Greece power point pt one

great civilization /
key river

  • Mesopotamia / Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  • Egypt / Nile River
  • India / Indus River
  • China / Huang He River


be able to identify the following:

  • Aegean Sea
  • Ionian Sea
  • Adriatic Sea (it’s just north of the Ionian Sea)
  • Peloponnesus
  • Athens
  • Sparta
  • Crete
  • Asia Minor
  • Macedonia


Geography 

  • Greece is a mountainous peninsula
  • mountains cover three-quarters of Greece
  • approximately 2000 islands in the Ionian and Aegean Seas
  • this combination shaped Greece’s culture
  • they had many skilled sailors and shipbuilders
  • also farmers, metalworkers, weavers, potters
  • they had poor / limited natural resources, so they needed to trade
  • it was difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain
  • they developed small, independent communities (city-states) 
  • that’s who they were loyal to
  • although fertile valleys cover one quarter of the peninsula, only about 20% is arable (suitable for farming)
  • • Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives & fish
  • • lack of resources most likely led to Greek colonization
  • • back then, temperatures usually ranged from mid 40s in the winter to low 80s in the summer - although it could get hot in the summer, it was pretty nice year-round

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