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Geography of Greece
• Objective: – SWBAT describe the geography of Greece and its impact on the
development of Ancient Greece • Do Now:
– Locate Greece on the map of Europe
• Activity: – Geography of Greece Movie and questions – Map activity
• Assessment: – Collection of Movie Questions
• Homework: – Outline essay!
• Location: • Greece is located on the continent of Europe
Classical civilization
• Greece is considered a Classical civilization. Classical civilizations are the societies (community) that were more advanced and more recent than the ancient civilizations such as Ancient Egypt. Most classical civilizations had a Golden Age- A period of great achievements in art, literature, math, and science.
• Greece is considered a Classical Civilization.
Greece
– Located on a peninsula which is a land mass surrounded by water on 3 sides.
– Greece has an irregular (uneven) coastline in southeastern Europe. Since it had an irregular coastline it made Greece ideal for natural ports and harbors.
– Greece is also an Archipelago which is a chain of islands.
– Greece relied on the sea for both food and transportation—this was good because Greece had little natural resources
Mountains and their Effect on Greece:
– Because Greece has a very mountainous geography• It was not one united civilization. Instead,
Greece was divided into many independent (separate) city-states. Each city-state (or polis) had its own government and land. The two most famous city-states were Athens and Sparta. They were very different societies.
• Mountains made it difficult to communicate with others
• Mountains made it difficult to travel • Very little land was available for farming
• The Climate (weather) : • Varied weather---people mainly did things
outdoors. Held public meeting, worked and played outdoors. If it was bad weather they couldn’t do the things they wanted to do!
Movie Questions: 1. What is a classical civilization? 2. What is an archipelago?
3. What is a peninsula? 4. How do the mountains affect Greece? 5. What is Terrace farming? 6. Where else that we have studied uses Terrace farming?
Map Questions: 1. What products did the ancient Greeks trade for? Why did they have to trade?
2. What did the Greeks get from Sicily ?
3. What did the Greeks get from Cyprus?
4. What did the Greeks get from Crete?
5. What peninsula is Greece on ?
6. Where did Greece get precious stones from? (name all)
7. What products do the Greeks export?
8. What products do the Greeks import?