PPT-Greece What does it mean to be a Greek city-state?

Ancient Greeks became too overcrowded on the Greek mainland They spread out to the surrounding islands and formed colonies These colonies became citystates THE POLIS The Greeks called their citystate The Polis. By phalyn. GEROGRAPHY. Greece is a country in Southeastern Europe whose peninsula extends from the Balkans into the Mediterranean sea ,is mountainous ,with many gulfs and bays.. RELIGION. The Greek population is composed of a 97% of Christian orthodox .The rest of the population is Muslim ,Roman catholic and Jewish. Greece (and the Greek Islands)and Russia are the only countries to have such a great proportion of the people that belong to the orthodox, also they were. MANAGER. : KYLE. WORKERS. : ALLISON, BECCA, . MEGHAN. WHERE IN THE WORLD IS GREECE?. MAP OF GREECE. THE GREEK FLAG. GEOGRAPHY. Located on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula.. On the north is Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Albania.. Copy the notes as they appear.. Geography of Greece. Greece is a small country in Europe.. Greece is near the Mediterranean Sea.. The main part of Greece in on a peninsula.. A peninsula is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides. . Session: 60. Date:. Warm-UP. Interpret this quote by the Ancient Greek leader Pericles.. O. ur plan of government favors the many instead of the few: that is why it is called a democracy...As for social standing, advancement is open to everyone, according to ability. While every citizen has an equal opportunity to serve the public, we reward our most distinguished citizens by asking them to make our political decisions. Nor do we discriminate against the poor. A man may serve his country no matter how low his position on the social scale.. What continent is Greece located on?. Europe. Name two seas that border Greece. The Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea. What was the landscape like that the Ancient Greek civilization was rooted in?. isthmus. harbor. A small strip of land, with. water on both sides, that. connects two larger areas of. land.. A sheltered place with deep. water close to shore.. trireme. A large fighting ship used by. Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Aegean Sea to the East, Ionian Sea to the West. Long, uneven coastline. Sea played an important role in Greece. Mountainous, kept villages apart, couldn’t unite, allowed invaders from the North. Can you find the location of Ancient Greece?. A. B. C. D. I’m sorry, try again. . Ancient Greece and the city-states that came into being after the Mycenaeans were defeated by the Dorians.. Good for you! You have an eye for location.. The Parthenon. I. Geography. Mountains. divided Greece and led to cultural and political divisions.. Greece is made up of two . peninsula. (southern most part of the Balkan Peninsula and the Peloponnese Peninsula) that is . Introduction. In 336 B.C., Alexander the Great became the leader of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia. By the time he died 13 years later, Alexander had built an empire that stretched from Greece all the way to India. . isthmus. harbor. A small strip of land, with. water on both sides, that. connects two larger areas of. land.. A sheltered place with deep. water close to shore.. trireme. A large fighting ship used by. Can you find the location of Ancient Greece?. A. B. C. D. I’m sorry, try again. . Ancient Greece and the city-states that came into being after the Mycenaeans were defeated by the Dorians.. Good for you! You have an eye for location.. 1.  . Early Civilizations. :  Minoans (Crete) and Mycenae  (mi se ne) . 2.  . Classical Greece.   (flourishing of arts, literature, philosophy; domination by Sparta and Athens) . 3. . Hellenistic Age:  . The Parthenon in Athens. Section 1: The Rise of Greek Civilization. Temple of . Didyma. Where is Greece?. Greece’s Geographic Setting. Greece is made up of peninsulas. Peninsula: an area of land surrounded by water on three sides.