Check for Understanding – Ancient Greece Trade 1. True or False: In Ancient Greece, the economy centered on trade. a. True b. False 2. Which of the following best promoted trade in Ancient Greece? a. Mountainous regions b. Independent city-‐states that did not get along c. The Black Sea d. Under population 3. True or False: The Aegean Sea was used for both trade and fishing. a. True b. False 4. True or False: All of Greek land was farmable. a. True b. False 5. In Ancient Greece, most of the trade centered on a desire for – a. Political unity b. Grapes and fruit c. Grains d. Fresh water sources e. A spread of religion and culture 6. Overpopulation influenced trade in Ancient Greece. Which describes this affect? a. More people have a variety of religious beliefs they wanted to spread b. More people left not enough farmland and people needed to trade for food c. More people caused more independent city-‐states to pop up increasing trade d. More people decided a variety of foods would be better nutritionally 7. __________________ were a commonly grown and traded food in Ancient Greece. a. Apples b. Papaya c. Mango d. Olives e. Oranges
ANSWER KEY 1. True or False: In Ancient Greece, the economy centered on trade. a. True b. False 2. Which of the following best promoted trade in Ancient Greece? a. Mountainous regions b. Independent city-‐states that did not get along c. The Black Sea d. Under population 3. True or False: The Aegean Sea was used for both trade and fishing. a. True b. False 4. True or False: All of Greek land was farmable. a. True b. False – The mountainous terrain was rocky and unfarmable 5. In Ancient Greece, most of the trade centered on a desire for – a. Political unity b. Grapes and fruit c. Grains d. Fresh water sources e. A spread of religion and culture 6. Overpopulation influenced trade in Ancient Greece. Which describes this affect? a. More people have a variety of religious beliefs they wanted to spread b. More people left not enough farmland and people needed to trade for food c. More people caused more independent city-‐states to pop up increasing trade d. More people decided a variety of foods would be better nutritionally 7. __________________ were a commonly grown and traded food in Ancient Greece. a. Apples b. Papaya c. Mango d. Olives e. Oranges