1. Geography of Greece Chapter 8, Section 1 World History
Ancient Greece
Geography of Greece
Chapter 8, Section 1
World History

2. Alabama Course of Study
Standard Four: identify cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.

3. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will locate key geographical features of Greece on a map.
I will describe the cultural hearths of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations.

4. Warm-up Questions
Who established a civilization on the island of Crete?
The Minoans
What would be a good description of the mainland of Greece?
Rocky and mountainous
Who established a civilization on the island of Crete? What would be a good description of the mainland of Greece?

5. Reading Check Questions
How did mountains affect the location of Greek settlements?
Villages and towns were separated by mountains.
To what regions did Minoan and Mycenaean traders travel?
Minoans – eastern Mediterranean; Mycenaeans – Mediterranean and Black Seas

6. Reading Check Questions
Why did the Greeks develop city-states?
To band together for protection and stability.

7. The Early Greeks Get into your SATs.
Refer to the map located on page 239 of your textbook to answer the questions on the next slide.
Work together to find the answers. Write answers in your notes under today’s heading.

8. Early Greeks – Map Activity
Use one sentence to describe the geography of Greece.
Greece is a mountainous fractured peninsula with many islands.
Where are the Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea located in relationship to Greece?
The Ionian Sea is to the west of Greece, the Aegean Sea is to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea is to the south.

9. Early Greeks – Map Activity
Look at the physical features of Greece and the surrounding area and hypothesize what economic activities you believe ancient Greeks had?
Ancient Greeks were fishers, sailors, traders, and farmers.
Why do you believe that the ancient Greeks were able to grow wheat, barley, olives, and grapes in Greece’s rocky soil?
The peninsula of Greece has a favorable climate.

10. Early Greeks – Map Activity
How might Greece be affected by the surrounding water?
Land travel might be limited, the climate might be positively or adversely affected, and occupations of the people might be ocean-related, such as sailing and fishing.

11. The Minoan Civilization
Refer to pages of your textbook to answer the handout questions on Minoan civilization.
Pick one person in your team to read the passage on the Minoans. Everyone else will listen to the reading and when you hear the answer to a question, stop the reading and make sure everyone in your group writes it down.

12. Minoan Civilization
Where did the Minoan civilization develop in Greece?
On the island of Crete.

13. Minoan Civilization
What was the main economic activity of the Minoans?
They traveled by ship to trade with other countries.
What do historians believe happened to the Minoan civilization?
Either it was destroyed by an earthquake and the resulting tsunami or the Mycenaean attacked and destroyed it.

14. Greek Map Identification Activity

15. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can locate key geographical features of Greece on a map.
I can describe the cultural hearths of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations.