6.39-6.40 Greece Geography

Why do you think the location of Greece, surrounded by seas and mountains, was significant for its ancient civilization?

What do you know about Greece based on the picture?

Look at this map of Ancient Greece. Why do you think with all of these places you were asked to label only six places?

Use the diagram to help complete the following. Imagine you

are a soldier in the Trojan War. The war has ended and you are

going home to Crete. You have been given the task of telling

everyone in Athens the war is over and delivering a Spartan

shield back to Sparta. How would you get from Troy to Athens

to Sparta to Crete?

What isolated Greek city-states and how did this affect them?

How could the pictures in the previous slide help you know that Greece could have been isolated?

How would the mountainous terrain contribute to Greece organizing into city-states?

Reflecting on what you learned about Ancient Greece's geography, what questions do you still have or what would you like to know more about?