🌎 Ancient Greece: Economy

Learning Objective

I will learn how the economy of Ancient Greece impacted their civilization.

 Assignment Instructions

How did the economy of Ancient Greece impact their civilization?

From the beginning of civilizations, people have traded goods to survive.  Ancient Greece relied on trade to supplement what they could grow on their rocky peninsula.  Greece's poor soil meant they relied on importing crops from other areas.  And many Greek products such as pottery and olive oil became prized by other regions.  With most of Ancient Greece's population living near the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Greeks became skilled at using boats to travel to other ports.  Ancient Greece’s position in the Mediterranean allowed them to control some crucial trade routes and seaports

Read the following two articles and then answer the questions below.

Trade in Ancient Greece Download Trade in Ancient Greece

Food and Agriculture in Ancient Greece Download Food and Agriculture in Ancient Greece

Answer the following questions in the text box:

1. What did Ancient Greece export to other parts of the Mediterranean?

2. How can archaeologists prove that trade existed in ancient cultures?

3. Describe practices and new technologies that made trade easier in Ancient Greece.

4. What goods were imported or brought into Greece?

5. How did living near the sea impact trade in Ancient Greece?

6. What is the benefit for a civilization of being able to produce more food than needed?

7. What crops were grown in Greece?

8. Describe Greece’s climate.

9. What animals were kept by the Greeks?  How were the animals used?

 Guidelines

Answer each question in complete sentences using capital letters and periods using information from the texts.