Below is an outline of the lecture material for the second exam. The readings associated
with the material are in parentheses beside the appropriate topic. Look on your disc in
the folder title exam #2 for the web page with the same title. Readings with the
descriptor "Reference" do not have any testable information in them but are strictly
provided to add clarity to the subject matter.
LECTURE OUTLINE EXAM 2
GREECE (Reference: Greek Pics)
A. ANCIENT GREECE (Minoan Civilization)
1. MINOAN - MYCENAEAN CULTURES
A. POLITICAL
B. SOCIAL HISTORY
C. ECONOMY
D. RELIGION
B. CLASSICAL GREECE (Where did the Dorians ...)
1. SPARTA (Ancient Greece Sparta)
A. HISTORY
B. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
C. SOCIETY
D. ECONOMY
E. THE EUNOMIA
2. ATHENS (Ancient Greece Athens)
A. HISTORY
B. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
C. DRACO - SOLON
D. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
E. DEMOCRATIC IDEALS
F. RELIGION
G. DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL PROCEDURES
H. PHILOSOPHY - SOCRATES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE (Trial
of Socrates)
ROME
A. REPUBLIC (Short History of Rome)
1. HISTORY
2. SOCIAL/POLITICAL STRUCTURE
3. ETRUSCAN INFLUENCE
4. TWELVE TABLES OF ROMAN LAW (Reference: The Twelve
Tables)
5. NEW POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT -PLEBEIAN
REPRESENTATION
6. MILITARY HISTORY
7. END OF THE REPUBLIC - AUGUSTUS (Augustus)
CRJU 2001: Study terms and questions exam #2
Lecture Terms
Knossos
eunomia
Draco
Heliaea
Dictator
Jupiter
Lepidus
Minoan
Mycenaean
Laconia
Solon
Archon
Polemarch
Cleisthenes
Demes
Trittyes
Alba
Gentes
Consul
Tribunes
Mars
Vesta
Pompey
Pontifex Maximus Antony
Prefect of Rome Pax Romana
Proconsul
Lecture Questions
1. Explain the importance of ethnicity in early Classical Greek city-states.
2. Describe in detail the government established by Lycurgus.
3. Describe in detail the life of a Spartan, from birth to death
4. Outline in detail the reforms made by Solon in Athens.
5. Why did Solons' reforms need to be made?
6. How did Cleisthenes establish democracy?
7. Describe life in Athens.
8. Describe the step by step procedure for handling a court case in Athens.
9. What were the five class divisions in early Rome.
10. Explain and give examples of how the rich took political power away from the middle
and lower classes in early Rome
11. Describe the power a father had over his family.
12. Describe the religious beliefs of the Romans.
13. Describe the powers of the consuls and the Roman senate.
14. Give examples of how the middle class forced the upper class to give them more
political influence.
15.Outline the fall of Julius Caesar and the rise of his nephew Augustus in the political
arena.
Reading Terms
Knossos
Ephorate
Peisistratus
Julius Caesar
Minoan
Areopagus
Ostracism
Octavian
Polis
Archons
Palatine Hill
Constantine
Helots
basileus
Carthage
Perioeci
Solon
Gaius Marius
Reading Questions
1. Briefly outline what occurred on Crete during the four Palace Periods.
2. What social and political factors forced Sparta to change it's government?
3. Discuss the social status of women in Sparta. Contrast it with their status in Athens.
4. Outline and discuss a Spartans relationship with The State.
5. Discuss the three basic social classes of Sparta.
6. Discuss the various levels of the Spartan government.
7. Outline and discuss the social conditions that led to Solon's reforms.
8. Outline and discuss Solon's reforms (be specific).
9. How did Cleisthenes create Athenian democracy?
10. Outline the procedures used in the trial of Socrates.
12. Outline the expansion of the Roman Republic and the evolution of its' army.