PreClass

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Pre-Class

• Tasks
• Loose-leaf
• List 4 things you know about Ancient Greece.
• Schedule
• Ancient Greece

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Ancient Greece

• The Birth of Western Civilization

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Preview

• Today you will
• Determine how the basic geography of Greece
  influenced its development.
• Compare the styles of government that existed in
  Ancient Greek city-states.
• See the development of early Greek civilizations.

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Ancient Greece
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Western Civilization Begins

• What is meant by the Western World?

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In what areas does Ancient Greece influence
Western Culture?
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Geography of Ancient Greece

• Using your map on p. 119, locate the following
  items
• Greece
• Peloponnesus
• Mycenae
• Crete
• Athens
• Sparta
• Aegean Sea

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Thought Questions

• How is Ancient Greece geographically different
  from other ancient civilizations?
• How do you think this will impact how Greek
  civilization develops?
• Greek alphabet (p.119)

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Early Greece Basics

• Polis
• Definition A Greek city-state that had unique
  and varied characteristics.
• Acropolis
• Definition The high city that formed the
  center of a Greek city-state.

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Governments of Greece

• Monarchy
• Definition A type of government in which a
  hereditary ruler has centralized power.
• Aristocracy
• Definition A type of government in which rich,
  land-owning families held the most power.

• Oligarchy
• Definition A type of government in which a
  small, wealthy elite held the most power.
• Democracy
• Definition A type of government where the
  majority of people hold the most power

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To fight or not to fight

• Continent Groups
• Receive your card.
• Scenario Your continent is under attack from a
  foreign power. You are faced with the decision
  of whether to fight or to sign an unfavorable
  treaty with the foreign power. What will you
  decide to do?

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Directions

• Organize yourselves so that you resemble your
  style of government.
• Make your decision and write down how you came to
  your decision.
• Write down at least one (1) positive and at least
  one (1) negative aspect of your governmental
  style when it comes to making decisions.

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Early Greece

• Minoans (2700-1400)
• The earliest known Greek civilization which had a
  strong trading empire.
• Location Crete
• Mycenaeans (1600-1100)
• The first known civilization on the mainland of
  Greece, had a strong trading empire.

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The Dark Ages (1100-600 BC)

• View written texts
• Lack of influence and powerful rulers
• Invasions
• Homer
• A poet who wrote historical epics including the
  Iliad and the Odyssey.

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Review

• With a partnerno notes!
• Explain two (2) ways in which geography
  influenced Greek civilization.
• List the four (4) types of governmental styles in
  early Greece and how they differed.
• In what major way were Minoan and Mycenaean
  civilization the same?