Review for the Development of Greece: Answer questions using history FACTS!
1. Persian Wars: How did they begin? Name 2 battles and the outcome of each and the
significance for Greece (how did it affect them?)
2. Identify 3 forms of Government used in Greece. Explain them and give an example of a citystate that used that form of government.
3. Trace the democracy in Greece: who was the first person to reform Athens’s democracy? Name
his 2 types of reforms and give an example of each.
4. Who made Athens’ full democracy”? How did he do that?
5. After the Helot uprising, who enforce law in Sparta? How did he reform the law, and give 2
examples of his reforms.
6. How did the Dorian migrations effect Greek civilizations? Explain
7. Why were Homer’s epics important to Greek society? Explain each one
8. Greek Gods: What did the God’s domain explain for Greeks? How did they show human
qualities? Name 3 gods, each of their domains and 1 fact about each of them.
9. Choose one of Solon’s reforms and explain why it was important to making Athens a democracy.
10. Why were some Greeks siding with the Persians during the Persian Wars?
11. Using evidence, explain why writing was a skill limited to priests in Mycenaean society.
12. Describe daily life for Spartan boys and girls. How does a Spartan become a warrior?
13. What do Minoans and Mycenaeans have in common? Different?
14. What were the affects (consequences/results) of the Persian Wars on Greece.
15. Was the Trojan War real?
Agora
arête
Olympics
Myth
Dorians
Ionian Sea
Aegean Sea
Trojan War
Iliad
Odyssey
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Tyranny
Democracy
Hoplite
Helot
Phalanx
Acropolis
Polis
Lycurgus
Review for the Development of Greece: Answer questions using history FACTS!
Solon
Cleisthenes
Xerxes
Darius
Herodotus
Themistocles
Marathon
Thermopylae
Salamis
Platea
Delian League
Sparta
Athens
Messenia