Ancient Greece Notes
I.
Geography
Use a colored pencil to shade in the location of Greece on the map above
A) Greece consists of Peninsulas (def)________________________________________________________________________
Circle and label the Balkan Peninsula in the map above
Circle and label the Peloponnesian Peninsula in the map above
B) Seas
1) Aegean, Ionian, Black seas
Label the seas on the map above
2) Why are the seas important? Seas were needed for
________________________ as Greek lacked ______________________
____________________________
C) Land
1) Mountainous region made it difficult for all of Greece to
______________________ under one ________________________________
a) Effect- People united into _______________________ communities,
eventually ________________
______________
2) Only ______% of land was arable(What arable this
mean?)______________________________________________________
a) Effect- Greece was never able to support a _____________
population, they were forced to ________________
D) Climate
1) _____________________ temperatures allowed for ____________________
lifestyle with public events and gatherings.
II.
Early Greece
A) Minoans (_____________-______________B.C.E.)- Pre Greek civilization on
___________
Shade in and label the island that the Minoans are located on
1) Minoans are known for artistic ________________ and Bull
__________________
B) Mycenaean (_________________- _______________ B.C.E.) – after the
Minoans disappeared, the ____________________were __________________ in
_____________
Shade in and label the Mycenaean civilization
They invade _________________ which stops the ______________ from
rebuilding but the Mycenaeans adapted to their culture.
1) Trojan War- _____________________kings fought a ____ year war with the
city of _______________
2) Trojan War: Circle one (True or False)Why?_______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
C) Dorians (________________________to __________________________B.C.E.)__________________ were attacked and the ________________ settled in the
same area.
1) How was Greece affected by the Dorians lack of progress?
a)____________________________________
b)____________________________________
D) Information and traditions were shared _________________(by talking)
because of lack of _________________________during this time.
1) Homer- a ___________ man, one of the greatest _________________ of all
time. Known for _________ poems- (which
means_______________________________): The Iliad and the Odyssey
E) Mythology- _____________________religion of Greece was base of a set of
stories about their gods
1. What was the purpose of Greek Myths
 ____________________________________________________________
 ____________________________________________________________
 ____________________________________________________________
2. Gods had _______________________ qualities but lived
__________________, in other words they were ________________________