Ancient Greece Overview
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Where is Greece?
Southeast Europe
where did Greek territory extend to?
Africa and Asia, during ancient history
Where did the majority of the population of Ancient Greece live?
On a peninsula
What is a peninsula?
A peninsula is a type of landform mostly surrounded by water
What did Greek have many of?
Islands, such as Rhodes and Crete
What is an example of a peninsula (hint: home to several large ancient cities)
Peloponnese
Which sea bordered Greek in the east?
Aegen Sea
Which sea bordered Ancient Greek to the west?
Ionian Sea
Which sea bordered Greece in the south?
Mediterranean Sea
Which sea bordered Greece in the north?
Trick question! None!
Where were the Pindus Mountains located?
In central Greece
Where was Mount Olympus located?
In northern Greece
What did the mountains and seas form?
Natural barriers between different communities within ancient Greece
Why did mountains make agriculture hard?
They were too rocky and steep for growing crops
What were ancient Greeks limited to?
Farming in valleys between the mountain ranges or along the coast
How was the climate in ancient Greece?
Hot and dry, which restricted the type of crops that could be grown
True or False: There was fertile soil in ancient Greece
False
What did mountains slow down?
Travel and communication between Greek cities across large distances
What did Greek not have for religion, unlike several world religions today?
Any holy books or a set of official guidelines
What did Greeks base their religions on?
Mythology
What is mythology?
a group of stories about god’s and heroes that attempt to explain different natural and historical events
Mythology helped the Greeks find answers to questions that were unknown during ancient times. Some examples include:
What caused earthquakes? Why did the seasons change each year? How did humans discover tires? Why was there suffering in the world?
What did the ancient Greeks believe in?
Polytheism, and they worshiped many gods
what were the Greek gods displayed as?
Many of the gods appear as humans, and show human emotion in Greek mythology
Who are the major Greek gods, and where were they believed to live?
The major gods are the Olympians, and they were thought to live on top of Mount Olympus
Who was not an Olympian but was still a major Greek god, and where did he live?
Hades and he supposedly lived in the ‘underworld’
Who was Zeus?
The god of sky and thunder
who was Hera?
The goddess of marraige, family, and childbirth
Who was Poseidon?
the god of sea, river, and earthquakes
Who was Demeter?
The goddess of the harvest and agriculture
who was Hestia?
The goddess of the hearth, home, and family
though not techinically an OlympIan because he lived in the underworld, who was Hades?
The god of the underworld
who was Athena?
Goddess of wisdom and war
who was Apollo?
God of light, poetry, music, and healing
Who was Artemis?
Goddess of the moon, hunting, archery, and childbirth
Who was Ares?
God of war and bloodshed
Who was Aphrodite?
Goddess of love and beauty
Who was Hephaestus?
God of fire, the forge, and craftsman
who was Hermes?
Go of trade, dreams, and travel
Who was Dionysus?