Question

1. what type of landform is greece?
2. what covers the peninsulas and islands?
3. what does the small amount of flat land allow the greeks to do?
4. why was travel difficult for the greeks?
5. how did the early greeks use the seas?
6. who did they exchange ideas with?

challenge: list all the physical features listed.

Explanation:

1. Greece's core landform is a mountainous archipelago/peninsula complex, with most area as mountains and scattered islands.
2. Rocky, mountainous terrain and Mediterranean vegetation (like olive trees, scrub) cover its peninsulas and islands.
3. Limited flat land meant Greeks focused on intensive, small-scale farming (e.g., olives, grapes) and herding.
4. Travel was hard due to rugged mountains dividing regions, no major navigable rivers, and scattered islands.
5. Early Greeks used seas for fishing, trade of goods (olive oil, wine), colonization, and transportation between islands/peninsulas.
6. They exchanged ideas with neighboring cultures like the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Anatolian civilizations via maritime contact.
7. The key physical features referenced are mountains, peninsulas, islands, small areas of flat land, and surrounding seas.

Answer:

1. Greece is a mountainous peninsula/archipelago (dominated by mountains and scattered islands).
2. Rocky, mountainous terrain and Mediterranean scrub/vegetation.
3. Practice intensive, small-scale farming (olives, grapes) and herding.
4. Rugged mountains, lack of navigable rivers, scattered islands.
5. For fishing, trade, colonization, and inter-region travel.
6. Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Anatolian cultures.
7. Mountains, peninsulas, islands, small flat land areas, Mediterranean seas.