Warm-up (p.3)

How does the geography of a place influence the way that a society develops? (hint: think

about farming, trade, travel, etc.)

** Don’t forget to write your unit, objective, and date at the top of the page above the margins.

**Make sure you ALWAYS write the question AND your

response to the warm-up in your notebook.

[p. 3 is the backside of p. 2]

Ancient Greece:Ancient Greece:Geography and First Geography and First

CivilizationsCivilizations

Geography!Geography!

• Greece is a mountainous country almost completely surrounded by ocean.– The Greek mainland is a peninsula—body of

land with water on three sides– This peninsula sticks out into Mediterranean

Sea• Greece also includes thousands of islands• Along the coast, there are plenty of excellent

harbors.

• Mountains make up over 70% of Greece’s landmass

• Rugged landscape, lack of large rivers made transportation hard

• Greece also lacked natural resources and metals, which had to be found elsewhere

Think-Pair-ShareThink-Pair-Share

1. How do mountains affect political unity? What would the Greeks do to govern themselves?

2. How would proximity (closeness) to water influence the Greek economy?

3. Since the Greeks did not have many resources, how would did they survive?

The PolisThe Polis• This mountainous terrain encouraged the

development of the polis, or city-state.

• The geography made it difficult to unite Greece under single government

• Because communication among different places was tough,

these city-states were

independent and

developed their own

governments.

Minoan CivilizationMinoan Civilization

• Oldest Civilization from this part of the world—Developed around 2,000 BC on the island of Crete

• Minoans were completely surrounded by water—so they took to the sea and eventually had a culture based on trade

• They even established settlements in Asia Minor—all the way across the Aegean Sea

Fresco of three Minoan Women

Mycenaean CivilizationMycenaean Civilization

• They come a little after the Minoans—show up around 1250 BC

• Like the Minoans, they also trade but their culture is based much more on things like war and conquest

• Conquer lands as far away as

Asia Minor

Key VocabularyKey Vocabulary

• Read p. 129- 130. Start at “Greek City-States” and stop before “The Might of Sparta.

• Define polis, acropolis, and agora on

p.4 of your NB as you read

Map Activity

• Read p. 126 in your TB and use the map to label your own map of Greece. Glue on p. 4 in your NB.

• Create a key. Color code and fill in the following in your key: city-states, landforms, and seas

• Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Athens, Sparta, Pindus Mountains, Macedonia, Crete, Asia Minor—labeled on map on p. 128

Quiz Time!Quiz Time!

• Clear your desk of everything except for a writing utensil.