Ancient Greece Study Guide
1.
Describe the physical geography of Ancient Greece.
2.
In terms of landforms, Greece is a ________________.
3.
Why was traveling Greece by land difficult?
4.
What is a polis?
5.
Describe a representative democracy.
6.
What is an oligarchy?
7.
What is a tyranny?
8.
Give the order of governments as they appeared in Athens.
9.
What does democracy mean?
10.
Describe what life was like in Sparta for boys/men and for girls/women.
11.
Compare and contrast life in Sparta to life in Athens. How were they similar?
How were they different?
12.
What was the relationship between Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great?
13.
Who was Alexander the Great?
14.
Why did Alexander spread Greek culture?
15.
How big was Alexnader’s empire? What countries were included?
16.
What happened to Alexander’s empire after his death?
17.
What do you know about the Greeks based on their achievements?
18.
What is the Parthenon?
19.
Why were many of the achievements of ancient Greece important?
20.
What was most important to Ancient Greek philosophers?
21.
Who were the following people? a.
Aesop b.
Homer c.
Aristotle d.
Socrates e.
Plato f.
Hippocrates g.
Pericles
22.
What is mythology? Who were the most important gods and goddesses?
23.
Who were some famous Greek heroes?
24.
Who were aristocrats?
25.
What are fables? Why are they important?
26.
What is the Iliad? the Odyssey? Who wrote them?
27.
Who are citizens?