Ancient Greece Part II
Study Guide
Mrs. M. Brown
Parthenon
1. The ___________
was constructed in Athens to
honor Athena in the 400’s BC
2. Natural events in nature such as thunder and
earthquakes were believed to be caused by
gods
_______ by the ancient Greeks
museum
library
3. The Egyptians built a ______ and a _______ to
make Alexandria, Egypt a great center of culture
and learning during the Hellenistic Age
father
4. Philip II was the _____________
of Alexander
cavalry
5. A __________
is a unit of mounted soldiers on
horses
6. The Peloponnesian War began because Greek
Athens would
control________ Greece
cities feared ________
_______
work together
7. An alliance is an agreement to ______
_______
rules of geometry
8. Euclid created the ________
__ _______ that are
still used today
9. A group of warriors standing close together in a
phalanx
square is called a _____________
Apollo
10. The god of the sun was __________
11. Making Persia’s empire strong was the goal of
Darius
____________
12. The ancient Greeks most valued philosophy and
achievements
art as evidenced by their _________________
13. A teacher and philosopher, he taught by asking
questions but people were upset by his ideas and
Socrates
he was forced to drink poison. ____________
14. The king of the gods and goddesses and god of
Zeus
the sky. _____________
15. Why didn’t Alexander conquer all of
His soldiers refused to fight any longer
India?5__________________________________
16. __________
was a Greek writer who wrote
Aesop
fables
17. The Iliad and the Odyssey were written by
___________
Homer
18. Why did Alexander spread the Greek culture
throughout his empire?
He admired and enjoyed Greek culture
_________________________________
and ideas
lyric poetry
19. A poem set to music is called _______________
20. Short stories that teach lessons about life or give
advice about how to live . ________________
fables
21. Stories about gods and nature that try to explain
how the world works. _________________
mythology
roads
22. Darius built ________
to help messengers travel
quickly throughout the empire
Hellenistic
23. The spread of ______________
culture brought
Greek customs to new parts of the world.
24. Athenian domination of the Delian League
Sparta
caused _________
to declare war on Athens.
Constructed Response

Greek mythology included stories about different
Greek gods and goddesses. Identify at least 3
gods/goddesses and what they controlled in nature.
 Zeus-lightening, thunder, god of all gods
 Apollo-god of the sun—sun rises in the east and sets
in the west
 Poseidon-god of the sea, brother of Zeus, sea horses
 Hades- god of the underworld, brother of Zeus
 Demeter- goddess of agriculture, invented seasons
 Athena-goddess of wisdom, sprang from Zeus’s
head
 THE
TEST!
 You
will be given 2 passages about 2 city-states and
asked what one of the city-state values
 Know how to read a map and a timeline!
 Be
SURE to study!