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Ancient Greece Study Guide
Terms to Know:
**Most of these words have already been defined on your cards; study those and the extra ones given
below. Make sure you know them well!
1. Mycenaeans
27. Pericles (3 goals)
2. Dorians
28. Direct democracy
3. Trojan War
29. Classical art
4. Homer
30. Tragedy
5. Epics
31. Comedy
6. Myths/Mythology
32. Peloponnesian War
7. Polis
33. Socrates
8. Acropolis
34. Plato
9. Monarchy
35. Aristotle
10. Aristocracy
36. King Philip II of Macedonia
11. Oligarchy
37. Demosthenes
12. Tyrants
38. Alexander the Great of
13. Democracy
Macedonia
14. Draco
39. Darius III
15. Solon
40. Battle of Hydaspes River
16. Cleisthenes
41. Antigonus, Ptolemy, Seleucus
17. Peloponnesus
42. Hellenistic culture
18. Helots
43. Alexandria of Egypt
19. Phalanx
44. Aristarchus
20. Persian Wars
45. Euclid
21. Darius
46. Archimedes
22. Battle of Marathon
47. Stoicism
23. Pheidippides
48. Epicureanism
24. Xerxes
49. Colossus of Rhodes
25. Battle of Thermopylae
50. Nike of Samothrace
26. Battle of Salamis
Concepts to Know:
Answer the following questions (with good answers!)
1. Describe the geography of Greece and how it helped civilization develop.
2. Explain the reasons for the lack of Greek unity?
3. Describe the some of the developments in government in ancient Greece.
4. Describe Spartan society.
5. Describe Athenian society.
6. What were some of the similarities and differences between Sparta and Athens?
7. Explain the First Persian War. What were its results?
8. Explain the Second Persian War. What were its results?
9. What was the Peloponnesian War and why was it fought?
10. What was the Hellenistic Period? Who was King Philip of Macedon?
11. Describe the accomplishments of Alexander the Great.
12. Describe the religion of ancient Greece. Who were some of the ancient Greek gods &
goddesses?
13. Describe some of the major achievements in literature of ancient Greece.
14. Describe some of the major achievements in science of ancient Greece.
15. Describe some of the major achievements in philosophy of ancient Greece.
16. Describe some of the major achievements in architecture of ancient Greece.