Ancient Greece Review Sheet



Ancient Greece Review Sheet

The Geography of Greece

- Advantages

- Disadvantages

Minoan v. Mycenaean Civilization

- Political structure and hierarchy

- Geographic location

- Culture

o Art

o Architecture

o Mythology:

▪ The Trojan War

• Causes

• Characters

• Outcome

• Effect on Mycenaean society

The Concept of the Polis

- What is it?

- How does it effect Greek society?

- How does it change over time?

Greek Colonization

- Where did they colonize?

- Why did the colonize?

- How did colonization effect the aristocracy?

The Decline of the Aristocracy

- How did these men cause the destruction of the Aristocracy in Athens

o Solon

o Peisistratus

o Cleisthenes

Athens v. Sparta

- Athens and Sparta v. Minoans and Mycenaeans

- Differences between their governments and cultures

- Spartan society (reading on Spartan Education)

Athenian Democracy

- The rise of democracy

- Pericles and his Funeral Oration

- The decline of Democracy

Greek Culture

- Architecture

- Religion

- Art

- Sports (The Olympics)

- Philosophy

- Literature

- History

The Persian Wars

- Direct and Indirect causes

- Know the story (order of events)

- Battles and their significance

- Impact on democracy

- Impact on Athens

- Impact on Sparta

- Results

The Delian League and the Rise of the Athenian Empire

- How did Athens become and empire?

- How did they treat their subjects?

- How did this impact their democracy?

The Peloponnesian War

- Direct and Indirect causes

- Results and impact of war on Sparta, Athens, and all of Greece

Post Peloponnesian War

- Socrates

- Plato

- Aristotle

▪ Review you homework assignments!!!!

Alexander the Great

- REVIEW THE MAP AND THE QUESTIONS!!!!!

Suggestion: To thoroughly and properly understand all of this information it may be helpful to make connections between each topic. Turn all the events into a story. This may help you to see how they all intermix. Another helpful tactic is to create a timeline.

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