The Geography of Ancient Greece
NCSS Content Standards:
3.e. Locate and describe varying land forms and geographic features, such as mountains, plateaus, islands, rain forests, deserts, and oceans, and explain their relationships within the ecosystem.
3f. Describe system changes such as seasons, climate and weather, and the water cycle and identify geographic patterns associated with them.
3h. Examine, interpret, and analyze physical and cultural patterns and their interactions, such as land use, settlement patterns, cultural transmission of customs and ideas, and ecosystem changes.
Like all civilizations, Ancient Greece's development was impacted by its geography. Read the links below to get an introduction to Greece's geography. Be sure to click on all of the links on each page so you can get an idea of what certain regions of Greece are like.
https://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecegeog1.html
https://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/environment/index.htm
Use the interactive map on the link below and figure out where you would like to start the first city-state of Ancient Greece. Then, look at the map below the link as a reference point.
https://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/1982/Greece.A2001157.0940.250m.jpg
Now, using the information from the readings and the maps, defend where you would start the first city-state of Ancient Greece. The worksheet is below. Make sure you use information from the maps and the readings as support.