GEO 13. Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.
Learning Targets: 
  • I can describe the geography of the civilization we are studying. 
  • I can explain how geographic features promote (help) or impede (hurt) the movement of people, products and ideas.  
Assessment: Concept Check, Quiz

Ancient Greece Introduction


Map Assignment - Ancient Greece  20 pts 
Step 1 – Put your name somewhere on the map.  Use the color of pencil or crayon listed for labeling.  For each section below you will need to click on the green website link to accurately label your map.  
a. Bodies of water - Label the following seas in blue: 2 pts
1. Mediterranean Sea
2. Aegean Sea. 
b. Regions - Label the following regions important in Ancient Greece in black : 
  3 pts
1.Greece
2. Peloponnesus
3. Asia Minor 
Map - Regions
c. Mountains/peaks -  
2 pts
1. Draw in mountains in the general areas they appear on the map. Use brown
2. Label where Mt. Olympus is. 
*Use map below!  

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d. Cities - Label the following important city-states in RED.  Make sure their is a dot to show location.   5pts
1. Athens
2. ​Sparta
3. Troy
Map - Cities


e. Islands - Label the following island in green. 1 pt
1. Crete
Map - Islands
Step 2 – Put a compass somewhere on your map. 2 pt

Step 3 – Create a key to show what each color stands for (regions, water, mountains, Islands, and cities).  5 pts

Socrative Check

Now that you have finished your map of ancient Greece...

Click on the Socrative image to complete 5 short questions about Greece's geography.  
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RM CODE:  LUKEN
​YOU CAN USE YOUR MAP TO HELP YOU!

Notes Activity 1 - Geography Shapes Greek Life 


Directions:  
1. Get a blue notes sheet from the teacher.  
2. Read the document below completely try to fill in any info you think is important on the sheet. 3. Think about this question as you take notes, "How did each of the following influence life in Ancient Greece?".  Each section of the notes is covered in the reading.  You will not take any notes from the BACKGROUND section.  

Edcite - Geography Shapes Greek Life

1.  Go to Edcite to open the assignment.
2.  Use your notes to help you organize the ways Greece's environment influenced their lives. 
3.  100% = $
​4.  Use information to fill in anything you might be missing on your blue notes.  

Notes Activity 2 - Playposit

The video below gives a nice summary of how the geography of ancient Greece impacted the people who lived there in the ancient world.  It also discusses the earliest people to populate Greece, the Minoans and the Mycenaeans.   

Directions:  Answer the questions on the video and COPY the answers to your notes as well.
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Concept Check - Geography of Ancient Greece

Go to your Google Classroom and complete then TURN IN the assignment ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM!  

Going Beyond/Extension Activities...

Activity 1

Click on the image to the left to take a more in depth look at Minoan and Mycenaean culture.  

Read the information on the page then take the quiz found on the upper left side to see how well you understood. 

​Get a 8/10 and earn a $.  *You must show me! 
Activity 2 - Games

Click on the links to the left to play games about Ancient Greece.    
Activity 3

Explore the websites to the right to find out more about the ancient Greeks.   
Activity 4
  • Silent reading or Membean with earbuds!  
  • Quizlet study set