Greece Historical Literacy Worksheet:
Name_________
I will give you a test on the following terms. To prepare for the test you will need to read
in your textbook and know the following terms. You can either define them here on this
paper, or write a TMD that makes sure it covers each of these terms in your main ideas.
Pre Classical and Dark Ages Period
The Minoans
The Mycenaeans
Trojan War
Homer
Dorians
Dark Ages
Classical Greece Period
Polis
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
Democracy
Tyrants
Solon
Pisistratus
Cleisthenes
Persian War Period
Darius
Marathon
Xerxes
Thermopylae
Salamis
Delian League
Peloponnesian War Era
Pericles
Athenian Empire/ Age of Pericles
Plague
Peloponnesian War
Macedonia
Greek Culture Terms
Philosophy
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Parthenon
Greek Columns
Greek Sculpture
Pottery and Painting
Tragedy
Sophocles
Euripedis
Aeschylus
Comedy
Aristophanes
Herodotus
Thucydides
Map out the following time periods and events on the timeline below:
o Minoan Civilization
o Mycenaean Civilization
o Trojan War
o Dark Ages of Greece
o Persian War
o Athenian Empire/ Age of Pericles
o Peloponnesian War
o Macedonian Invasion
Locate the following places on the map of Ancient Greece and the Aegean:
Bodies of Water
Regions
Ionian Sea
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Hellespont
Peloponnesus
Attica
Asia Minor
Cities
Battle
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Olympia
Marathon
Salamis
Thermopylae
Troy
Understanding Athenian and Spartan Culture
Using the Venn Diagrams below write details that describe the following main ideas of
Athenian and Spartan culture. If it is unique to Athens – put it in the Athens circle. If it
is unique to Sparta – put it in the Sparta circle. If they both shared the same practices –
put it in the overlap area.
Government
Education
Womens Roles
Athens
Sparta
Military
Religion