A step back in time

Ancient Greece

The Lay of the Land

World MapCan you find Europe?

Map of EuropeCan you find Greece?

Map of Greece

Map of Ancient Greece

Compare Ancient Greeceand the Greece of Today

Do you see a difference?

Ancient Greece was much larger!!

Worldwide Temperatures

The temperature of Greece is similar to the temperature of

Virginia.

Worldwide Rainfall

Greece gets a little less rainfall than

Virginia.

Worldwide Mountains

Greece is full of mountains.That is good for getting stones to build beautiful

buildings with, but bad for growing food.

European Vegetation(that means plant growth)

Ancient Greek Coastline

Not much vegetation grows in Greece. Most

plants grow on the plains. Most of the land is used

for pastures.

Your Task

• Go to your desk and color in the map of Greece. Color the Greece of today your favorite color and ancient Greece yellow.

• Write about the land of Greece:– Mountains– Temperature– Rainfall– Vegetation

Where in the world is Greece?

This is what Greece looks like.

Color the water blue.

Find Greece on the map of Europe and color it.

You may use your favorite color.

Color ancient Greece yellow.

The Land of Greece

• Most of Greece is hills and mountains.• The temperature of Greece is similar

to the temperature of Virginia.• Greece gets a little less rainfall than

Virginia.• Not much vegetation grows in

Greece. It is too hilly and rocky.

Your Task

• Research food that was eaten in ancient Greece.

• Read about the food in your booklet.

• Highlight the important information.

Ancient Greek Food

Food, for the Greeks, had all sorts of religious and philosophical

meaning.

The Greeks, to begin with, never ate

meat unless it had been sacrificed to a

god, or had been hunted in the wild.

They believed that it was wrong to kill and eat a tame,

domesticated animal without sacrificing it

to the gods.

Even with vegetables, many Greeks believed that particular foods

were cleaner or dirtier, or that certain

gods liked certain foods better than

others.

The Pythagoreans, for example, would not eat beans.

But even if you were not a Pythagorean, the Greeks

tended to think of the god Dionysus whenever they drank wine (which was often), and to

think of Demeter and Persephone whenever they

ate bread.

The Greeks ate mainly the

Mediterranean triad, wheat (or barley or millet),

wine, and olive oil.

They also grew vegetables,

especially legumes (lentils, beans,

peas, chickpeas).

Possibly they ate more fish than

most other Mediterranean

people.

Also, because of their feelings about

sacrificing meat, they may have eaten meat less

than other people did.

Your Task

• Highlight the notes in your book on food in ancient Greece.

Food in Ancient Greece

• Olives, grapes and figs grew along the coast.

• Wheat was grown on the plains.• Lentils, beans and chickpeas

were also grown.

Food in Ancient Greece

• Goats were raised for milk.• Fish and seafood were caught

from the sea.• Meat was not eaten much.

Animals were sacrificed in religious ceremonies.

Trading for Food

• The ancient Greeks traded for food.

• They built boats and traded with other countries that bordered the Mediterranean Sea.

Ancient Greek Trading Ship

The Giant Leap

• How did trading to get food affect the economy of Greece?

• Write about it!

Trading

• The ancient Greeks found they could trade for other things besides food.

• Greece became a trading center for the Mediterranean Sea.

• Shipbuilding became a major industry.