Greek Adaptations to Physical Characteristics
Greece is a land of mountains and dry, rocky soil.
Greece is a peninsula (surrounded by water on 3 sides).
•Mountains
•Peninsula
Physical
Characteristics
• Hard to travel across the
mountains so they traveled by
sea
• Fishermen caught fish for food
• Greeks traveled by boat to
trade for things they did not
have
• Started new city states in the
places they visited
• City states were independent
of each other
Rocky soil
• Farmers grew crops on
hillsides
• Grapes and olives grew best
Made wine
•Used for oil
•Used all parts of
the olive tree
Shipbuilders
Farmers
What jobs
did the
Greeks
have?
Traders
Greek Homes
• Made of clay, stone
or mud
•Courtyard in the
middle
•Floors were made of
stone
Greek Clothing
Greek Religion
•Wore tunics
•Wore sandals or
went barefoot
Daily Life in Ancient Greece
•Believed in gods and
goddesses
•Told myths (stories)
about gods and
goddesses
•The Parthenon is a
famous temple which
honored Athena
Roles of Men, Women and Children
Men
•Shopped
•Spent time
away from
home
Women
•Took care of
the children
•Made clothes
•Cooked and
cleaned
Boys
•Went to school
•Learned
reading, writing,
poetry, music
and sports
Girls
•Stayed home
•Learned to
spin, weave,
cook and sew
Contributions of Ancient
Greece
Architecture
(the design of
buildings)
Amphitheater
(an outside theater)
Parthenon
•Temple to honor the
goddess Athena
•Has columns
Columns
Doric (plain
top)
Ex: Lincoln
Memorial
Ionian
(scroll top)
Ex: White
House
Corinthian
(ornate;fancy)
Ex: Supreme Court
Capitol Building
Contributions of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece had
a direct democracy.
( a government
where people vote
to make their own
laws and rules)
Greece is the birthplace of
democracy.
Voting/Making Laws
•Free men over age 20 made laws
•Women and slaves could not vote
•People voted for a council of 500 men
•Citizens voted after each law was discussed
•If enough people voted for the law, the law would pass
The United
States has a
representative
democracy. (a
government
where people
elect a smaller
group of
citizens to make
rules and laws)
who
Athletes
No women or
slaves could take
part or watch
what
First games had only one event (footrace)
Other events were added
Winners were crowned with an olive
wreath
Olympic
Games
why
where
First games were held
in Olympia
First modern games
were in Athens
Today the place
changes
when
First modern
Olympics in
1896
Every 4 years
To honor the Greek god
Zeus