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Ancient Greece
Study Guide – SPRITE GAL
Directions & Expectations
1. Use a ____________________________________ colored pen, pencil, or highlighter – 3. Use a PENCIL or BLACK PEN – Consider the following questions. Answer them to the best of your ability & place your responses in the corresponding SPRITE GAL category… How did the geography of Greece affect the location of cities? Place the following terms in the SPRITE GAL category (or categories) in which they best belong. If you DON’T KNOW the definition of the term off the top of your head, please DEFINE IT on the study guide!! Acropolis epic poem Pericles Alexander the Great fable peninsula Alexandria Homer philosophy alphabet Hellenistic Phoenician aristocracy helot plague Athens isthmus polis barracks Marathon representative dem. catapult myth Sparta citizen Mt. Olympus tragedy comedy Olympics truce Delian League oligarchy tyrant democracy Parthenon Zeus direct demomoc. Peloponnesus drama Peloponnesian War Why would the rugged geography make it difficult to unify Greece? How did the Peloponnesian War help Philip II of Macedonia conquer Greece? 2. Use a ____________________________________ colored pen, pencil, or highlighter – Use the “Visual Summary” charts from pages 386 and 420 to add some information into the corresponding SPRITE GAL categories! How did Alexander the Great introduce Greek ideas to Egypt and Central Asia? What skills did the Greek people need to master to become successful traders? In what ways did Homer use mythology? How were epic poems and fables the same? How was Athenian democracy different from democracy in the world today? What aspects of Athenian direct democracy are similar to democracy practiced by the United States? What roles did slaves play in Sparta and Athens? How were Athens and Sparta different? How did the three goals of Pericles bring a Golden Age to Greece? Why did other city-­‐states in the Delian League resent (dislike) Athens? How did Athens and Sparta shape their war strategies in the Peloponnesian War? What qualities did Greek sculptors and architects seek to portray? What are the basic ideas in Greek philosophy? How did the Greek scientists expand knowledge about the world?