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Ancient Greece
Review for Lessons 1,2,3 Quiz
Ancient Greece was made up of __________________________ land at the tip of
the _______________________ Peninsula.
Ancient Greece was not one
__________________ country in ancient times because the ___________________ and
the ___________________divided the people.
Trade allowed Greek
___________________ to spread as well as allowed them to _________________from
other cultures.
Because the ______________________ divided Greece into different regions, the
people established different _______________________. However, they all spoke the
same __________________ and practiced the same __________________. They also
developed an _________________ way of life due to the pleasant climate. Many Greek
cities had an ________________, or outdoor marketplace where they shopped, got water,
and had statues of gods and goddesses.
The _______________________ civilization, located on the island of
___________________, dominated the Aegean Sea by about 1600 B.C. They were the
_______________ civilization in Ancient Greece.
They became wealthy through
_________________ with countries like Syria. Later, ____________________ grew in
power and replaced ____________________ as the center of ______________________
in the Mediterranean area. The Mycenaeans could _________________ itself against any
_______________. They built 20 feet thick ___________________ surrounding their city
and took ___________________ or valuables seized in wartime.
The _______________ War is a subject of much Greek literature, including a
_____________________
about
Hector
of
_________________
fighting
_________________ of Greece. (Troy was an ancient city in _________ Minor) These
stories were told in the Iliad and the ___________________, written by the Greek poet,
_________________. There are different versions of these stories because they were
passed on by __________________________ until they were written down.
A ______________________ government began in the city-state of
_____________________ around 500 B.C.
The power was given to the
____________________, rather than a __________________. At first Athens had a
Name: ________________________
Date: _____________
________________ democracy where every citizen was part of the _________________.
However, they soon had too many people and formed a council of _______________
people to serve for __________ year.
One of the greatest leaders of the Athenian democracy, _____________________
believed that if a man took no part in government, he should _________________ Athens.
Athens’ rival, ______________, was run by the ___________________. Life centered on
the _______________. Boys were trained to be _________________ at the age of seven
and locals were forced to be ________________ or slaves.
In 490 B.C., _______________ attacked the Greek mainland. _________________
won a great victory at Marathon. ______________ and __________________ joined
forces to defeat the huge Persian army. 300 ________________ held off the much larger
Persian army at a mountain pass called Thermopylae until most of them were killed. The
Persians army is finally defeated when during the Battle of ____________________ when
Athenian ships trapped the Persians fleet in the and won the Persian War.
After the _____________ of the Persians, _________________ entered a Golden
Age-a period when the Greeks focused on ____________________ Athens and studying
___________________ and nature.
Philosophers, who studied truth and
__________________, believed it was possible to figure out how things work by using
________________, or logic. They didn’t want to look to the _________________ anymore
to explain natural occurrences.
The most famous of these philosophers are
_____________________,
________________________,
and
_______________________.
During its Golden Age, ___________________ became a very powerful city-state.
Fearing another invasion, the city-states arranged a treasury called,
______________________________. Athens __________________ the money and
caused
the
other
city-states
to
declare
war
on
them.
The
_________________________________ lasted 27 years because both sides were
________________ strong. Even though ____________________ “won”, this war led to
the _______________________ of the Greek city-states.