Ancient Greece - Early Greeks

Greece is a European country today. Ancient Greece had more land than modern Greece. Where is Greece located?

• Greece is located in west Asia, near Israel

• Greece is a peninsula in southern Europe

• Greece is a peninsula in north Africa

Greece geography includes:

• Greece has many islands and is very mountainous

• Greece is flat, with many deserts

• Greece has a humid rainforest all over the peninsula

Much of Greece includes being surrounded by bodies of water, so, what two seas are near Greece?

• The Sargasso and the North seas

• The Mediterranean and the Aegean seas

• The Sea of Cortez and the Caribbean Sea

Greece has very little farmland, so what do you believe the Greeks had to do to get food?

• Ancient Greeks used the seas for trade and food

• Ancient Greeks had great farmland near their rivers

• Ancient Greeks ate only fish

The ancient Greeks became great:

• Ancient Greeks were farmers and great hunters

• Ancient Greeks were great traders and shipbuilders

• Ancient Greeks were only great for wonderful philosophers

What was the first known culture in Greece that was on one of the Greek islands?

• The first culture was the Minoans around 2000 B.C.

• The first culture was the Spartans who were amazing warriors

• The first culture was the Athenians that had great philosophers and artists

The Minoans had a fabulous culture that was destroyed by a volcano and tsunami on the island of ________________

• The island was the island of Oahu

• The island was Greenland in the north Atlantic

• The island was Crete, south of Greece

Greece had many city-states and did not often work with others. Who were the first people that spoke Greek?

• The Mycenaeans were the first people to speak the Greek language

• The Spartans were the first people to speak the Greek language

• The Corinthians were the first people to speak the Greek language

The Mycenaeans were also warriors so what did they build and what did they do to other city-states?

• The Mycenaeans were very peaceful people who invited other city-states into their culture

• The Mycenaeans were all philosophers and talked their way through the other city-states

• The Mycenaeans built big forts and they invaded other city-states

As time passed in ancient Greece, many Greek city-states did what?

• Greeks closed down their city-states and lived in the wild

• City-states joined together for protection

• Many city-states relocated to the outer islands