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Ancient Greece
GREECE
W E
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Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection
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Geography Skills
Analyze the maps in “Setting the Stage” for Unit 5 in your book. Then answer the
following questions and fill out the map as directed.
1. Locate the sea that is south of ancient Greece. Label it.
What sea lies along the eastern coast of Greece? Label it.
2. On what continent is ancient Greece located? Label it.
3. On which continents did the ancient Greeks establish settlements? Draw and
color these colonies and label the continents on which they are located.
4. Use the large map in your book to name the peninsula in Europe that had
Greek colonies that were the farthest away from mainland Greece. Then use
the scale of miles on the map in your textbook to measure the approximate
distance from mainland Greece to this colony.
5. Locate the Adriatic and the Ionian seas on your map and label them. How did
the seas surrounding ancient Greece influence its development?
6. In what direction would you travel to get from ancient Greece to Egypt?
7. Locate and label the cities of Athens and Sparta. Which one was farther north?

Critical Thinking
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
8. Review the Unit 5 Setting the Stage feature in your book. The Greeks did not
have much level land for farming or grazing cattle. How did they meet this
challenge?
9. Over time, as the population of ancient Greek communities increased, some

communities did not have enough farmland to produce enough food for the
population. Using the large map in the Unit 5 Setting the Stage feature, predict
what ancient Greeks did to solve this problem.
10. Most of the Greek islands lie between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor
(present-day Turkey). Would this fact have made travel to Asia Minor easier or
more difficult? Explain your answer.
11. When the ancient Greeks established settlements in other countries, they
came into contact with people from other cultures. How might this have af-
fected the history of ancient Greece?

i n t e r a c t i v e s t u d e n t n o t e b o o k
Geography and the

Settlement of Greece
How did geography influence settlement and
way of life in ancient Greece?
P R E V I E W
Examine the map and the information Physical Features of the Greek Peninsula
about the physical geography of Greece. 0 100 200 miles
Then answer the question that follows.

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Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
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Black
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Facts About the Geography of Greece S
• Greece has no major rivers.

• Greece is surrounded on three sides 40°N
Mt. Olympus
by seas. GREECE
PI
Ionian
ND
• Greece is mostly mountainous. Sea

Aegean
US
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TS Sea
• Greece includes hundreds of islands. .
How do you think the physical geography of

Greece influenced where people settled and
how they lived?
Rhodes
36°N
Mediter ranean S ea
20°E 24°E
Crete
R E A D I N G N O T E S
Key Content Terms

As you complete the Reading Notes, use these terms in your answers.
peninsula Aegean Sea colony

Section 2
1. Examine the map in Section 2 of your book. Where did the ancient Greeks
mostly settle?
2. Why were ancient Greek communities isolated from each other?
3. List three or more reasons why travel was challenging in ancient Greece.
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Section 3
1. Complete the chart by listing challenges facing Greek farmers in the first column, and the ways
in which farmers met these challenges in the second column.
Challenges to Greek Farmers How Farmers Met These Challenges
2. Why did some Greek settlements fight each other?

Section 4
1. What was the primary reason why the ancient Greeks started colonies?
2. Describe the actions that the ancient Greeks were likely to take when starting
a new colony.
3. When did the Greeks establish colonies? Where were the colonies located?
Section 5
1. Why did some ancient Greek settlements trade?
2. What goods from the Greek mainland were traded? What goods did
the Greeks get in exchange?
3. Identify two or more challenges merchant ships faced.

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P R O C E S S I N G
Use the graphic organizer below to create a storyboard for a children’s book about
the geography of ancient Greece. A storyboard is a simple draft of your ideas.
In the title box, write a title for your children’s book. In each of the page boxes,
make a simple sketch and then write two or three sentences explaining the topic.
For example, on Page 2: Visiting a Farm, you might sketch crops growing on a
hillside, and write about what farmers grew and why. Make sure your sentences
are appropriately written for a young audience.
Title:
Page 1: Traveling from Place to Place Page 2: Visiting a Farm
Page 3: Starting a Colony Page 4: Sailing on a Merchant Ship

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2. On what continent is ancient Greece located? Label it.

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9. Over time, as the population of ancient Greek communities increased, some

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Geography and the

Then answer the question that follows.

• Greece has no major rivers.

• Greece is mostly mountainous. Sea

How do you think the physical geography of

Key Content Terms

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2. Why were ancient Greek communities isolated from each other?

2. Why did some Greek settlements fight each other?

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1. Why did some ancient Greek settlements trade?

3. Identify two or more challenges merchant ships faced.

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Page 1: Traveling from Place to Place Page 2: Visiting a Farm

Page 3: Starting a Colony Page 4: Sailing on a Merchant Ship

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