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Ch.5: The Greeks
Review
Fill-in the Blank:
Although evidence is scarce, it is believed that a blind poet named ______________
wrote two early poems, the ___________ and the _______________. The first told the
story of _______________ who led the Greeks in an attack on ____________. The
second told of the wanderings of _________________ around the __________________
world.
The Minoans built a civilization on the island of _______________. They established
trade with Egypt and _______________, but were eventually wiped-out, it is believed, by
a volcano that created the island of _____________________.
Because Greece is very _________________ a city or _________ developed independent
from its neighbors. Different forms of government existed in each city. A ___________
is a government where one ruler holds power legitimately. In a _____________, a ruler
holds power illegitimately. When a few wealthy people hold power it is referred to as an
______________. _______________ was a monarchy which was continually geared
towards war. In _____________ all male citizens had the right to vote, a form of
government called ________________.
Because Athens supported the Ionian cities in their revolt against the ______________,
__________ made war against the Athenians in 490BC. Athens created an alliance
against the Persians called the _____________ League. The Greeks defeated the
Persians at the Battle of _____________ 26.2 miles north of Athens. A second invasion
in 480BC was stopped when a Spartan defense of the pass at ________________ allowed
the Athenians to defeat the Persians at the __________ battle of ___________.
During the Golden Age of Athens playwrights such as _____________ and ___________
wrote tragedies about common people making horrible mistakes. To lighten things up
playwrights like __________________ wrote comedies. These were usually performed
by all _________ casts in an outdoor _______________.
Greeks also established a more profound study of science. __________________ is the
world’s first serious _______________; doctors today take the “Hippocratic Oath” in his
honor. Archimedes expanded the study of _______________, while ________________
made numerous ___________________ theorems. ______________________ theorized
that the earth was round.
In 431BC the _________________ War broke out between Athens and Sparta. The war
was inconclusive until a _____________ broke out in Athens destroying nearly _______
of its population. The weakening of the Greek city-states allowed the ______________
under __________ to conquer Greece. His son, ______________ made war on the
Persians and conquered much of the known world. He established numerous cities, most
of them named _____________. Most importantly he spread Greek or “_____________”
culture and language throughout the entire Eastern Mediterranean region.
Word Bank for Fill-In:
Santorini
Aeschylus
Mediterranean
Odyssey
Athens
mountainous
amphitheater
Homer
Eratosthenes
naval
Hellenistic
male
Salamis
Troy
Macedonians
Thermopylae
Illiad
physician
Aristophanes
monarchy
Odysseus
Xerxes
Sparta
mathematical
Peloponnesian
Tyranny
Crete
Sophocles
polis
Marathon
Alexandria
Philip II
plague
democracy
Hippocrates
half
Alexander
Mesopotamia
Achilles
physics
Persians
Delian
aristocracy
Pythagoras
In a Venn Diagram, Compare and Contrast the polis of Athens and Sparta:
ATHENS
SPARTA
BOTH