Main Idea: I can examine and analyze thematic maps to learn about the physical geography of ancient Greece and how it influenced the development of

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1 Main Idea: I can examine and analyze thematic maps to learn about the physical geography of ancient Greece and how it influenced the development of Greek civilization.

2 Predictions

3 In your passport on a lined piece of paper behind Unit 2 Warm Up Complete sentences. 1. Draw a picture of Greece ---explain what you drew! (Use the floor for help) 2. Greece had a lot of. 3. What land shape is Greece? What makes it this landform?

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5 In your passport Warm Up Complete sentences. 1. Draw a picture of Greece ---explain what you drew! (Use the floor for help) 2. Greece had a lot of. 3. What land shape is Greece? What makes it this landform?

6 Find a place to settle! You may not settle on top of the desk as they represent the mountains of Greece and the chairs represent the larger hills of Greece. You MUST stay within the outline of or else you are living in the middle of a sea (Aegean, Sea of Crete, Mediterranean, Adriatic)

7 Discuss It Did you get the settlement you wanted? What were you looking for in a good settlement? What is good and bad about your settlement?

8 25.2 Isolated Communities and the Difficulties of Travel 1. Most of the poleis (city-states) settled along the coastlines. There were also very isolated 2. Ancient Greeks were isolated from one another because of the mountains which made travel and communication difficult. 3. The dangers of traveling on land included rocks that could shatter wooden wheel and attacks by robbers. Dangers of traveling by water included attack by pirates, robbery, by sailors, and storms that could drive ships on to rocks and sink them.

9 Summarizing Section 25.2 Greece s steep mountains and surrounding water forced Greeks to settle in isolated communities. Travel by land was dangerous, and sea voyages were dangerous.

10 Farming Using the pieces of paper see how much farm land you have available.

11 Discuss It Were you able to place all of your pieces of farmland on your settlement and still be able to comfortably sit? How did some of you get farmland that was not in your settlement?

12 25.3 Farming in Ancient Greece Rocky Soil Scarce Water (no rivers, little rain) Very little flat land available Turned to raising animals Built steps into the mountain sides to make flat land 2. Greek settlements often fought each other because there was a shortage of land.

13 Summarizing 25.3 Most ancient Greeks farmed, but land and water were scarce. They grew grapes and olives, and raised sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens.

14 Think about it. 1. What did you feel during this part of the activity? 2. Why did you settle where you did? What were the benefits of your decisions? What were the costs (drawbacks) of your decision? 3. Were other groups close enough to you so that it was easy to touch them? 4. When you attempted to claim land, did any other groups fight with you? 5. What do you think this exercise shows you about the way people settled in Greece?

15 Not having enough land What do you do if you need more food or resource but do not want to trade with another civilization? War OR Colonize

16 Discuss It Why could colonies help Greek culture?

17 Trading Do you have the necessities to live? Could you live if that is all you have? What do you have to trade?

18 Farmers Sing. I ve been working on the farm Just so we survive. I ve been working on the farm Taking home honey from the hive. Cultivating walnuts, barley, apples, lettuce and beans, Picking grapes from the vines and olives from the trees. Feeding the chickens, feeding the goats, feeding the sheep and pigs. Feeding the chickens, feeding the goats, feeding the sheep and pigs. Someone s always in the field Planting, watering, and weeding. Someone s always in the field Planting, watering, and weeding.

19 Think about it. 1. When this second part of the activity began, how did you feel about the products your settlement had? 2. If you were allowed to trade, how did you feel about the products your group had when trading was over? 3. How did you feel if you weren t allowed to trade with other settlements? 4. Look at the products each settlement had after trading, which settlements would you prefer to live in now? Why do you feel this way? 5. In what ways might this exercise show how geography affected the way people lived in Ancient Greece?

20 Colonizing & Trading

21 25.4 Starting Colonies 1. Greek communities started colonies because they needed more farmland to feed their people. 2. First they consulted an oracle to see if their efforts would be successful. Next they gathered food and supplies, took a flame from their town s sacred fire, and began their long sea voyage. After they found a safe place with good farmland and harbors, they established a community. 3. They established colonies between BCE. They established the colonies in Turkey, Spain, France, Italy, Africa, and along the Black Sea.

22 Summarizing 25.4 Many ancient Greeks sailed across the sea to start colonies that helped spread Greek culture. Colonists settled in lands that included parts of present day Turkey, Spain, France, Italy, and northern Africa.

23 25.5 Trading 1. Some ancient Greek settlements traded to get the goods they needed. 2. Olive oil and pottery from the Greek mainland were traded (exported). In exchange, the Greeks got (imported) grain, timber, and metal. 3. Merchant ships were built not for speed but for carrying large amounts of goods. Journeys were long, and a oneway trip from the mainland could take two months. The lack of compasses or charts made navigation difficult.