Wisdom begins in wonder. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. -Socrates NAME: ___________________________________ DATE: ____________________________ 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 NAME: ___________________________________ DATE: ____________________________ CLASS: ___________________________ 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?