Greece Study Guide 1
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- I can locate Greece and boundaries of its influence to 300 BC/BCE on a historical map on the ancient Mediterranean area.
- I can identify current boundaries of Greece on a map.
- I can compare and contrast the influence of Greece from past to present.
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- I can explain how the geographical location of ancient Athens and other city-states influenced the maritime trade and their colonies in the Mediterranean.
- I can describe the cultural influence of ancient Athens and other city-states.
1. Describe the geography of Greece. ______Greece is a peninsula that is surrounded by the Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Ionian Seas. It is mostly covered with mountains______
2. What is a peninsula? __land that is surrounded on 3 sides by water___
3. What is an isthmus? _a thin piece of land that connects to larger pieces of land__
4. Where did the early Greeks often find food? ___the sea_____ As a result of this the Greeks became experts at ___sailing___ and ____shipbuilding______.
5. List 3 ways that the Greeks benefited from trade across the sea.
a. ___new sources of food____
b. ____other needed products_
c. ___gain new ideas______
6. What is a polis? __a city-state______A high hill often with a fortress on top of it was called an ___acropolis______Colonies were completely independent like the Greek city-states. For this reason Greeks considered themselves to be residents of their ___city-states___ and not as ___Greeks____.
7. A classical age is __one that is marked by great achievements___
6.55-I can describe the myths and stories of classical Greece.
6.56-I can compare and contrast the Titans with the Olympian gods.
8. What is mythology? ___a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works___ What purpose did mythology serve for the ancient Greeks? ___each story or myth explained natural or historical events____ Contrast the beliefs the ancient Greeks had about thunder and earthquakes with what we believe today. __we have scientific explanations for these events and they thought the gods caused them___
9. ____Zeus_____ is the king of the gods.
__Hermes_____ is the messenger god.
___Aphrodite is the goddess of love.
___Athena ___ is goddess of wisdom.
___Poseidon__ is god of the sea.
__Artemis__ is goddess of the moon.
___Ares____ is the god of war.
___Hades___ is god of the underworld.
__Apollo__ is god of the sun.
10. How did the Greeks explain volcanic eruptions? __volcanoes erupted because Hephaestus lived underground and the fire and lava poured out because he used fires and forged weapons and armor for the other gods
11. What did the Greeks believe caused the seasons? __Demeter’s daughter Persephone is away in the underworld so the plants die because she is sad.
12. What would the ancient Greeks do when they visited the oracle at Delphi? __They would ask questions and get advice___
13. Who was Theseus? __he traveled from Athens to Crete and killed the Minotaur, a terrible half human half-bull monster.
14. Who was Hercules? __He fought monsters and performed nearly impossible tasks.
15. ____Homer____ was a poet that created some of Greece’s earliest writings, including the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad tells the story of ___the Trojan War___. The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus’ 10 year journey home after the Trojan war.
16. What is a lyric poem? __poems set to music___
17. Fables are __short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live
18. Give examples of Greek mythology influences us today. __Names of sports teams, names of companies, in commercials, t.v. shows, movies, alluded to in novels