Class Today- 2/2814

Today in class, Phil and Matt taught. They were very lively and funny. We talked about the following:

-         A Greek city state was known as polis.

-         Not many Greek City States were highly populated, except for Athens which had 250,000

-         The towns were built around a hill which stood on top of it was an Acropolis.

-         Acropolis- the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town

-         The City States were really competitive and often fought one another.

-         The Greeks were the first known to have a name for the people who live in their community “polites” or “citizen.”

Mr. Schick went over the following terms:

Aegean Sea- east side of Greece
Ionian Sea- south and west side of Greece

Adriatic Sea-

Crete- Greek Island, very important, military, and ship trade

Athens:

Sparta:

Peloponnese

Mediterranean Sea- Mediterranean mean middle of the earth