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| Name and describe the type of land form Greece, today and in ancient times, is situated on? Name three other locations which include the same type of land form Greece includes. |
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| The type of land form ancient and modern-day Greece is and was situated on is a peninsula. Peninsulas are areas of land which are surrounded by three sides of water, but include a fourth side which might be a connector to a larger area, such as a mainland, of land. Some well known peninsulas around the world could include the Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia, the San Francisco Peninsula in California, and the Alaskan Peninsula on the southern tiop of Alaska, ending at the Aleutian Isands island arc. |
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| Name three types of travel included in Ancient Greece. Be specific in naming those types of travel. Also, be sure to note that some types of may brach off into others. |
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| One type of travel meaningful for Ancient Greeks was simply, just walking. Walking branched off into riding in carts pulled by oxen or mules or riding in wagons, also pulled by oxen or mules. There wads also the choice of riding by horseback riding on a horse, but only the wealthty could afford such meaningful transportation. The last form of Ancient Greek transportation was travel by boat, but travel by boat was very uncomfaortable and dangerous. |
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| Name all of the difficulties of travel in Greece for the types of travel, walking, riding in carts or wagons pulled by oxen or mules, riding on a horse, and sailing. Be specific. |
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| The difficulties of travelling by walking were the risks of stepping on sharp rocks and cutting your feet very severely, becoming stuck in mud puddles, which were frequently on the unpaved roads of Ancient Greece, and being attacked by bandits if you travelled alone (which was faster than walking in groups). Walking in groups had much less risk than walking alone, but still, with all of the different people with different qualities, travelling in groups was extremely slow and very burdensome. The difficulties of travel by riding in carts or wagons pulled by oxen or mules were that sharp rocks could shatter and eventually break wooden tires and mud puddles could stick to and slow down those means of transportation. The difficulties of travel by boat were being attacked and robbed by pirates and dishonest sailors, sudden storms, the rocky shoreline which boats could accidently smash into, and just plain sinking in open waters. The difficulty of travelling by horse was plainly the cost: only rich folk could afford such transportation. |
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| Describe what farming for the Ancient Greeks was like. Name at least three ways and be specific. |
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| Farming for the Ancient Greeks was hard and burdensome because the land of Greece was mountainous even in the valleys and plains. In addition, as Egypt had the amazing Nile River Valley for farming and Canaan had the mediocre Jordan River, no similar rivers of the like flowed or still flow through Greece. Because there was so little flat land avaliable for the Greeks, Greek farmers also had to face this burden. Greek farmers had to make creative and clever ideas to make the most of their land. Some of these creative steps included farmers building wide, earthen steps into the hils or mountains of their land so more flat land could be generated and avaliable. Also, farmers grew crops that needed less space, plants that grew on a vine. . . OLIVES and GRAPES. The final reason of why Ancient Greek farming was burdensome was because when two lands claimed a piece of farmland for themselves, uprisings, and even wars were the product. |
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| What did the process of starting a colony include? Why did the Greeks establish colonies? Be sure to name all of the steps and be as specific as possible. |
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| The colonies were established because in Greece, as represented in the last card, there was a shortage of farmland, so Greeks needed to take more farmland from somewhere else (another country, island, etc.). The process of starting a colony included first, colonists had to make many preparations before travel. Preparations could include consulting an oracle to ask the Greek Gods if their efforts would be successful, gathering a bunch of food and supplies, and taking a flame or an dmber from their original town's sacred fire, so the colonists could start a new sacred fire at their colony. Once these prepartations were done, the burdensome, long sea voyage began. If you were a colonist lucky enough to survive just that, then you could proceed to looking for a place having a natural harbor, good, fertile farmland (most importantly), and where there was no sign of people who might revolt or obliterate the colony. Now the colony could be started. |
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| Why did the Ancient Greeks establish or set up colonies? What purpsoe did colonies have for Ancient Greeks? |
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| The Greeks established or set up colonies because for some unlucky Greek city-states, farmland was scarce and with that scarce amount of farmland, Greeks couldn't produce enough food to feed the whole entire city-state. Because there was n barely any farmland, Greeks started looking for other places further away from their colony rich enough to grow enough food. The purpose of colonies are to enough food for the communities people to live on. |
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| Name three benefits of the Greek colonies. Name three ways of how Greece and Greek culture benefited from the Ancient Greek colonies. |
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| The benefits of colonies for Greek Culture and Ancient Greece were that colonies helped to distribute Greek culture, some colonies made wealth via farming and trade, and the original communities of the colonies were able to finally acquire enough food to supply the whole, large population of the city-state. |
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| What type of geographic figure or feature caused or forced Greeks to live in isolated communities? |
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| The geographic feature which caused Greeks to live in isolated communities were the high, towering, rapid mountains of Greece. The high, towering, rapid mountains of Greece made communication between communities burdensome and caused city-states to be fully independent from one another. |
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| Which plants and animals were well-suited in Ancient Greece? List them and explain how the plants and animals were well-suited. |
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-Olives and grapes were well-suited because Greek farmers found olives and grapes the easiest to grow in a such hilly, mountainous landscape.
-Fruit and nut trees were well-suited because these trees could fit well in hillside orchards.
-Sheep and goats were well-suited because sheep and goats could graze on grass on the side of the hillside; not like cattle which grazes on the whole grass field or yard.
-Sheep and goats were well-suited because sheep suppliesd wool for the farmers, while goats suppliesd the milk and cheese.
-A few oxen, mules, and donkeys were well-suited because those animals could provide transportation and plowing. |
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| Because barely any Greek farmer had a lot of farmland, what steps or procedure did most Greek farmers follow? |
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| Because barely any Greek had a lot of farmland, most Greek farmers grew olives and grapes, plants which had a lot of uses and didn't take up too much space. These plants were grown instead of barely and wheat because barely and wheat take up whole plantations if you want the plants to grow enough food to supply you for a year. Also, Greek farmers raised sheep and goats instead of cattle. Sheep and goats provided dairy products (goat) and wool (sheep). Also, sheep and goats grazed on the side of hillsides, while cattle graze on the whole plantation, yard, etc. |
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| What three effects did Ancient Greece's geography have on the Ancient Greeks? Be specific. |
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| The three effects Ancient Greece's geography had on the Ancient Greeks were first, the tall, towering mountains of modern- and ancient-day Greece made communication and travel between city-states grueling and sometimes impossible. This factor caused Greeks to live in isolated, or separated communities. The second effect Greece's geography had on Ancient Greeks was that because of the hilly, mountainous environment of Ancient Greece, plants such as olives and grapes and animals such as goats, sheep, oxen, mules, and donkeys were all used instead of plants and animals which took up too much space. Finally, the last effect Greece's geography had on Ancient Greeks was because of a lack of mediocre farmland, colonies were started as a way of acquiring more farmland, but in other, more far away places. |
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| What three items were traded by the people living in the wider Mediterranean region? What three items what traded by the people living in the Greek mainland region? List them. |
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Three items traded from the manland of Greece:
-Olive oil
-Pottery
-Wine
Three items traded from the wider Mediterranean region:
-Grain
-Timber
-Metal |
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