Mr. Williams
Test Review: From Greece to the Reformation
Please note: this review is meant only as an aid and should not replace studying your
notes as well.
GREECE
Key Terms
City-state
Athens
Parthenon
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Limited Democracy
Olympics
Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
Delian League
Peloponnesian League
Alexander the Great
Philosophy
Socrates
Plato and Aristotle
Pythagoras
Ptolemy
Drama (Comedy and Tragedy)
Key Points
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Were women treated better in Sparta or Athens? Why?
How did Greece's geography impact its choice of government?
Why were Athenian males given well-rounded educations?
How was the Peloponnesian war both a victory and defeat for Sparta?
What ultimately happened to the Greeks?
ROME
Key Terms
Republic
Senate
Assembly
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Pantheon
Polytheism
Christianity
Key Points
1. Compare and contrast Rome’s geography with that of Greece. Whose was better?
Why?
2. Compare and contrast Rome’s republic to Athens’ democracy. Which one was more
like the United States? Why?
3. Why did Julius Caesar come to power?
4. Why did the republic come to an end with Augustus? What does Rome begin to call
itself? Why?
5. What happened to the Roman Empire?
THE MIDDLE AGES
Key Terms
Medieval
Sacraments
Crusades
Feudalism
Knights
Magna Carta
Hundred Years’ War
Bubonic Plague
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When did the Middle Ages occur?
Why was their so much fighting during this time?
Why was the Catholic Church so important to everyone?
Why are the sacraments important?
Give 3 examples of church corruption.
How did Feudalism work? Was it democratic?
Why is the Magna Carta important?
What events brought the Middle Ages to an end?
THE RENAISSANCE
Key Terms
Renaissance
Humanism
Johann Gutenberg
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
Machiavelli
William Shakespeare
Key Points
1. How was the Renaissance different from the Middle Ages?
2. Why was the invention of the printing press so important?
3. What instructions did The Prince give to future rulers?
4. Why did the Catholic Church condemn the ideas of Kepler, Copernicus, and Galileo?
5. What were some of the most famous works of art produced by da Vinci,
Michelangelo, and Raphael?
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
Key Terms
1. Indulgence
2. Johann Tetzel
3. Martin Luther
4. 95 Theses
5. Reformation
6. Protestant
7. Lutheran
8. Peace of Augsburg
9. Henry VIII
10. Anglican
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Who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church?
Why was Luther excommunicated from (kicked out of) the Church?
What were Luther's 2 basic beliefs?
Why did Henry VIII break from the Church and what church did he create?
Who became the new head of his church?
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
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Bartholomew Dias
Vasco Da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Henry Hudson
Key Points
1. Know the routes that each explorer used to get to their respective destinations.