Ancient Greece Geography Challenge



Ancient Greece Geography Challenge

Directions: Use the map on page 245 to answer the following questions in complete sentences. The questions labeled “WS” should be recorded on your answer worksheet. All other questions should be completed on the blank map as directed.

|Map 1. Turn to page 245, label the two city-states Athens and Sparta.|Map 2. Turn to the map on page 387, in what modern country are Athens and |

| |Sparta located? Label it. |

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| |[Hint: Are Athens and Sparta located in the same country?] |

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|Map 3. Using page 245, label and color the sea that is south of Athens|Map 4. Using page 245, what empire is east of Athens and Sparta? Color and |

|and Sparta. |label it. |

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|Map 5. Using page 245, label the kingdom north of Athens and Sparta. |Map 6. On page 245, the red arrows show the route taken by a famous |

| |conqueror, Alexander the Great. Draw in the arrows on your map. |

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| |[The lines are shown on your map, but not the arrows!] |

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|Map 7. Using the map on page 248, label and color the sea that is east|Map 8. Using the map on page 250, label and color the sea that is northwest |

|of Athens. |of the Persian Empire. |

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| WS 1. Why do you think the name of the country, Greece, does not |WS 2. Using page 387, what continent are the city-states of Athens and Sparta|

|appear in the land area on the map on page 245? |located? |

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| |[Hint: Only one city is labeled on the map] |

| WS 3. Using page 385, what continent is most of the Persian Empire |WS 4. Using page 383, what continent is the southwestern part of the Persian |

|located? |Empire located? |

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|[Hint: Use the map on p. 245 to compare] |[Hint: Use the map on p. 245 to compare] |

|WS 5 Turn to the maps on pages 383, 385, and 387 in your book. List at|WS 6 Using the map scale on p. 245, approximately how many miles from east to|

|least 7 modern countries that lie within the boundaries of the Persian|west was the Persian Empire? |

|Empire. | |

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|[Hint: Use the map on p. 245 to compare] | |

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|WS 7. In a war with Athens and Sparta, do you think Persia’s size |WS 8. Look at the map on page 387, what three modern countries are on the |

|would make Persia strong or weak? Explain your answer. |northern border of Greece? |

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|WS 9. Read section 25.2 in your textbook and then answer the following|WS 10. Read section 25.4 in your textbook and answer: |

|questions: |Why did the Greeks start colonies? |

|Why were ancient Greek communities isolated from one another? | |

|What were some of the dangers of travel? | |

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|WS 11. Read section 25.5 in your textbook and answer: | |

|Why did some Greek settlements trade? | |

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