Warm-up (p.3) How does the geography of a place influence the way that a society develops? (hint: think about farming, trade, travel, etc.) ** Don’t forget to write your unit, objective, and date at the top of the page above the margins. **Make sure you ALWAYS write the question AND your response to the warm-up in your notebook. [p. 3 is the backside of p. 2]

Ancient Greece: Geography and First Civilizations

Geography! Greece is a mountainous country almost completely surrounded by ocean. –The Greek mainland is a peninsula—body of land with water on three sides –This peninsula sticks out into Mediterranean Sea Greece also includes thousands of islands Along the coast, there are plenty of excellent harbors.

Mountains make up over 70% of Greece’s landmass Rugged landscape, lack of large rivers made transportation hard Greece also lacked natural resources and metals, which had to be found elsewhere

Think-Pair-Share 1.How do mountains affect political unity? What would the Greeks do to govern themselves? 2.How would proximity (closeness) to water influence the Greek economy? 3.Since the Greeks did not have many resources, how would did they survive?

The Polis This mountainous terrain encouraged the development of the polis, or city-state. The geography made it difficult to unite Greece under single government Because communication among different places was tough, these city-states were independent and developed their own governments.

Minoan Civilization Oldest Civilization from this part of the world—Developed around 2,000 BC on the island of Crete Minoans were completely surrounded by water—so they took to the sea and eventually had a culture based on trade They even established settlements in Asia Minor—all the way across the Aegean Sea Fresco of three Minoan Women

Mycenaean Civilization They come a little after the Minoans— show up around 1250 BC Like the Minoans, they also trade but their culture is based much more on things like war and conquest Conquer lands as far away as Asia Minor

Key Vocabulary Read p Start at “Greek City- States” and stop before “The Might of Sparta. Define polis, acropolis, and agora on p.4 of your NB as you read

Map Activity Read p. 126 in your TB and use the map to label your own map of Greece. Glue on p. 4 in your NB. Create a key. Color code and fill in the following in your key: city-states, landforms, and seas Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Athens, Sparta, Pindus Mountains, Macedonia, Crete, Asia Minor—labeled on map on p. 128

Quiz Time! Clear your desk of everything except for a writing utensil.