Driving Questions:
1. How does the geography and climate affect the development of the Greek city-states and the Roman Empire?
2. How did geography effect the political development of Greece and the Roman Empire? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Compare and contrast the two civilizations?
3. What types of climate, vegetation and agricultural cultivation is found in the Aegean region?
4. From your knowledge of Global studies how did the areas settled by the Greeks differ from the early settlements of the Fertile Crescent Region, the Nile River Valley, the Indus River Valley and ancient China?
5. List the ways geography and climate shaped Greek life and possibly Greek History?
6. What were the different political systems that developed in the Greek city-states? Compare and Contrast Spartan and Athenian culture.
7. What factors led to the decline of the Roman Empire?