The Geography of Greece

Learning to: Identify the geographic factors that contribute and impede the spread of the people in GreeceLooking for: Mountains, lack of fertile soil

The Geography ...

The Geography of Greece and Early People

Many Peninsulas

Mountains shaped Greek history because...

-About 66% of the Greek mainland is mountainous.-Isolated different city-states

Lack of fertile soil shaped Greek history because...

-People settled along the narrow coast-Limited soil allowed for growing cash crops but needed to acquire grain crops-Irregular coastline allowed for easy shipping of products

Olive trees

Vineyards

Why is the Geography of Greece Important?

1. Greece’s mountains made it hard for its early people to develop a sense of unity-Short Mountain Ranges-Kept villages apart

2. Rivers were short and did not aid in travel between villages

The geography tells us a lot about how the early Greeks developed

POLIS

Geography

Political

Strong sense of identity

Three things in common with all city-states1.2.3.

Differences between Polis’