WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What geographic features kept the ancient Greeks from being united?
A
The deserts kept them isolated.
B
The mountains and the seas kept them isolated.
C
The lakes kept them isolated.
D
The ice and the snow kept them isolated.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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: -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: -Mount Olympus – Home of the Gods (Zeus, Athena) Mediterranean Sea. Aegean Sea. Balkan Peninsula-mainland Greece, juts out into the Mediterranean Sea. Island of Crete (Minoans) Peloponnesia – where the Spartans settled.

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