Today in Mr. Schick’s class, we learned about Greece’s geography.  Greece had very skilled sailors and poor natural resources.  It was difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of terrain.  They developed small and independent communities.  Because of their lack of resources, they had to go to other places to get what they needed.  The Spartans hated the Athenians and even teamed up with the Persians to fight them.  They did not have a lot of fertile land, only ¼ of the land was fertile for farming.  The Greeks would eat grains, grapes, and olives.  Greece was a huge supplier of olives and made wine from the grapes.  The average temperature in the winter was 48 degrees and 80 degrees in the summer.  The lack of resources lead to Greek Colonization.