✔ Find Greece on a map.
✔ Learn about Greece's mountains, sea, and islands.
✔ Discover why Greeks became great sailors.
Pack your bags — we are sailing from Egypt across the sea to a new land: ancient Greece! Greece is in Europe, on the edge of the blue Mediterranean Sea. About 2,500 years ago, it was home to one of the most amazing civilizations ever.
Greece looks very different from flat, sandy Egypt. Greece is covered in rocky mountains! It also has hundreds of islands — pieces of land with water all around them — scattered across the sparkling sea.
The mountains made travel by land very hard, and the rocky soil was tough for farming. So the Greeks turned to the sea! They became expert sailors, fishing and trading in fast wooden ships. Wherever you stand in Greece, the sea is never far away.
1. What sea is Greece next to?
2. What covers most of Greece's land?
3. Why did the Greeks become great sailors?
Write what each word means in your own words.
Write T for true or F for false in each circle.
Draw a Greek scene: rocky mountains, the blue sea, a few islands, and a wooden sailing ship.
1. How is Greece different from Egypt? Name two ways.
2. Would you rather cross Greece by climbing mountains or sailing a ship? Why?
| I learned... | Circle one |
|---|---|
| Where Greece is | YES / NOT YET |
| Why the sea mattered to Greeks | YES / NOT YET |