SHOULD GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY BE TAUGHT IN THE SAME CLASS

YES

GREEK HISTORY

• The Greeks had many defensive victories
• They had to trade and farm for food

GREEK GEOGRAPHY

• Greece has a lot of mountains
• Because of the the mountains they had very bad farming
• Greece is on a peninsula
• They had to fish and trade to get food
• The mountains acted as a natural barrier

AVERAGE CLIMATE

• Athens- 200-400 mm/yr."rain"
• Temp January- (30-50 f)
• Temp July- average (65-80 f)

MOUNTAINS

• The mountains acted like a natural barrier
• The Greeks would set up archers on the mountins
• Because of the mountains they farming was low

SEA

• The sea was a very important part of Greek life
• Without the sea they could only trade in the summer months
• The sea offered fish and other sea foods for the Greeks

WARFARE

• They were in war against the Persians and other invaders
• Greece won most of the battles they were in
• They trained there army at a young age

TRADE

• Most of the trade was overseas but they also traded by land
• The mountains maid it hard to travel by land but they still attempted it

THAT IS WHY HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN THE SAME CLASS