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What is the location of Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean?
What is the location of Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean?
- Between Italy and Turkey (correct)
- Adjacent to Spain
- South of Turkey
- North of Italy
Why has Greece been a crossroads for the Mediterranean world?
Why has Greece been a crossroads for the Mediterranean world?
- Because of its large population
- Its isolation from other civilizations
- Its vast agricultural resources
- Due to its location and influences from foreign powers and cultures (correct)
What forced the Greeks to create a powerful culture that greatly influenced the Western world?
What forced the Greeks to create a powerful culture that greatly influenced the Western world?
- Their isolation from other civilizations
- Abundance of natural resources
- Lack of interactions with neighboring regions
- Influences from foreign powers and cultures (correct)
Why were the Greeks comfortable sailing outside the sheltered waters of the Aegean?
Why were the Greeks comfortable sailing outside the sheltered waters of the Aegean?
What geographical factor reinforced Greece's reliance on the sea?
What geographical factor reinforced Greece's reliance on the sea?
What was the primary basis for any large society to exist in Greece, according to the text?
What was the primary basis for any large society to exist in Greece, according to the text?
What was the result of Greece's location and interaction with foreign powers and cultures?
What was the result of Greece's location and interaction with foreign powers and cultures?
What made the hills of Greece surprisingly fertile for certain cash crops?
What made the hills of Greece surprisingly fertile for certain cash crops?
What consequences did the mountains create for geopolitics in ancient Greece?
What consequences did the mountains create for geopolitics in ancient Greece?
What factor determined the location of many of Greece's colonies throughout the Mediterranean?
What factor determined the location of many of Greece's colonies throughout the Mediterranean?
What made the life in Greek city-states tolerable, especially those settled away from a coast?
What made the life in Greek city-states tolerable, especially those settled away from a coast?
What played an impressive role in keeping Greek treasuries flush with cash?
What played an impressive role in keeping Greek treasuries flush with cash?
What were the most heavily cultivated cash crops in ancient Greece due to the hilly terrain?
What were the most heavily cultivated cash crops in ancient Greece due to the hilly terrain?
What type of battles were almost exclusively fought by foot soldiers in ancient Greece?
What type of battles were almost exclusively fought by foot soldiers in ancient Greece?
What allowed Greek farmers to concentrate on growing crops that would succeed in Greece?
What allowed Greek farmers to concentrate on growing crops that would succeed in Greece?
