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A. Due to this feature, farming was difficult
in ancient Greece and independent citystates developed. This feature also
encouraged the ancient Greeks to take to the
seas to supplement their livelihoods.
B. It developed in ancient Athens. All men
born in Athens could vote. Women, slaves
and foreigners could not vote. Citizens
voted on all issues from taxation to war.
C. It was a militaristic city-state. Boys as
young as seven were trained in the military
arts. Wives expected their husbands to
come back as victors or dead on their
shields. Helots or slaves farmed.
D. Due to these features, the ancient Greeks
were fishermen and seafarers. They
travelled throughout the Mediterranean and
Aegean Seas. They settled in far off lands.
E. This feature in architecture was a Greek
original. The ancient Greeks were the first
to incorporate it into their buildings. The
Parthenon, the Athenian temple to Athena,
was an example of this magnificent feature.
F. In this war (actually wars), the ancient
Greeks were attacked by a powerful empire.
The empire attacked because the Greeks
had supported their fellow Greeks (Ionian
Greeks) who had rebelled against this
empire.
G. After winning the wars against the
powerful empire, the Greeks formed an
alliance. This alliance was led by Athens
but Athens used money from the alliance to
beautify Athens.
H. This war was fought between the Greek
city-states. Athens led one alliance and
Sparta another alliance. Sparta won.
I. This Greek philosopher encouraged
individuals to know themselves and ask
questions about why they valued what they
valued.
J. The ancient Greeks believed that ideas
should be based on facts and observation
not emotions. This belief is called this.
World History/Napp
Peninsula and Islands
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Delian League
Columns
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Persian
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Peloponnesian
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Rugged Terrain/Mountainous Topography
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Socrates
Direct Democracy
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Rationalism
Sparta
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1. Which geographic feature served as a
6. Which statement most likely represents
barrier to political unity and encouraged the the view of a citizen of ancient Athens
rise of independent city-states in ancient
visiting Sparta?
Greece?
1. “The government and society in
1. broad plains
Sparta are so strict. The people have
2. mountain ranges
little voice in government.”
3. navigable rivers
2. “I feel as though I have never left
4. numerous ports
home. Everything here is the same as
it is in Athens.”
2. The creation of independent city-states in
3. “This society allows for more
ancient Greece can be most directly
freedom of expression than I have
attributed to the
ever experienced in Athens.”
1. diverse ethnic groups in the region
4. “I have never heard of a society like
2. large number of different languages
Sparta that believes in only one
3. rugged mountainous terrain
God.”
4. practice of oligarchy
7. Olympic games, the poems of Homer, and
3. What was one of the most important
Hellenistic culture are associated with which
contributions of the Greek city-state of
ancient civilization?
Athens?
1. Egyptian
3. Roman
1. development of direct democracy
2. Greek
4. Phoenician
2. diffusion of a monotheistic belief
system
8. In a comparison of the ancient cities of
3. promotion of the equality of all
Athens and Sparta, Sparta placed more
humans
emphasis on
4. creation of a writing system using
1. Education
3. Family order
hieroglyphics
2. Military service
4. Human rights
4. Which description accurately identifies
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
1. rulers of the Roman Republic
2. artists of the Italian Renaissance
3. religious leaders of the Protestant
Reformation
4. philosophers of ancient Greece
5. What was one effect of Alexander the
Great’s conquests?
1. expansion of Hellenistic culture
2. formation of the Christian church
3. decreased importance of the Silk
Roads
4. increased support of the Mayan
leaders
9. Which was a major characteristic of
democracy in ancient Athens?
1. All adult male citizens were eligible
to vote.
2. All residents were given voting
rights.
3. Women were allowed to vote in
major elections.
4. Slaves were permitted to vote in
major elections.
10. Athenians believed that ideas should be
based on facts and observation or
1. Animism
2. Rationalism
3. Cultural diffusion
4. Ethnocentrism
Excerpt from the Iliad:
By Homer
Translated by Robert Fagles
Background: Homer has long been recognized as one of the world’s greatest poets. It is
likely that Homer heard singer-poets narrate tales about the Trojan War, a ten-year war
waged by Greeks against the wealthy city of Troy, or Ilium, in Asia Minor. In the late 19th
century, archaeologists discovered the ruins of ancient Troy. Most scholars now believe
that Greek armies probably did attack Troy sometime in the 1200s B.C. Many scholars
think that the Iliad was created in the 700s B.C. The Greek warrior Achilles enters the
battle when his best friend, Patroclus, has been killed by the Trojan hero Hector. Achilles
kills every Trojan in his path until he finally meets Hector in single combat outside the city
walls.
Primary Source:
Athena luring him [Hector] on with all her immortal cunning –
and now, at last, as the two came closing for the kill
it was tall Hector, helmet flashing, who led off:
“No more running from you in fear, Achilles!
Not as before. Three times I fled around
the great city of Priam – I lacked courage then
to stand your onslaught. Now my spirit stirs me
to meet you face-to-face. Now kill or be killed!
Come, we’ll swear to the gods, the highest witnesses –
the gods will oversee our binding pacts. I swear
I will never mutilate you – merciless as you are –
if Zeus allows me to last it out and tear your life away.
But once I’ve stripped your glorious armor, Achilles,
I will give your body back to your loyal comrades.
Swear you’ll do the same.
A swift dark glance
and the headstrong runner answered, “Hector, stop!
You unforgivable, you…don’t talk to me of pacts.
There are no binding oaths between men and lions –
wolves and lambs can enjoy no meeting of the minds –
they are all bent on hating each other to the death.
So with you and me. No love between us. No truce
till one or the other falls and gluts with blood
Ares who hacks at men behind his rawhide shield.
Come, call up whatever courage you can muster.
Life or death – now prove yourself a spearman,
a daring man of war! No more escape for you –
Athena will kill you with my spear in just a moment.
Now you’ll pay at a stroke for all my comrades’ grief,
all you killed in the fury of your spear!
Notes:
 Athena: the goddess of wisdom and warfare; protects the Greeks
 Zeus: the king of the gods, father of Athena
 Ares: the god of war
Questions:
1. What pact does Hector wish to make with Achilles before they fight?
2. Why does Achilles reject the pact?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Essay Practice:
Theme: Individuals
Throughout history, various individuals have often affected their societies. Individuals
may have contributed new ideas or emphasized particular ways that changed the ways
in which people lived.
Task:
Select Alexander the Great and
• Explain an action, belief or practice taken or accepted by this individual and shared
with his/her society
• Discuss how this individual’s idea, belief or practice affected a society
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