GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Greek city-states likely developed because of the physical geography of the Mediterranean region. The landscape features rocky, mountainous land and many islands. These physical barriers caused population centers to be relatively isolated from each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -including mountains, seas, and islands formed natural barriers between the Greek city-states and forced the Greeks to settle along the coast. The region of the Mediterranean where the Greeks first settled is called the Aegean Sea. The land of Greece is full of mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -How did isolation affect how the city-states treated each other? Isolation created differences in culture and ideas, as a result, some city-states feared one another.