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?