Which of the Following Best Describes Ancient Greece's Natural Resources

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes ancient Greece's natural resources?

• A) Greece had a mountainous, rocky terrain that was suitable for the cultivation of olives, grapes, and barley but little else.
• B) Greece was mountainous in the north, where there was little rainfall, but very flat and fertile in the south.
• C) Greece was rich in both farmland and in deposits of highly prized stones such as marble, lapis lazuli, alabaster, and obsidian.
• D) Ancient Greece has often been called the breadbasket of the West because its warm, fertile valleys produced an abundance of grains and other foodstuffs.

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Definitions:

Genetic Variation

The differences in DNA sequences among individuals within a population, leading to diversity in traits.

Genotypic Frequencies

The proportion of different genotypes in a population, which can change over time due to evolutionary processes.

Nonevolving Population

A theoretical population in which allele frequencies do not change over time, effectively not undergoing evolution.

Speciation

Origin of new species due to the evolutionary process of descent with modification.