| A | B |
|---|
| They study the past and help us to understand ancient civilizations | Historians and archaeologists |
| The three-fold job of historians | Record, pass on, and organize the past |
| Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon | Ancient Greek historians |
| Ancient Greek historians did this | They asked questions |
| This was the most important subject to the ancient Green historians | War |
| They excavate artifacts | Archaeologists |
| He wrote "History" | Herodotus |
| "History" covers this period of history | 700 BC - 479 BC |
| He wrote about the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens | Thucydides |
| The Peloponnesian War | 431 - 404 BC |
| He lived from 428 - 354 BC | Xenophon |
| An English archaeologist who excavated the city of Knossos on Crete | Arthur Evans |
| He lived from 1851 - 1941 | Arthur Evans |
| When Knossos on Crete was excavated by Arthur Evans | 1899 |
| Evans' excavated artifacts told us much about them | Minoans and Mycenaeans |
| German archaeologist; lived from 1822 - 1890 | Heinrich Schliemann |
| He proved that Troy really existed | Heinrich Schliemann |
| Greece extends into this body of water | Mediterranean Sea |
| Most of Greece is this land formation | Peninsula |
| The total land area of Greece | 131,957 square kilometers |
| Ancient Ionian city was a port but was discovered inland | Miletus |
| This is why the coast line extended | Trees and forests were destroyed, washing away the soil |
| Trees and forests were destroyed for this | Building, cooking, fuel |
| The primary relief of Greece | Mountainous |
| The washing away process of soil | Erosion |
| Made it hard for the Greeks to work together | Geography - mountains |
| Separated the villages | Valleys, mountains |
| Made transportation difficult | Lack of large rivers |
| Each one had its own government, culture and way of life | City-states |
| Developed independent of each other; in isolation | City-states |
| Lowland valley temperatures year-round | Moderate |
| Summers lowland valley | Long, hot, dry |
| Winters in lowland valley | Rainy |
| Winter temperature in mountains | Cooler, can be cold |
| Precipitation in the mountains | Rainy in summer, snow in winter |
| The type of climate found in Greece | The Mediterranean Climate |
