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Social Studies Test
Study Guide For Ancient Greece (Text chapters 6 & 7)
Vocabulary To Know:
1. Peninsula
2. Epic
3. Acropolis
4. city-state
5. aristocrat/aristocracy
6. tyrant
7. democracy
8. Trojan War
9. Tribute
10. Immortal
11. Oracle
12. Philosopher
13. Tragedy
14. Greek myth
15. Comedies
16. Parthenon
17. Athens
18. Golden Age of Athens
19. Sparta
20. Agora
21. Vendor
22. Slavery
23. Helots
24. Peloponnesian War
25. Plague
26. Blockade
27. Persia
28. Assassinate
29. Barbarian
30. Alexander the Great
31. Hellenistic
People to Know:
1. Socrates
2. Plato
3. Aristotle
4. Pericles
5. King Philip of Macedonia
6. Alexander the Great
Greek Gods:
1. Zues (king of the gods)
2. Athena (goddess of wisdom/war)
3. Hermes (messenger of the gods)
4. Poseidon (god of earthquakes/ocean)
Geography:
1. Greece
2. Asia Minor
3. Macedonia
4. Crete
5. Mt. Olympus
6. Athens
7. Sparta
8. Egypt
9. Mesopotamia
10. Persia
11. The impact that geography had on
the way city-states formed in Greece
12. The impact that geography had on
Greece’s success as a civilization
13. Delphi
14. Troy
Comparison/Contrast:
1. Athens & Sparta
A. Athenian women’s roles & Spartan women’s roles
B. Childhood (especially for boys)
C. Athenian men vs. Spartan men
D. Slaves (Athenian vs. Spartan)
E. Attitudes towards wealth, travel, and the arts
2. The Dark Ages of Greece vs. the Golden Age of Athens
3. The geography of Greece, the geography of Egypt and Mesopotamia
4. King Philip of Macedonia’s leadership style with his son Alexander the Great’s
leadership style
“Big Ideas”
Section 1 Chapt. 6
 The geography of Greece encouraged the growth of independent city-states
that shared a common culture
 Dark Ages of Greece: lost the art of writing, and other advancements
 Greece’s traditional independent cities provided the foundation for
government rule by the people (as in democracy in Athens, which would
eventually lead to our own form of government in the USA, a republic)
Section 2 Chapt. 6
 Athens had their Golden Age in 400’s B.C., Athens experienced advancements
in philosophy and the arts
 Greeks were polytheistic, and used myths in their religion to also explain “big
events” or “natural events”
 Greek philosophers introduced new ways to think the world around them
 Visual arts, like sculptures and the architecture of buildings, and literary arts
such as dramas, flourished in the Golden Age of Athens.
 Greek city-states competed with each other, but even so, they still shared a
common culture
Section 1 Chapt. 7
 Greek men conducted business and social activities in the marketplace
 Greek women stayed at home, running the household
 Slavery was common in ancient Greece (especially for people from outside of
Greece who were enslaved)
Section 2 Chapt. 7
 Life in ancient Sparta was ruled strictly by the city-state to create a powerful
army
 Although outnumbered, Athens defended themselves against and fought back
against Persia
 Athens grew into an empire, but it was eventually destroyed by Sparta
 Athens contributed to their own downfall because of the way they treated
other city-states
Section 3 Chapt. 8
 King Philip of Macedonia conquered all of Greece before being killed in 336
B.C.
 Philip’s son, Alexander the Great, conquered Persia, Palestine, Egypt, and
lands all the way beyond the Indus River into present day India
 After Alexander’s death, Greek culture spread to the areas he had conquered
(Hellenistic cities)