Mapping Ancient Greece

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Objective

I can locate ancient Greece on a map and describe its geography.

Part 1 of 4

Warm-up video

TED-Ed · 5:02Vetted channel

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    The Peloponnesian War was a conflict between the city-states of Athens and Sparta and their allies.

  2. 2

    In ancient Athens, the Ekklêsia was an assembly of citizens that met to discuss important issues.

  3. 3

    Athenian citizen Archias attended a meeting to decide the fate of the people of Mytilene, a city that had revolted against Athenian rule.

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Practice

3 questions

1

Based on the video, what were the names of the two main city-states at war during the Peloponnesian War?

2

What geographical challenge did Athens face during the Peloponnesian War, and how did they overcome it?

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Exit ticket

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Based on the video, name one geographical feature of ancient Greece and one specific location within ancient Greece mentioned in the video.

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