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CLASSICAL GREECE
Using the sites below and your textbook, answer the following questions. Add any other information that
you find especially interesting! (bonus points for info not asked for in this assignment)
http://www.sweetsearch.com/search?q=ancient+greece (this is a page with resources if you want to search
out any additional information)
http://www.sikyon.com/index.html
http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/persian/
http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1642
1. Why did the Persians invade Greece? What is the chronology of the Persian
Wars?
2. What is a "hoplite" and why was he important in this war?
3. What is a polis? What were the major city-states? Why was each important?
4. What were the major types of government in the city-states?
5. What was the importance of Olympia?
6. What was the importance of Sparta?
7. What was a helot?
8. What was the importance of Corinth?
ATHENS LAB
Oh, you, olive shiny and violet crowned glorious Athens, famous in songs,
rampart of Greece, divine city. (Pindar)
Identify the following Athenians (who, when, importance?)
http://www.sikyon.com/Athens/ahist_eg01.html
(Spelling may vary.)
1. Drakon (also, Dracon)
2. Solon
3. Peisistratos
4. Pericles
5. Cleisthenes
http://origin-rh.web.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-delianleague.asp
6. What was the Delian League, also known as the Confederacy of Delos?
7. How is it an example of a “first” in world history? Hint: look for “united action”
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Athenian_democracy.html
8.. How and when did democracy start in Athens?
9. What is meant by a direct democracy?
9. In Athenian democracy, what were the names of the main bodies of the government?
10. What briefly interrupted the Athenian Democracy?
11. How did the Macedonians impact Athenian Democracy?
http://www.stoa.org/athens/sites/acropolis.html
12.What was the Acropolis? Why was it important? Who ordered it built?
13. What was its main function? What other structures were part of the Acropolis?
14.Scroll to the bottom of the page to click on pictures of the Acropolis. Look at each part of the Acropolis?
15.Why would the Acropolis be a culture marker for ancient Athens?