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CP World History
Name ________________________________
Date _____________________ Pd ________
The Geography and City-States of Ancient Greece
I. Classical Civilizations
A. After the ____________________________________ era, a number of ____________________ civilizations developed
in the Mediterranean and in Asia
B. Classic cultures created high levels of achievement in ___________, science, & _____________________________ that
impacted _______________________________
C. The first major classical civilization was ancient _______________________
II. Ancient Greece
A. The Impact of Geography on Greece
1. Class Activity: How did geography impact ancient Greece?
2. Greece’s _________ of natural resources & location on the Mediterranean Sea encouraged Greek _______________
with neighboring societies
3. _________________________ covered about ______% of Greece which divided the people & made _____________
the Greek people nearly impossible
4. The Greeks developed independent city-states, called ___________, within each valley & its surrounding mountains
B. Greek Culture
1. Despite their lack of ____________, the Greeks shared some common characteristics:
a. Greeks shared the same _____________________________
b. Greek _____________________ was influenced by the Phoenician alphabet & became the basis for ___________
c. Greeks were __________________________ & believed that the gods were immortal but had ________________
qualities; Religion became the basis for Greek _____________________________
d. Most Greek city-states had an ___________________ that was the center for trade & government; City-states
had an ___________________________, a temple on a hill dedicated to a sacred ___________
2. Despite similar language & religion, the Greek polis were very ______________________________ from each other,
especially how they were _________________________
a. Some polis had a ________________________, a gov’t ruled by a king
b. Some polis had an ________________________, a gov’t ruled by elite _____________
c. Some polis like Sparta had an ________________________, a gov’t ruled by a small group of citizens
d. Some polis like Athens had a direct ___________________________, a gov’t ruled by citizens who ____________
on decisions
C. The Greek city-states ________________ & ________________ represented the differences among polis
1. Athenian society focused on ________________ & ________________:
a. Athens had a direct democracy in which both rich & poor citizens could ______________ & hold public office
b. Architects built the _________________________________ to honor the goddess Athena
c. Artists created ________________________________ sculptures
d. _________________________ had both comedies & tragedies
e. Philosophers _________________, Plato, & Aristotle questioned assumptions & the use of ________________ to
find answers to questions
2. Spartan society focused on ______________________________________________, not freedom & learning
a. Spartan men served in the military until ________ years old
b. Boys began military training at age ______
c. _____________________ ran family estates while men trained or fought
d. Spartans showed their strength during the ________________________________
3. Athens & Sparta ________________________ for influence in Greece & developed a strong ____________________
that eventually led to the _________________________________________________ War; Sparta defeated Athens,
but the war ______________________________ the Greeks