ANCIENT GREECE;)

GEOGRAPHY SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN CLASS^__^

• It helps get a better understanding
• Without the geography we don't know what we are learning
• History and Geography are both big parts

FOR EXAMPLE:)

X)GREECE'S CLIMATE

• Mild rainy winters and dry summers
• 50 degrees in the winter and 80 on the summer
• Religion and climate were under the same catagory
• Almost everything had a God
• The seas surrounding Greece brought heavy winds

MOUNTAINS IN GREECE:\

• Mountains divided Greece in to many regions
• Mountains cover 70 to 80 percent of Greece
• Made it hard to trade with eachother

LANDSCAPE-.-

• The mountains made it hard to plant crops
• Only 20 to 30 percent was fertile
• Made it hard to be under a single government
• Made it hard to raise cattle

SURROUNDING SEAS-__-

• The Mediterranean and other rivers were used a transportation
• Used as ways to trade with one another
• Made the Greeks skilled sailors
• Surrounded all of Greece besides the north
• Linked to most parts of Greece

TRADE8)

• Greeks used the surrounding rivers for trade and transportation
• They traded with other islands and other Greek city-states
• Also traded in Egypt and Italy

COMMUNITY:

• The mountains made it hard to trade with other parts of Greece
• Each city-state was independent
• Every city-state lived under their own government and ways of living
• Greek society was broken up between free people and slaves

WARFARE:}

• Since each city-state lived under their own government they started wars with eachother
• The mountains made as barriers against attacks
• Since the Greeks were skilled sailors they made as a navy

SOURCES

• http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/
• http://www.eduplace.com/ss/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/reviews/pdfs/LS_6_11_01.pdf