Name ______________________ Date __________________Ancient Greece/Trading Civilization Mrs. Schouten

Station #1Exchange of Goods

Directions: In your city-state, read the following introduction to this station. Then, using the images in each bag, complete the t-chart below.

Greek farmers could NOT grow enough food to feed everyone in Greece. So, the Greeks needed to find other ways to meet their needs. The depended on the seas. They became sailors and traders. Sea travel linked Greece to other civilizations. They

traveled to the coasts of Italy, France, Spain, North Africa, and Western Asia, exchanging good and ideas. They even started to form colonies in other regions for more farmland

and other natural resources like precious metals. A colony is a group of people living in a new territory with close ties to

their homeland.With your city-state, take a look at some of the goods that were exchanged. Look in both the “import” and “export” bags. Then, complete the t-chart using the images from each bag.

import: goods that come INTO a country from other places.export: goods that are shipped OUT of a country and brought to another placecolony: a territory that is under control of another area.

Imports (Goods that were brought back

to Greece)

Exports(Goods made from Greece and

its colonies)

Name ______________________ Date __________________Ancient Greece/Trading Civilization Mrs. Schouten

Station #2Exchange of Ideas

Directions: In your city-state, read the following introduction to this station. After learning about the exchange of ideas from different cultures, complete the activity at this station!

Not only did the Greeks uses the seas to exchange goods with other civilizations, they also exchanged ideas. From their

contact with the Phoenicians, the Greeks learned a system of writing. The Phoenicians were another important trading

civilization, who lived on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean. They also learned about coins from trading with other people.

Phoenician Alphabet →→→→

Greek Alphabet

★ adapted from cuneiform writing

★ Phoenicians invented a new alphabet with only 22 symbols

★ was read from right to left

★ adapted from Phoenician Alphabet

★ added two more symbols making a total of 24 letters

★ Was read from left to right

Modern Day ConnectionAlphabets

Since the time of ancient Greece, their alphabet has evolved into

the one used in the United States today. This is one example of how we still see the influence of Greek Culture today!

American Sign Language is a language for the deaf that uses gestures to convey meaning. It

also includes an alphabet!

Name ______________________ Date __________________Ancient Greece/Trading Civilization Mrs. Schouten

Station #3Expert SailorsDirections: In your city-state, read the following information about Greek sailing ships. Then, answer the questions that follow.

Trading ShipsGreek ships had sails, and were pushed along by the wind. Small trading ships usually stayed close to the shore, so the sailors did not get lost. Before a voyage, the sailors prayed to the sea god Poseidon, for a safe journey.

Questions: 1. How were Greek trading ships powered? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Why did the small sailing ships stay close to the shore? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. What inference can you make about ancient Greek religion? ___________________________________________________________________

War ShipsGreek warships had oars as well as sails. The largest warships had three rows of oars on each side and were called triremes. A trireme needed 170 men to row it - one man to each oar. It had a long narrow deck that soldiers could run along and fight from. The oarsmen sat underneath the deck.Question:

What was the name of a Greek warship? __________________________________The triremes were powered by the wind and by ______________________________.