HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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was very mountainous
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was packed with forests
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possessed coastal regions
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Greece was a mainly mountainous landscape, with the Pindus Mountains and Mount Olympus, surrounded by water on three sides by the Ionian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Aegean Sea. This meant that the Greek city-states of Ancient Greece were separated by mountains and water.
Detailed explanation-2: -Greece has the longest coastline in Europe and is the southernmost country in Europe. The mainland has rugged mountains, forests, and lakes, but the country is well known for the thousands of islands dotting the blue Aegean Sea to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Ionian Sea to the west.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Five Themes of Geography are location, place, region, movement, and HEI (Human/Environment Interaction). These help students learn more about geography and see what is provided for them. These themes help people understand how the world around them is.
Detailed explanation-4: -There grew to be over 1, 000 city-states in ancient Greece, but the main poleis were Athína (Athens), Spárti (Sparta), Kórinthos (Corinth), Thíva (Thebes), Siracusa (Syracuse), Égina (Aegina), Ródos (Rhodes), Árgos, Erétria, and Elis. Each city-state ruled itself.