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Classical Greece: Study Guide

Use your notes and the textbook to answer the following questions in preparation for the test.
1. In ancient times, people lived. was a collection of separate lands where Greek-speaking

2. What is the name for an area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?

3. About how many islands were included in ancient Greece?

4. In what sea are most of Greeces islands located?

5. Greeces traditions and customs were directly shaped by the regions physical

6. Since the sea shaped Greek civilization and provided important transportation routes, the Greeks were good .

7. Why did independent communities develop in Greece?

8. Who were the Indo-European people that settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.?

9. What was the name of the city in southern Greece that was located on a cliff and was surrounded by a protective wall?

10. What group of people taught the Mycenaeans how to trade?

11. During the 1200s B.C., the Mycenaeans fought a ten year war against independent city located in Anatolia.

, an

12. What was the name of the war that was fought because Helen, the wife of Greek king, was kidnapped?

13. What group of Greek-speaking people migrated to Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization?

14. Who was the greatest Greek story teller?

15. What is an epic?

16. What is the name of the epic poem that was written by Homer about the Trojan War?

17. What is the name of the epic poem that was written by Homer about the soldiers journey home after the Trojan War?

18. What is a myth?

19. Greeks gave

qualities, such as love, hate, and jealousy, to their gods.

20. Where did the ancient Greeks believe that their gods lived?

21. What is the Greek name for a city-state?

22. What is the name for the chief marketplace, and center of political life, in a Greek city-state?

23. What is the name of the fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city-state?

24. In which type of Greek government does power reside in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility?

25. In which type of Greek government does power reside in the hands of a single person?

26. In which type of Greek government does power reside in the hands of the wealthy?

27. In which type of Greek government does power reside in the hands of representatives elected by citizens?

28. In ancient Greece, what name was given to an individual that rose to power by appealing to the poor for support?

29. Who was the Greek nobleman that contributed to the expansion of democracy by creating laws based on the idea that all citizens, rich and poor, were equal?

30. Who was the Greek ruler that contributed to the expansion of democracy by outlawing debt slavery?

31. Who was the Greek leader that contributed to the expansion of democracy by creating the Council of Five Hundred, allowing more citizens to participate in government?

32. Identify three subjects that Greek boys studied in school.

33. Which Greek polis was a military state?

34. What group of people were forced to give the Spartans half of their crops each year?

35. Until what age were Spartan men expected to serve in the military?

36. What is a hoplite?

37. What is the name of the military formation of groups of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields?

38. Who fought in the Persian Wars?

39. What was the name of the battle in which 300 Spartans repelled an attack by the Persian army for 3 days?

40. What was the name of the alliance of 200 Greek city-states that was created after the Persian Wars?

41. What name was given to the fifty year period during which Athens experienced a growth in intellectual and artistic learning?

42. What were the three goals of the wise Athenian politician Pericles?

43. What type of government did Pericles create in Athens?

44. Which Greek city-state took control of the Delian League and used the money from the leagues treasury to dominate the other Greek city-states?

45. What is the name of the chief temple of the goddess Athena that built on the acropolis at Athens?

46. What is the name for the style of art and architecture of ancient Greece that emphasized harmony, order, and proportion?

47. What are the two types of Greek dramas?

48. Who was the greatest Greek historian?

49. Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

50. What is the name for the epidemic disease that killed one-third of the population in Athens during the Peloponnesian War?

51. What is the name for a Greek thinker who uses logic and reason to investigate that nature of the universe and human society?

52. Who was Socrates most famous student?

53. Who was Platos most famous student?

54. Who was Aristotles most famous student?

55. What is the name of the kingdom that was ruled by Philip II and conquered Greece in 338 B.C.?

56. What is the name for the part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback?

57. Who King Philip IIs son, who became king at age twenty following his fathers death?

58. Who was the Persian king that fought several battles against the Macedonians?

59. What city in Egypt did Alexander the Great establish?

60. As result of Alexander the Greats conquests, a new Macedonian, Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian.

emerged that was a blend of

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