Download Ancient Greece Test 2 Study Guide 1. what Hesiod tells us about

Ancient Greece Test 2 Study Guide
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what Hesiod tells us about farming life in archaic Greece
Hesiod’s attitudes towards women
Hesiod’s five ages of human history
the displacement of farmers in archaic Greece
areas of Greek colonization, pre- c. 780 BCE
the areas colonized by the Greeks between c. 780 and 500 BCE
the importance of colonization for the Greeks and the outside world
the aims of Greek colonization
the causes of Greek colonization
the military foundations of Greek colonization
Al Mina
hoplites
phalanx
characteristics of Greek warships and merchant vessels
the characteristics of Archaic Greek colonies
the process of founding a colony
metropolis
apoikia
oikistes
where the Greeks did and didn't found colonies, and why
major colony-founding poleis
the Hellespont
the Propontis
the Bosporus
Byzantium
the Euxine
the exports of the Black Sea colonies
Naucratis
the origins of Graeci (= ‘Greeks’)
Magna Graecia
Cumae
Naples
Massilia
Greek rivals in Sicily
the effects of colonization
the origin of coinage
electrum
the meaning of polis
the relationship between the citizen and the polis
amphictyonies
political structure of a polis c. 800 BCE
basileus
boulé
nomos
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the process of political consolidation
the size of a typical polis
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acropolis
agora
demos
the Greeks and the origins of political theory
the three branches of Indo-European government
the meaning of ‘monarchy’
the center of political power in a monarchy
the three functions of the king
the weaknesses of monarchy
the constitutional elements of a monarchy
the meaning of ‘aristocracy’
the center of political power in an aristocracy
the constitutional elements of an aristocracy
the ‘Eupatrids’
archons
the weaknesses of aristocracy
the importance of written law
the meaning of ‘oligarchy’
timocracy
the constitutional elements of an oligarchy
the weaknesses of oligarchy
the meaning of demokratia
the center of political power in a democracy
the constitutional elements of a democracy
election techniques in Athenian democracy
the weaknesses of democracy
the origins of the word ‘tyrant’
how tyrants came to power
the ways in which tyrants exercised their power
tyranny and nomos
Pheidon
the Cypselids
the Orthagorids
Polycrates
the defects of tyranny
the effects of tyrants on their poleis
Lacedemonians
Laconia
Messenia
social and political institutions of early Sparta
the reasons for the Spartan conquest of Messenia
early Spartan culture
Tyrtaeus
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the Messenian Revolt (or Second Messenian War)
Lycurgus
the Lycurgan Reforms
the Great Rhetra
Spartan kingship
the gerousia
the apella
the ephors
Spartan social structure
Spartiates
the perioikoi
helots
the agögë
early training of Spartiate youths
the agelai
the altar of Artemis Orthia
the phiditia
Spartiate homosexuality
Spartiate marriage practices
the krypteia
Spartan women
Spartan foreign policy
the Peloponnesian League
Cleomenes I
‘autochthonous’
Theseus
the unification of Attica
Athens’ constitutional evolution under the Eupatrids
the areopagus
the social crisis at Athens in the late 7th century BCE
the military reorganization at Athens
Kylon
the curse of the Alcmaeonids
the reforms of Draco
‘draconian’
Solon’s economic reforms
the seisachtheia
Solon’s social reforms
Solon’s judicial reforms
Solon’s political and constitutional reforms
factions at Athens after Solon
Peisistratus’ attempts to gain power
Peisistratus’ economic policies
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Peisistratus’ judicial reforms
Peisistratus’ foreign policy
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Hippias and Hipparchus
Harmodius and Aristogeiton
how Cleisthenes came to power
Cleisthenes' reform of tribal structure
the political parties of Cleisthenic Athens
demes
trittyes
the boule
the prytanies
the ekklesia
ostracism
the strategoi
the attempted Spartan overthrow of Cleisthenes’ new democracy
Athens’ overtures to Persia c. 505 BCE
Essay Questions
1. What role did the polis play in Greek life and civilization? Be specific and explain
each of your points fully.
2. What is the significance of the polis for Western civilization and the world
subsequent to the Greeks? Be specific and explain each of your points fully.
3. What was the role of factionalism in driving constitutional change in ancient Greece?
Explain how it affected each of the Greek forms of constitution.
4. Contrast the government of Sparta with the democratic government established by
Cleisthenes at Athens. How do they resemble one another, and how do they differ?
5. What role did tyrannies play in the evolution of the Greek world, economically,
politically, and culturally? Make sure to use examples of specific tyrants in your
discussion.
6. How did Cleisthenes' democratic reform grow out of factionalism, and how does the
structure of Cleisthenes' democratic reform reflect his efforts curb factionalism?