Ancient Greece Test Study Guide
Minoans
Location?
Capital city?
Position of women?
Mycenaeans
Location?
More warlike than Minoans
Trojan War – Who fought? Where are they located?
Dark Age of Greece
Controlled by who?
Classical Greece
Homer – created 2 Epic Poems
Iliad =
Odyssey =
Greek Mythology
Reasons for? ; Interaction with humans?
Qualities and characteristics?
Where did they live?
Main deities
Hades
Demeter
Hera
Zeus
Poseidon
Geography
Description of?
Main crops?
Location of Athens, Sparta, Troy, and Crete
Types of governments
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Democracy
Citizenship?
Terms/things to Know
Hellenic
Polis
Agora
Acropolis
Parthenon
Four Bonds that Unite the Greeks?
Religion
Language and Literature
Olympics
Fear of Persians
Athens vs. Sparta
Athens
Type of Government?
Education?
Role of women?
Sparta
Type of government?
Education?
Role of women?
Persian Wars
Key Events
Ionian Revolt – Persian Wars begin with this event.
Marathon – Only battle of 1st Persian War; Persians defeated on beach of Marathon.
Thermopylae –2nd Persian War; 300 Spartans hold off Persian army; eventually all Spartans are killed.
Salamis – Sea battle; Greeks attack and destroy Persian fleet in narrow strait.
Plataea – Final battle of Persian Wars; Greeks, led by Spartans, destroy Persian army.
Key People
Darius – led Persians in 1st Persian War
Phidippides – Messenger/runner; delivered news of victory at Athens then died
Xerxes – Led Persians in 2nd Persian War
Leonidas – famous Spartan king that died fighting at Thermopylae.
Results of Persian Wars
- Athens and Sparta unite to fight Persians
- Greeks retain control of Aegean Sea
- Athens leads Greece into Golden Age
- Athens forms Delian League; alliance of city-states
Golden Age of Greece
Who lead Athens through the Golden Age? __________________________
What were his three goals? ___________________________________________________________________
Contributions of Greek Culture
- Study 1st 2 pages of “Contributions” packet
Peloponnesian War
Athens and Delian League vs. Sparta and Peloponnesian League
What tragic event/outbreak weakened Athens during this conflict? _____________________________
Who won the War?_____________________________________
Result = Macedonia was able to conquer Greece
Fall of Greece and Rise of Alexander the Great
Which Macedonian king conquered and united the Greeks under his command? ________________________
Who was this king’s son? __________________________________
Which empire did Alexander set out to defeat? __________________________
Alexander conquered areas of Anatolia, Egypt, Persia and parts of India
What happened to Alexander’s empire after his death? ____________________________________________
Hellenistic Age – Began with Alexander’s death
Greek culture spread with what other three cultures to create this Hellenistic culture? _____________
____________________________________________________________________________
Difference between “Hellenic” and “Hellenistic”? _________________________________________________
Main city of Hellenistic Age?__________________________________________________________________
Hellenistic Age achieved many advances in science and mathematics
Hellenistic Age ends with death of Cleopatra and Roman Conquest of Egypt.
Locations to Know:
Athens
Sparta
Troy
Crete
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Dardanelles