Greece Geography Activity
A Little Q & A
Directions: Use your reading to answer the following questions. Use complete sentences to write out your answer, paying attention to proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Then, go to the class web site to check your answers.
To reward yourself for continuing to practice good active reading and research skills, give yourself an extra point for every question whose answer you had previously underlined or highlighted in your reading.
1) How did the mountains and the islands influence the development of individual city-states?
2) How is the location of Greece on the Mediterranean Sea beneficial for trade and expansion?
3) In what ways did the sea shape Greek culture, myth, economy, and trade?
4) Why didn't the Greeks have large herds of animals or large quantities of grain?
5) Why are olives such an important crop?
6) Look up the words "peninsula" and "archipelago." Describe how each of these are important to the study of Greece?
To reward yourself for continuing to practice good active reading and research skills, give yourself an extra point for every question whose answer you had previously underlined or highlighted in your reading.
1) How did the mountains and the islands influence the development of individual city-states?
2) How is the location of Greece on the Mediterranean Sea beneficial for trade and expansion?
3) In what ways did the sea shape Greek culture, myth, economy, and trade?
4) Why didn't the Greeks have large herds of animals or large quantities of grain?
5) Why are olives such an important crop?
6) Look up the words "peninsula" and "archipelago." Describe how each of these are important to the study of Greece?
Mapping Ancient Greece
Directions: First, print a copy of the map below. Then, use your reading and online resources to complete your map of ancient Greece. On your map, include the following:
1) Three seas have played an important role in the history of Greece. Label the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Ionian Sea.
2) Label the following areas on the map: Persian Empire, Macedonia, Attica, and Peloponnesus.
3) Label the island of Crete and the city of Knossos, the place where Greek civilization began.
4) The Greeks believed their gods lived atop the highest mountain. Make sure that you label Mt. Olympus on your map.
5) Label the following city-states: Mycenae, Troy, Athens, Corinth, Sparta, Delphi, Marathon, Thermopylae, and Argos.
1) Three seas have played an important role in the history of Greece. Label the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Ionian Sea.
2) Label the following areas on the map: Persian Empire, Macedonia, Attica, and Peloponnesus.
3) Label the island of Crete and the city of Knossos, the place where Greek civilization began.
4) The Greeks believed their gods lived atop the highest mountain. Make sure that you label Mt. Olympus on your map.
5) Label the following city-states: Mycenae, Troy, Athens, Corinth, Sparta, Delphi, Marathon, Thermopylae, and Argos.
