Chapter 10
Greek Arts/Philosophies
Cultural Syncretism stressed
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1. What is the Iliad?
2. What is the Odyssey?
3. What do they represent/are examples of?
4. What occurred in the 9th Century BCE?
5. Knossos-Minoan
a. What set it apart/was unique? (6)
b. What caused it to decline twice?
6. Where is Peloponnesus?
7. What effect did the Trojan War have on the eastern Mediterranean?
8. Why were Polis good ideas/beneficial?
a. How did they operate?
9. List the different political forms.
10. Make a chart comparing Sparta & Athens and their societies.
11. Why are Solon and Pericles significant?
12. Why did Greece need to colonize?
13. What made southern Italy a popular site?
14. Describe how the Greek colonization was different than the classical Empires further east.
15. What were the main long lasting effects of Greek colonization? (at least 4)
16. How do the Peloponnesian Wars negatively affect Greece?
a. What can they be compared to? (thought)
17. How/Why was Alexander of Macedon successful in his conquests? Address the lead up and the
result.
18. Why was Alexander’s death not a negative? What happened? 3 examples
Geographic Limitation & Results:
19. What was traded?
a. What went out?
b. What came in?
20. What was a result of trade in the Mediterranean basin?
21. How did the Greeks and their colonies relate to each other?
22. How did caravans work?
23. Describe the Patriarchal society.
24. How were slaves acquired?
a. What roles did they have in society?
25. What ideas were implemented during Classical Greece?
a. Greek Science & Math
b. Greek Philosophy
c. Socrates
d. Plato
e. Aristotle
26. How did Greek deities develop?
27. What was the basis for Greek Drama?
28. What was the basis for Greek Comedy?
29. List the different groups of philosophers and how they were unique.