1. Bellringer: 11/3 and 11/4 1. Pick up the papers by the door.
2. Sit close to the same area as your assigned seat.
3. Update your ToC:
39: Unit 3 Syllabus/Schedule
40: Greece Essential Knowledge Sheet
41: Notes – Greek Geo.
42: Greek Geo. Packet
4. Write down your HW:
Read/notes on pages (stop at “Tyranny in the Greek Polis”) in your DUIKER textbook
3-99 (stop at “Tyranny in the Greek Polis”) in your DUIKER textbook

2. Agenda: 11/3 and 11/4 1. Bellringer 2. Greece Unit Pre-Test
3. Notes: Greek Geography and Origins
4. Greek Geography Packet

3. Greek Geography and Origins
Ms. Allen
World History

4. Europe: An Overview

5. Satellite View More vegetation than the Middle East
Q: What do you notice about Europe [compared to Middle East of Mesopotamia, Judaea, Asia Minor?

6. Map 1: Regions of Europe Northern Europe Western Europe Eastern Europe
Not clearly defined!
Central Europe
Southern Europe

7. Map 2: Peninsulas on Europe
Balkan Peninsula
Peloponnesus
Italian
Iberian
Cotentin
Scandinavian
Scandinavia
Cotentin
Q: If lots of peninsulas, then lots of what?
Italy
Iberia
Balkans
Peloponnesus

8. Map 3: Bodies of Water Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Aegean Sea
Adriatic Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
English Channel
North Sea
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Baltic Sea
English Channel
Q: If lots of peninsulas, then lots of what?
Black Sea
Adriatic Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
AegeanSea
Mediterranean Sea

9. Map 4: Mountains Alps Pyrenees Apennines Caucasus Urals Urals Alps
Show me the mountains.
Alps and Pyrenees are natural protective barriers.
Apennines

10. The Geography of Greece

11. Where is it? The Balkan Peninsula: (land surrounded by water on three sides), includes Greece and other Southeastern European countries

13. Geographic Terms
With the person next to you, do your best to define the following geographic terms on your notes:
Isthmus
Peninsula
Strait
Island
Arable land

14. Peninsula Definition: A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
EX: Balkan Peninsula

15. An example of a strait (narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water) are the Dardanelles and Bosphorus Strait

16. Island EX: Rhodes, Delos, Samos, Crete
Definition: A piece of land surrounded entirely by water

17. Arable Land
EX:
Definition: Land that is suitable for farming that can sustain and produce good crop yields

18. Isthmus EX: Isthmus of Corinth
Definition: A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

20. Facts of Life: Greek Geography Edition

24. Mountainous Terrain Contrast to…
Civilizations with traversable, flatter terrain (i.e. Egypt) or with more arable land
Effect on Greece…
City-states develop in isolation
Less unified because of geographic barriers

26. Hundreds of Islands dotted between adjacent seas
Contrast to…
Centralized, unified empires
Civilizations not separated by water
Effect on Greece…
Forced to develop seafaring abilities (look to the Phoenician design for ships)
Travel is difficult (by land)
Not easy to get from city-state to city-state quickly = again, impacts ability to unify

27. Throwback: Royal Road (Persia)

28. Travel is a problem… Royal Road: 1500 miles, 6-8 days
Sparta to Olympia: 60 miles, 7 days

30. Many small streams, no large rivers
Contrast to…
River valley civilizations and their successors (i.e. Yellow River Valley  Qin and Han China)
Other classical civilizations
Effect on Greece…
Travel/transportation is more difficult
No “flooding” to help crops grow
Harder to establish contact with other civilizations outside the Mediterranean region

32. Few fertile plains for growing crops
Contrast to…
River valley/other classical civilizations (because they have no river!)
Makes it hard to farm
Effect on Greece…
Economy centered on trade, not agriculture
Difficulty growing crops
Forced to trade for sustenance

34. Climate problems: Constant sun and little rain
Contrast to…
Non-Mediterranean civilizations
Civilizations where climate was less mild
Effect on Greece…
Difficulty producing crops
Droughts

35. Why did Greek city-states develop independently?
Mountains blocked access to each other (city-states)  cannot get to each other easily
Islands  separated by water, so they cannot communicate as easily
Streams  limits unity, cannot have access to transport, access to food/trade

36. Geography Packet activities:
Using the packet readings and your logic skills…
Label The Map of Greece (pp )
Label Greece in the World (pp , 139, 145)
Read the information about the Geography of Greece and answer the questions

40. Bellringer: 11/9 and 11/10
1. Pick up the papers by the door. Take out your geography packet.
2. Update your ToC:
43: Notes – Greek Origins
44: Theseus and the Minotaur Packet
45: Theseus and the Minotaur Reading Qs
3. With the person next to you, discuss reasons why Greek geography was a positive and a negative thing for Greek civilization.
4. Write down your HW:
Read/notes on pages 109 (start at “Greek Religion” to 110 in your DUIKER textbook
Finish your Theseus questions if not done at end of class (a classwork grade on accuracy)
3-99 (stop at “Tyranny in the Greek Polis”) in your DUIKER textbook

43. Agenda: 11/9 and 11/10 1. Bellringer 2. Reading Check: Duiker 93-99
3. Notes: Greek Origins
4. Literary and History Connections: Theseus and the Minotaur Reading and Questions

44. Early Greeks: The Minoans c. 3200 -1100 BCE
Lived on island of Crete
Great navigators and farmers
Palace led political, social and economic organization at capital, Knossos
Artistic expressions and grand construction
Advancements in bronze
Built sanctuaries

45. Minoan Culture
Art work (drawings, murals or frescoes) at Knossos shows dangerous sports such as leaping over the backs of charging bulls as well as dancing, athletics, and festivals

47. Culture: Myth of the Minotaur
Minoan Myth of King Minos at Knossos
Theseus defeats the Minotaur (half man half bull) and escapes from the maze like structure called the labyrinth, saving the youth of Athens

48. THEORIES FOR DECLINE OF MINOANS
1750 BCE- earthquake destroys Minoan palaces
1628 BCE- volcano erupts at Thera
1400 BCE- War between Minoans and Myceaneans led to decline of power

49. Enter the Mycenaeans c. 1700 – 600 BCE
1490 BCE- Minoan palaces had been rebuilt however all were destroyed except at Knossos by Mycenaean warriors
Mycenaeans took control of Crete at Knossos by 1500 BCE
Myceneans controlled mainland Greece = main political centre was Mycenae
More interested in war as pottery and grave sites reflect hunting, weapons, armour and war as well as fortified palace walls
Slowly Minoan culture and traditions disappeared

51. THEORIES FOR DECLINE OF MYCEANEANS
Shift in climate leading to drought forcing Myceanans to migrate to more fertile lands
Tribe of nomadic warriors from north of Greece (Dorians) destroyed Mycenaeans