Question

15. What is one cause of the development of many small independent city-states in

ancient Greece?

a. Military leaders were able to avoid detection by the enemy.
b. The mountainous terrain of Greece resulted in widely isolated settlements.
c. merchants traveling between the Indian peninsula and Europe needed places to
stop for rest and food
d. The form of government in each community was a dictatorship​

Answer 1

B. The mountainous terrain of Greece resulted in widely isolated settlements.

Greece was made up of multiple city states. These states were separated by geographical features, most notably mountains. The early Greeks settled between these mountains which led to them developing as separate city-states.