Daily Agenda
Kickoff:
1. Check in your attendance
2. Sit in your assigned seats
3. Write down your HW (Legacy Pages due Wednesday!)
4. Take a new Table of Contents
5. Take a #1 (Greek Geography)
6. Update your Table of Contents
7. Wait for directions…
Daily Agenda
The Day:
1. Kickoff
2. Any Missing SGO People – See us at FLEX
3. Greek Geography
Greek Geography:
Past and Present
Significance
The Context of Greek Geography
Greece is surrounded by several large
bodies of water due to it being a largely
peninsula and island based nation.
Adriatic Sea- Northwest of Modern
Greece - prominent area for Ancient
Greece.
Ionian Sea- Southwest of both Modern
and Ancient Greece.
Aegean Sea- Central sea in the middle
of both Ancient and Modern Greece
All of these smaller seas are set in the
larger Mediterranean Sea.
The Regions of Greece
Thessaly- Has Mt. Olympus to the East Central plain would sound useful but is
not…How?
Central Greece/Boetia/Attica- Mountainous
and most populated today- Thermopylae,
Thebes, Delphi, Athens, Marathon are all in
this region.
Peloponnese- Contains Olympia, Corinth,
and Mycenae- Mix of mountains and plains.
Cyclades/Dodecanese- hundreds of smaller
sized islands east of the mainland- South of
this area is the larger island of Crete.
Macedonia/Thrace- Mountains & Plains- very
diverse area- contains Thessaloniki.
The Climate of Greece Geography
Temperate climate- a.k.a moderate
changes in temperature between
each season.
Cold, wet winters and hot, dry
summers.
However, mountainous regions can
be more extreme (as we saw with
the ARVC’s).
The Hazards of Greek Geography
Earthquakes
Droughts
Wildfires
Ancient Greece and Geography
Lots of islands and mountains create
LOTS of barriers…
How might this affect Greek
Civilization?
Surrounded by sea and not focused on a
river…
What opportunities open and is this a
better option than what the ARVC’s
had?
Limited land yet a growing population…
What kind of benefits and problems
can arise from this?
Ancient Greece
and Geography
The geography of Greece pushed Greek city-states
(the product of a lot of natural barriers and divisions)
into seeking alliances, new lands, and trading to
survive.
Little farming on mass scales due to mountainous,
rocky land even in plain areas ——> This pushed
Greeks to only farm for themselves and seek other
ways of surviving and thriving…
Colonies, alliances, and trade routes did two things.
Expand Greek influence in the Mediterranean
area.
Diverse thoughts, ideas, resources, etc., are
spread…for good and bad reasons. What are
some?
Real World Connection: Modern
Greece and its Geography
To put it simply… Greece in the
middle part of the last decade got
into a lot of debt while working with
yet competing against other allied
European countries as apart of the
European Union.
How might Greek geography have
adverse affects towards Greece in
our modern day? Try comparing
Greek lands to other lands like
Germany, France, etc.
Real World Connection: Modern
Greece and its Geography
Let's look back at our articles from the
beginning of class!
If Greece behaves like other more
capable European Union countries but
cannot meet such lofty expectations by
other countries and their citizens...
What are some solutions to this
predicament?
Should Greece be left to fall down or
should the country be assisted by people
who are not directly associated with its
problems?