1 / 8

Ancient Greece Geography

Ancient Greece Geography. How has the geography of North Carolina impacted your lives?. Driving Vacation School Clothing Recreation Geography had the same impacts on Ancient Greeks. Climate of Ancient Greece. Greece has a Mediterranean climate Winters are mild and wet

oakley
Download Presentation

Ancient Greece Geography

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ancient Greece Geography

  2. How has the geography of North Carolina impacted your lives? Driving Vacation School Clothing Recreation Geography had the same impacts on Ancient Greeks

  3. Climate of Ancient Greece Greece has a Mediterranean climate Winters are mild and wet allows for limited farming grapes and olives Summers are warm and dry leads to drought grapes and olives are one of the few plants that can survive the summer droughts

  4. Climate of Ancient Greece • November • Greece receives 2.2 inches of precipitation • Average temperature is a balmy 64 degrees • North Carolina receives 3.1 inches of precipitation • Average temperature is a moderate 47degrees • How is this different from North Carolina?

  5. Physical Geography Greece is very mountainous • 75% of Greece is covered by mountains • Difficult to farm Surrounded by seas • Greece is located on the Balkan Peninsula • Made trade easier • Could get what they could not grow • Also brought ideas back with them

  6. Ancient Greek Culture Cut off by mountains and the seas • Isolated • Led to the formation of city-states • Limited interaction and unity of Ancient Greece • Created fierce rivalries

  7. Ancient Greek Culture • Sea became a vital link • Hundreds of bays to provide safe harbor for ships • Skilled sailors • Traded olive oil, wine, and marble • Returned with grains, metals, and ideas • Adapted the Phoenician alphabet • Became basis for all Western alphabets

  8. How did the Geography of Greece impact Ancient Greeks? Created • Great thinkers • Great architecture • Skilled traders • War mongers • Technology

More Related