ANCIENT_GREECE BASED ON PACKET

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  • Name: Harshith S

  • Date: 9/11/23

  • Period: 4th

ANCIENT GREECE GEOGRAPHY

  • Locate the following on the map:

    • Greece

    • Persian Empire

    • Sparta

    • Athens

    • Peloponnese

    • Attica

    • Crete

    • Olympia / Mount Olympus

  • Greek Culture

    • Derived from Minoan and Myceacan Cultures

  • The Trojan War

    • War in which the Mychiaus defeated the city of Troy

  • Polis

    • Each city-state had an acropolis

    • Acropolis: A building held by pillars dedicated to gods high up a hill

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ANCIENT GREECE GEOGRAPHY

  • Locate and label the following on the map:

    • Peloponnesus

    • Persian Empire

    • Mount Olympus

    • Olympia

    • Aegean Sea

    • Mediterranean Sea

    • Black Sea

    • Macedonia

    • Crete

    • Attica

    • Egypt

  • Color the area Green that indicates the Athenian Empire around 450 B.C.

  • Locate, mark with a dot, and label the following cities: Salamis, Thermopylae, and Marathon.

  • Label with a star the two cities of Athens and Sparta.

  • Shade in Blue the area in which the Minoans built the first Greek civilization -1750 B.C. (Greek Island of Crete)

  • Given Greece's location in the Mediterranean, which ancient civilization would you expect to have the greater influence on Greece: Egypt or that of India? Why? Egypt, it's closer.

  • From your map, what clue does the map give you that, for the Greeks, farming was a less important economic activity than trade? Greece is near many countries like Italy, Egypt, and the Persian Empire.

  • How did the geography of Greece present obstacles for a united Greece? Due to Greece being an archipelago, it was far apart and not helpful for communication.

  • How did the geography of Greece differ from that of other ancient civilizations? (Think Egypt, Mesopotam