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Unit 3-Classical Civilizations
Content Pack 1-Greece A
READ PAGES: 123-137
To complete this content packet, students must: 1. define ALL of the vocabulary terms, 2. answer
ALL scaffolding questions, and 3. complete one of the essays assigned. The vocabulary and essay
must be completed on SEPARATE SHEETS OF PAPER. Vocabulary must be handwritten. Staple or
paperclip additional prior to handing in this assignment.
***Students will have a vocabulary quiz at least 3 days prior to the content packet due date.***
Important Vocabulary:
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Mycenaean
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Trojan War
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Heinrich Schliemann
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Dorians
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Homer
100. epics
101. polis
102. acropolis
103. aristocracy
104. oligarchy
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tyrant
democracy
Athens
Draco
Solon
Cleisthenes
Council of Five Hundred
Sparta
Peloponnesus
Messenians
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helot
phalanx
Persian Wars
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Delian League
direct democracy
golden age
Pericles
Peloponnesian War
Scaffolding 1- 5.1 – Cultures of the Mountains & Sea (123-126)
A. Why did most Greeks identify with their local community instead of Greece as a whole?
B. Why were the epics of importance to the Greeks of the Dorian period?
Scaffolding 2- 5.2 – Warring City-States (127-133)
C. Why might logic and public speaking have been emphasized more in Athens than other citystates?
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D. Why didn’t Spartans resist such an strict system?
E. What advantages did Greece enjoy during the Persian wars?
F. How did Solon and Cleisthenes increase participation in the Athenian democracy?
Scaffolding 3- 5.3 – Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age (134-137)
G. What were Pericles’ goals for Athens?
H. Why was/wasn’t Thucydides right in his assertion that history repeats itself? Cite examples.
Essay 1: Making Inferences-How does the concept of hubris from Greek tragedy apply to the
Peloponnesian War?
Essay 2: Forming Opinions-Was the rule of Pericles a golden age for Athens? Explain.
Essay 3: Analysis-Which is more important-personal freedom or civic order? Cite examples
from Athens and Sparta to support your response.
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