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Unit III Study Guide
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Part I- Terms: (Fully define each term and explain why it is important.)
CHAPTER 5 (Ancient Greece)
Sec 1
Impact of geography
Mycenaean and Minoan Civilization
City-States- Polis, Acropolis and agora
Characteristics of Sparta
Helots and Hoplites
Greek Mythology
Location of Greece, Crete, Aegean Sea,
Sparta, Athens, Peloponnesus, Troy
Sec 2
Tyrant
Founders of democracy- Draco, Solon,
Peisistratus, Cleisthenes
Characteristics of a direct democracy
Phalanx
Causes and effects of Persian Wars
archon
Battles at Marathon, Thermopylae, and
Salamis
Pericles
Delian League
Golden Age of Athens
Sec 3
Socrates
Plato and The Republic
Aristotle and Reason and logic
Greek literature- poetry, history, and drama
Classical art-architecture, sculpture and
painting
Sec 4
Philip II
Alexander the Great
Characteristics of Alexandria
Significance of Darius III
Hellenistic culture
Difference between Stoics, Epicureans, and
Cynics
Hellenistic Accomplishments- Euclid,
Eratosthenes, and Archimedes
Part II- Questions: (Answer each question in complete sentences.)
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What role did the stories of the Gods and Goddesses play in Greek history?
Compare and contrast Minoan and Mycenaean civilization.
Why did Sparta’s political system develop?
What was the role of helots in Sparta?
Explain the characteristics of Athenian democracy.
How were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians in the Persian wars?
Why did Athens become more influential than Sparta?
How did Pericles inflate Athens’ power in Greece?
What made the 400s the Golden Age of Athens?
Causes and effects of Peloponnesian War? How did Sparta win?
How did Greek philosophy influence later thinking?
What were the goals of Ancient Greek poetry, art, and architecture?
Who are the main playwrights of Ancient Greece and why is their work important?
How did the Macedonians conquer Greece?
Describe the conquests of Alexander the Great.
Explain the negative aspects of Alexander’s reign.
What happened to Alexander’s empire after his death? Why?
How did society change in the Hellenistic age? (Be sure to also consider science, technology, and art.)