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Chapter 8~ Ancient Greece Outline
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Section One: Geography and the Early Greeks (page 228)
1. Describe the geography of Greece and how that affected early settlement
2. Who were the Minoans?
3. Who were the Mycenaeans?
4. Define polis
5. What was life like in a Greek City-State?
6. Define acropolis
7. What were some Greek colonies?
8. Who did Greece trade with?
Section Two: Government in Athens (page 236)
9. Define democracy
10. Define aristocrats
11. Define oligarchy
12. Define citizen
13. Explain the government in Greece around 600 BC
14. Define tyrant
15. Describe the rise of the tyrants in ancient Greece
16. Describe democracy under Cleisthenes
17. What changed in Greece under Pericles?
18. Who conquered Athens in the mid 330s BC?
19. What is direct democracy?
20. What is Representative democracy?
Section Three: Greek Mythology and Literature (page 242)
21. Define mythology
22. What did the Greeks think the gods could do?
23. Explain some ideas about Greek heroes
24. Who was Homer and what did he write?
25. Who was Sappho and what did she write?
26. Define fables and who was Aesop?
27. How did Greek influence our language?
28. How has Greek literature and art inspired artists long after their time?