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Ancient Greece Geography

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Chapter 8.1 - Ancient Greece

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Learning Goals: Students will understand 1.Geography helped shape early Greek civilization. 2.Trading cultures developed in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. 3. The Greeks created city-states for protection and security. Vocabulary polis, classical, acropolis

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Physical Geography Greece is very mountainous; few small valleys and plains 75% of Greece is covered by mountains Difficult-to farm & travel by land-separated people, different cultures developed, villages created separate governments Surrounded by seas-Ionian, Mediterranean and Aegean Greece mainland is located on the Balkan Peninsula Made trade easier by sea Could get what they could not grow; get from sea Also brought ideas back with them

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GREECE Ionian Sea Crete Aegean Sea Black Sea Mediterranean Sea Rhodes ASIA MINOR P i n d o s M o u n t a i n s Sea of Marmara Peloponnesus

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On your map, label the 3 additional water features listed below. Recreate the Compass and the Elevation Key. Then for each feature, shade in the matching colors. Bosphorus

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Ancient Greek Culture Cut off by mountains and the seas Isolated Led to the formation of city-states Limited interaction and the unity of Ancient Greece Created fierce rivalries Sea became a vital link Hundreds of bays to provide safe harbor for ships Skilled sailors Traded olive oil, wine, and marble Returned with grains, metals, and ideas

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