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?