Daily Agenda

Kickoff:

1. Check in your attendance

2. Sit in your assigned seats

3. Write down your HW (Legacy Pages due Wednesday!)

4. Take a new Table of Contents

5. Take a #1 (Greek Geography)

6. Update your Table of Contents

7. Wait for directions…

Daily Agenda

The Day:

1. Kickoff

2. Any Missing SGO People – See us at FLEX

3. Greek Geography

Greek Geography: Past and Present

Significance

The Context of Greek Geography

Greece is surrounded by several large bodies of water due to it being a largely peninsula and island based nation.

Adriatic Sea- Northwest of Modern Greece - prominent area for Ancient Greece.

Ionian Sea- Southwest of both Modern and Ancient Greece.

Aegean Sea- Central sea in the middle of both Ancient and Modern Greece

All of these smaller seas are set in the larger Mediterranean Sea.

The Regions of Greece

Thessaly- Has Mt. Olympus to the East - Central plain would sound useful but is not…How?

Central Greece/Boetia/Attica- Mountainous and most populated today- Thermopylae, Thebes, Delphi, Athens, Marathon are all in this region.

Peloponnese- Contains Olympia, Corinth, and Mycenae- Mix of mountains and plains.

Cyclades/Dodecanese- hundreds of smaller sized islands east of the mainland- South of this area is the larger island of Crete.

Macedonia/Thrace- Mountains & Plains- very diverse area- contains Thessaloniki.

The Climate of Greece Geography

Temperate climate- a.k.a moderate changes in temperature between each season.

Cold, wet winters and hot, dry summers.

However, mountainous regions can be more extreme (as we saw with the ARVC’s).

The Hazards of Greek Geography

Earthquakes

Droughts

Wildfires

Ancient Greece and Geography

Lots of islands and mountains create LOTS of barriers…

How might this affect Greek Civilization?

Surrounded by sea and not focused on a river…

What opportunities open and is this a better option than what the ARVC’s had?

Limited land yet a growing population…

What kind of benefits and problems can arise from this?

Ancient Greece and Geography

The geography of Greece pushed Greek city-states (the product of a lot of natural barriers and divisions) into seeking alliances, new lands, and trading to survive.

Little farming on mass scales due to mountainous, rocky land even in plain areas ——> This pushed Greeks to only farm for themselves and seek other ways of surviving and thriving…

Colonies, alliances, and trade routes did two things.

Expand Greek influence in the Mediterranean area.

Diverse thoughts, ideas, resources, etc., are spread…for good and bad reasons. What are some?

Real World Connection: Modern Greece and its Geography

To put it simply… Greece in the middle part of the last decade got into a lot of debt while working with yet competing against other allied European countries as apart of the European Union.

How might Greek geography have adverse affects towards Greece in our modern day? Try comparing Greek lands to other lands like Germany, France, etc.

Real World Connection: Modern Greece and its Geography

Let's look back at our articles from the beginning of class!

If Greece behaves like other more capable European Union countries but cannot meet such lofty expectations by other countries and their citizens...

What are some solutions to this predicament?

Should Greece be left to fall down or should the country be assisted by people who are not directly associated with its problems?