Jillian Kurzmann's Blog 1/18/18

Jillian Kurzmann
1/18/18
Honors Western Civilization

Today in class, I bought a composition notebook and transferred my notes from yesterday into it. We also discussed the geography of Greece.


  • Greece is considered a peninsula.
  • Greece has opportunity to trade with many parts of Europe using the Mediterranean Sea.
  • In Greece, there is not a lot of arable land that can be used for farming.
  • There is also not enough food for everyone due to the mountains.
  • The Greeks are considered water fearing people.
  • Greece is surrounded by the Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, And the Ionian Sea.
  • The island South of Greece is called Peloponnesus.
  • The capital of Greece is Athens.
  • Sparta is the capital of Peloponnesus.
  • Crete is located South of Peloponnesus.
  • Asia Minor is across the Aegean Sea from Greece.
  • Macedonia is located North of Greece.
  • Many people in Greece were good sailors and shipbuilders
  • Greece is considered a mountainous peninsula.
  • Three-fourths of Greece is mountainous.
  • Greece has about 2000 island in the Aegean and Ionian Seas.
  • The geographic of Greece shaped it's culture.
  • Greece had many farmers, metal workers weavers, and potters.
  • Greece was very limited on natural resources, which meant that they needed to trade.
  • The terrain made uniting the Greeks difficult.
  • Greece developed small, independent communities that they were loyal to. 
  • Greece is 2, 972 square miles smaller than North Carolina and 4,893 square miles bigger than Pennsylvania.
  • Greece was small in size but, big in influence.

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