Ancient Greece
Sailing
Greek merchants competed with traders from ________________ which is now Lebanon
Phoenicia
Name two of the three cultures that influenced the development of Greek civilization.
Minoans, Mycenaeans, Phoenicians
Name two products exported by the Minoans.
Pottery, metalwork, wine, olive oil
Name a product from the Greek mainland that the Mycenaeans traded with the Minoans.
Metals
Name a very important development of the Phoenicians.
The alphabet
What is the Greek word for an independent city-state?
polis
What is a walled hill where people of the city seek safety during an enemy attack?
Acropolis
What is the name for an open area near the acropolis where farmers gathered to trade with local craft workers?
Agora
What is the name for a traded product?
Commodity
