2/24/2015 Page 34 KWL: Ancient Greece KWL

2/25/15 The Rise of Greek Civilization How did physical geography influence the lives of the early Greeks? 41 Geography video:

Greece is made up of peninsulas (an area of land almost completely surrounded by water) and many islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Only about 20% of the land in Greece is good for farming so the Greeks became sailors and developed trade routes. 2/2515 The Rise of Greek Civilization How did physical geography influence the lives of the early Greeks? 41 The geography of Greece made it difficult for communities to come together so they all developed their own customs and beliefs. Individual Greek communities thought of themselves as different countries.- City-states

The Rise of Greek Civilization Discuss why someone might say the ancient Greeks were all islanders. 2/25/2015 Page 31-32

– Why someone might say the ancient Greeks were all islanders? The Rise of Greek Civilization ANSWER – Someone might say that the ancient Greeks were all islanders because they were isolated from each other by geography; they were on islands surrounded by water or they were on “land islands” surrounded by mountains.

CN: Minoans and Mycenaean's EQ: How did the Minoan civilization develop? 2/26/2015 Page 44

CN: Minoans and Mycenaean's EQ: How did the Minoan civilization develop? The Minoans lived on the island of Crete from 3000 – 1000 BC and developed a large sea-trade with Greece and other civilizations along the Mediterranean Sea. The Minoans were probably invaded by the Mycenaean's from the mainland of Greece around 1400 BC There was always a lot of fighting among the Greek city-states. 2/26/2015 Page 44

The Rise of Greek Civilization (Due Monday) We are going to add some information to your map… Minoans Mycenae