Greece: mountains, seas and city-states; Athens and Sparta

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Greeks beyond their mountains

   Topic	What we know
   Food	until the 700s BCE the mainland grew enough food; later, Athens depended on grain from lands north of the Black Sea, in today's Ukraine
   Settling new lands	from the 700s to the 500s BCE, Greeks founded settlements around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; reasons included growing populations and drought
   Massalia	founded about 600 BCE by Greeks from Phocaea; today it is Marseille, France; it became a center of Greek trade in the western Mediterranean
   Selling goods	fine pottery from Attica was bought by other peoples around the Mediterranean, such as the Etruscans in Italy

2. 1.

   Where did Athens get much of its grain, Kira asks?

   • From lands north of the Black Sea
   • From Massalia
   • From the Etruscans
   • From its own mountains
3. 2.

   What is Massalia today, Luz asks?

   • Marseille, France
   • Athens, Greece
   • Ukraine
   • Phocaea, its founders' home
4. 3.

   The cell marked ? is blank. Milo's chart has a blank: when did Greeks found settlements around the Mediterranean?

   • About 600 BCE, and no other time
   • From the 700s to the 500s BCE
   • From the 500s to the 700s CE
   • In the 1900s

5. Greeks beyond their mountains

   Topic	What we know
   Food	until the 700s BCE the mainland grew enough food; later, Athens depended on grain from lands north of the Black Sea, in today's Ukraine
   Settling new lands	from the 700s to the 500s BCE, Greeks founded settlements around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; reasons included growing populations and drought
   Massalia	founded about 600 BCE by Greeks from Phocaea; today it is Marseille, France; it became a center of Greek trade in the western Mediterranean
   Selling goods	fine pottery from Attica was bought by other peoples around the Mediterranean, such as the Etruscans in Italy

6. 4.

   Why did Greeks found settlements far from home, Noah asks?

   • Just one reason: to see the sea
   • Growing populations and drought
   • Because Greece had too much farmland
   • Because the Etruscans asked them
7. 5.

   Massalia grew into a center of trade in the western Mediterranean. What helped, Ren asks?

   • Its coastal place, open to sea trade
   • Trade made the coast
   • Being far from the sea
   • Just its mountains
8. 6.

   Zee's chain reads: Greeks from Phocaea settle on the coast → ? → Massalia becomes a trade center. What fills the blank?

   • The settlement grows and trades by sea
   • The settlers leave at once
   • The mountains block the sea
   • Massalia founds Phocaea
9. 7.

   Ari's chain reads: limited farmland → ? → Athens depends on grain from abroad. What fills the blank?

   • Grain grows on the sea
   • Athens sells grain abroad
   • The mainland can't grow enough food
   • The mountains grow taller and block the farms
10. 8.

    Bo's note says, "Massalia founded the city of Phocaea." Which fix is right?

    • Change "Massalia" to "Sparta"
    • Swap them: Phocaea's people founded Massalia
    • Change "city" to "island"
    • Leave it: Massalia came first
11. 9.

    Esme's note says, "Greece always grew enough food for everyone." Which fix is right?

    • Change it: later, Athens bought grain
    • Change "Greece" to "Crete"
    • Leave it: Greece had plenty of farmland
    • Change "food" to "pottery"
12. 10.

    Jun's note says, "Greeks settled new lands for a single reason." Which fix is right?

    • Change "Greeks" to "Etruscans"
    • Change it: there were several reasons
    • Leave it: one reason is enough to explain it
    • Change "new lands" to "mountains"