Wisdom begins in wonder.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
-Socrates
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CLASS: ___________________________
ANCIENT GREECE STUDY GUIDE
Your study guide is merely a GUIDE. It is intended to help you focus on the “big areas” covered in class.
Everything you need to know for the exam is NOT listed on the study guide, but it covers the majority of
the key terms and content. In order to be fully prepared for the exam, please make sure you have
reviewed all notes, activities, homework assignments, handouts, etc.,
Key Terms:
Minoan Civilization
-Crete
-King Minos
-Theseus
-Minotaur
-Labyrinth
-Frescoe
-Knossos
-Sir Arthur Evans
Mycenaeans
-Homer
-The Illiad and The Odyssey
-Henrich Sliemann
-Trojan War/Troy
Sparta
-helots
Athens
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Monarchy
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Citizen
Assembly
Council of 500
Pericles
Polis
Persian Wars
-Battle of Marathon
-Battle of Thermopylae
-Battle of Salamis
-Battle of Plataea
-Hellespont
-Herodotus
Peloponnesian War
-Delian League
-Thucydides
-Peloponnesian League
-Parthenon
Philosophy
-Socrates
-Plato
-Aristotle
Greek theater
-Tragedy
-Comedy
-Aeschylus
-Dionysus
-Chorus
-Sophocles
Science
Archimedes
Hippocrates
Architecture
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Wisdom begins in wonder.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
-Socrates
EARLY GREEK CIVILIZATIONS
Minoan Civilization
Myth behind Aegean Sea
Location
Timeline
Important Ruler(s)
Government
Economics
End of the Minoans
Architecture
Artwork
Mycenaeans
Location
Writing System
Famous Leader(s)
Military Activity
Artwork/Artifacts
Decline/Collapse
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Greece’s Golden Age/Periclean Age
Acropolis
Parthenon
The Tragedians
The Olympics
The Philosophers
-philosophies
The Historians
Significant contributions
Peloponnesian War
Causes
General timeline
Effects of the War
Athenian strategy
Spartan strategy
Essential Questions:
Athens vs. Sparta
REVIEW CHART
Types of government
Education
Culture
Role of Women
Military Supremacy
In what ways did the geography of Greece
help shape Greek culture?
Persian Wars
Causes
Important battles
Outcome of the battles
Important figures associated with each battle
General timeline of the war
Persian Leaders
Effects of the War
Pericles
How did Sparta differ from Athens?
In what ways did the Persians disrupt life
for the people of Greece?
How did democracy develop in Ancient
Greece?
In a short paragraph, describe what
happened at the battle of Marathon and/or
Thermopylae:
What caused the decline of the Greek
civilization?
What were the significant contributions of
ancient Greece on Western Civilization?