Ancient+Greece

=Greek Questions= Taylor Reilly and Rose Iannuzzi

** Basic Research in __Our World__ for Ancient Greece G.E.T. Flight **

Directions: Read each question. Read the assigned pages. Locate the answer. Write the answer by echoing the question.


 * //__ Questions to Answer: __//**
 * 1) ** Where is Greece located? On what continent? Is it the north or south or east of this continent? ** (__Our World__, p. 185)


 * Greece is located in the southern part of Europe. **

Greece is located on near the Mediterranean Sea.
 * 1) ** On what body of water is Greece? ** (__Our World__, p. 185)

Ancient Greece had rugged mountains and hills that covered about 90% of Greece. The soil in Ancient Greece was rocky and not as rich as the soils of the Nile or Indus River Valleys.
 * 1) ** What are the features of the land and of the soil? ** (__Our World__, p. 185 and 186)

The two large peninsulas that made up the Greek main land were Attica and Peloponnesus.
 * 1) ** What two large peninsulas make up the Greek mainland? ** (__Our World__, p. 185)

In the summer the climate was very dry and hot, but in the winter it was windy and rainy. This made farming very challenging.
 * 1) ** What is the climate like? ** (__Our World__, p. 186)

Some of the plants that thrived in Ancient Greece were wheat, barley, grapes, and olives. Grapes and olives thrived because they grew well in the rocky and hilly areas. Some of the animals that thrived in Ancient Greece were herds of sheep, goats, and cattle. They were able to survive here because they ate the weeds and shrubs of Greece’s many hills and mountain sides.
 * 1) ** What animals and plants thrive [do well] there? ** (__Our World__, p. 186)


 * 1) ** What was/is the most valuable “cash crop” or commodity traded by the Greeks? ** (__Our World__, p. 186)
 * The most valuable “cash crops” traded by the Greeks was olive oil. **

Olive oil was used for cooking and flavoring food. It was also used as lamp fuel and body lotion.
 * 1) ** Name four uses of this important cash crop. ** (__Our World__, p. 186)

The Greeks traded with Cyrenia, Libya, Pagisae, and Carthage.
 * 1) ** With whom did the Greeks trade? **

The key “staple” food that the Greeks could not grow enough of was grain.
 * 1) ** What key food “staple” (basic) could the Greeks not grow enough of and therefore need to trade for? ** (__Our World__, p. 186)

Sailing was a very important part of the life and culture of Greece because sailing allowed Greeks to sail to other places in order to trade with other people for grain.
 * 1) ** Thinking Question. ** First… A. Review your answer to questions #7 and #9. B. Look at the map on page 185 C. Review your answer to question 3 and look at the large picture on page 186. Now, answer this question:
 * Why was sailing such an important part of the life and culture of Greece? ** (Remember, always echo the question.)


 * 1) ** On the island of Crete, what did the Minoans trade or export? ** (__Our World__, p. 189)
 * The Minoans exported pottery, metalwork, wine, and olive oil. **

The **Myceneans traded precious metals with the Minoans.**
 * 1) ** On the Peloponnesus, with what valuable metal did the Myceneans trade? And with whom did they trade?( **__ Our World __, p. 189)

14. ** Most every Greek city-state had an acropolis. What is an acropolis and what function did it have? ** (__Our World__, p. 190) An acropolis was a walled hill where people of the city could seel safety during an enemy attack.

15. ** What was the name of the open area that served as a open-air market and town meeting center? ** (__Our World__, p. 190)

Farmers gathered at the agora near the acropolis to trade with each other and with local craftworkers. The agora also served as a place for town meetings.

16. ** What two uses did pottery have in Ancient Greece? ** (“Exploring Economics,” __Our World__, p. 190)
 * In Ancient Greece pottery was an important traded product or commodity. ** Pottery also was good for storing and protecting food such as wine or grain on long voyages. It was also collected as a work of art.

17. ** Which unfree “class” of people in Ancient Greece were not citizens and probably did most of the hard, physical labor? ** (__Our World__, p. 191) In Ancient Greece women and slaves were not allowed to be citizens and probably did most of the labor or physical work.

18.Look at the picture of the open-air amphitheater at Delphi, on page 200 of __Our World__. **How did the Greeks use the hilly terrain to their advantage to build these open-air theaters?** The Greeks used the hilly terrain to their advantage while building open- air theaters by using the hills angle to build risers or seats for the viewers.

The people of Ancient Greece must have had an artistic skill in order to create the marvelous structures that are the 7 wonders. They must have had to use math by using the proper proportions while sculpting the human figures such as Zeus and the Colossus of Rhodes.
 * 19. ** Thinking Question. Look at the pictures of five of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” on page 211 of __Our World.__ **Without doing any additional research, what specific scientific or mathematic or technological skills or abilities do you think the Ancient Greeks must have had in order to build these five wonders?**