6.39-6.40 Greece Geography

Open Ended

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?

Open Ended

What do you know about Greece based on the picture?

Poll

Which geographical feature do you think most contributed to the development of maritime trade in ancient Greece?

• Mount Olympus

• Mediterranean Sea
• Peloponnesian peninsula

• Asia Minor

Open Ended

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

Open Ended

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?

Open Ended

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

Open Ended

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

Open Ended

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

Open Ended

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?

Multiple Choice

How did the geography of Greece influence the development of its city-states and economy?

• The mountainous terrain and access to the sea led to seafaring culture and city-states.

• Flat land allowed for large-scale farming and a unified government.

• Dense forests promoted timber trade and centralized rule.

• Deserts encouraged nomadic lifestyles and tribal governance.

Multiple Select

Select all the ways geography impacted Ancient Greek civilization.

• Led to the formation of city-states

• Encouraged maritime trade

• Created a unified empire

• Limited agricultural land