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SS 6 – Villecco
Ch 4 Ancient Greece Study Guide
Lesson 1: The Physical characteristics of Greece
affected the ancient Greeks.
1. Greece has a Mediterranean climate.
2. The Greece mainland is on a peninsula.
3. Greece is surrounded by water.
Lesson 2: Different cultures blended together to form
the ancient Greek civilization.
1. A volcano destroyed the Minoans.
2. Minoans farmed and traded by sea.
3. The Mycenaeans were of Asian origin.
Lesson 3: The ancient Greeks were responsible for
many great achievements.
1. The Greeks told myths and fables.
2. Thucydides was a Greek historian.
3. The Greeks built beautiful buildings.
Lesson 4: Life in ancient Greece developed around
city-states.
1. Fortresses surrounded city-states.
2. City-states served as trading centers.
3. Every city-state had a marketplace.
Lesson 5: Alexander the Great was one of the most
important leaders.
1. Philip II was Alexander's father.
2. Alexander united Greece.
3. Alexander conquered many lands.
Need to Know!!!
1. A climate with hot, dry summers and cool rainy
winters is called_ Mediterranean climate___.
2. The Greek mainland is located on__a
peninsula_.
3. Greece has always been a maritime nation
because its way of life is connected with the sea.
mare = sea.
4.The first civilization in Greece began on Crete.
5. The ruins of a great Minoan palace were
discovered in the ancient city of Knossos
6. The fortress built on a steep hill in the
Peloponnesus was _Mycenae___________________
7.
Homer’s Iliad describes___Trojan War__.
8. The ruler of all Greek gods, who lived on Mount
Olympus, was_Zeus_____________.
9. Thucydides was a historian.
10. Which of the following was a columned temple
to the goddess Athena? the Parthenon
11. Socrates advised his students to question their
beliefs______.
12. Who wrote about many subjects, including math
and biology? Aristotle
13. One set of Olympian Games was separated from
another by a four-year segment called the Olympiad
14. Greek city-states developed a form of
government in which the people rule, known as
__democracy__.
15. Pericles wanted the government of Athens to
“favor the many instead of the few”
16. In Spartan society, all people were expected to
be strong and disciplined.
17. The Greeks defeated Xerxes' Persian fleet at
Salamis.
18. By 338 B.C., all of Greece came under the rule
of Phillip II, a Macedonian king.
19. Which of the following leaders created an empire
that covered 2 million square miles? Alexander the
Great
20. The blending of Greek and Middle Eastern
cultures resulted in the__Hellenistic civilization_