1. Warm-Up 9/8/16 ( Write Q & A)
What are 2 common characteristics of the river valley civilization?
What made pharaoh more powerful than a king?
What was the significance ( importance) of Hammurabi’s Code to later civilizations?
How does the Silk Road relate to Cultural Diffusion?
What topics are going to be on your quiz Tomorrow?

2. Classical Civilizations: Greece and Rome

3. Essential Question
What is the lasting legacy of Ancient Greece on our society?

4. Geography of Greece (1750 B.C. – 133 B.C.)
Greece is a peninsula about the size of Louisiana in the Mediterranean Sea.
Extremely mountainous, many small islands (difficult to unify)
Because of this, Greece developed as a collection of city-states (“polis”)

5. City-States (“polis”)
The two most famous Greek city-states were:
Athens
Sparta

6. Athens and Sparta

7. Common Features of Athens and Sparta
Common language
Shared heroes
Olympic games
Same gods and religious beliefs

8. Athens
Created the first democracy (type of government where people vote); this was known as direct democracy and was a form of limited democracy
The U.S. has a representative democracy, where we vote for people to make decisions for us
Athens valued education, literature, art, mathematics, architecture, science, and philosophy
Traded extensively with other city-states
Extensive education for boys, but not for women

9. Direct Democracy
“Direct participation was the key to Athenian democracy. In the Assembly, every male citizen was not only entitled to attend as often as he pleased but also had the right to debate, offer amendments, and vote on proposals. Every man had a say in whether to declare war or stay in peace. Basically any thing that required a government decision, all male citizens were allowed to participate in.”

10. Greek Philosophers Socrates Plato Aristotle Socratic Method
Learning by asking questions
Government put him to death
Believed government should control people’s lives
3 classes: workers, philosophers, and soldiers
Believed in one strong and good ruler
People learned through reason

11. Sparta Monarchy with two kings Warrior society
From an early age, boys trained for a lifetime in the military
Trade and travel were not allowed
Women were inferior to men, but were allowed to own property (why do you think this was?)

12. Greek Achievements and Contributions
First form of democracy (Athens)
Paintings and statues
Plays and poems
Advanced battle tactics
Discovered the Earth rotates around the sun
Advancements in medicine and mathematics

13. Alexander the Great (Or Not So Great?)
Son of Phillip of Macedonia who conquered Greece
Built an extensive empire that included Egypt, Persia, and part of India
Spread Greek culture

14. Hellenistic Age
Hellenistic culture arose that blended aspects of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian life in the areas that Alexander the Great took over
Gave more rights and opportunities to women

15. Hellenistic Architectural Influences in the U.S.
Supreme Court
Smithsonian Museum
Lincoln Memorial
Capitol Building

16. Illustration Background Reading Questions.
Why wasn’t Greece able to unite?
Which city-state was democracy the biggest deal?
Where did the people meet?
Who were not allowed to participate in government ( i.e. vote)? Why do you think this was?

17. Illustration Analysis
You and a neighbor will anwer the Discussion questions on a separate piece of paper for Illustration 1 & 3. We will discuss as a class before the bell( if time permits). Separate sheet of paper for each in the partnership. Write in complete sentences.

18. APHUG Warm-Up 9/8/16
Get your notes prepared for your quiz.

19. Quiz Procedure You will have 7 minutes to complete the quiz
You may use your notes
You only have to put the letter A-E as an answer choice.
No phones out at any time during the quiz period.
Phones out will be a zero.
Extra Credit: What did the Pilipino President call Barack Obama that cause for their one-on-one meeting to be canceled?

20. AIDS Epidemic Reading Questions.
How do the fields of geography and medicine relate?
Who are the most commonly infected persons in the United States?
Describe the Spread of the AIDs epidemic? Be sure to use geographical terms.
Interpret the population pyramid in figure 3.8. Describe what has happened as a result of the Epidemic?
Why are Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Miami significantly impacted by the AID epidemic?

21. AIDS Lab Complete the AIDs Lab on the top of the computer cart.
EQ: Explain the geographical diffusion of AIDS in the United States.