Chapter 5 Study Guide
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1. Be able to define the following terms
1. Agora
2. Acropolis
3. Polis
4. Trojan War
5. Homer
6. Myth
7. Aristocracy
8. Mycenaean
9. Dorian
10. Epic
11. Polis
12. Phalanx
13. Philosopher
14. Direct Democracy
15. Monarchy
16. Helot
17. Oligarchy
18. Classical Art
19. Peloponnesian War
20. Dory
2.
Be able to answer the following questions
1. What peninsula is Greece located on?
2. Greece is separated into two parts. What are those parts?
3. What factors prevented unity within the Greek city states?
4. What are the four characteristics of a Polis?
5. What effect did Greece’s coastline and natural deep harbors have on the Greeks?
6. Describe the Climate in Greece and how it affected the Greek people.
7. How did the soil in Greece affect agriculture and what two crops did the Greeks
farm?
8. List the Characteristics that all Greeks had in common.
9. What was the relationship between the Mycenaeans and the Minoans?
10. Describe the Trojan War.
11. Who are the Dorians? When did they come about? What fact is most important
to know about the age of the Dorians?
12. Describe how education was developed in Athens.
13. Describe the achievements of Draco, Solon, and Cleisthenes.
14. Why did woman have more freedom in Sparta than they did in Athens?
15. Who fought in the Persian War? Between which two countries, and list the 2 most
important people from both countries.
16. Why did the Spartans choose to fight the Persians at Thermopile?
17. Describe the process that all Spartan men went through to become soldiers.
18. What did the Spartans do with children born with defects?
19. What is a Phalanx? Describe how it is used, why it was affective, and what its
flaws are.
20. What are the characteristics of Classical Art?
21. Describe why Drama was important to the Greeks and define the terms Tragedy
and Comedy.
22. Why was history important to the Greeks?
23. Who was Herodotus and Thucydides?
24. Why did war break out between the Spartans and the Athenians? What do we call
this war? List the strengths of each side.
25. Provide a timeline of events during the War between Sparta and Athens.
26. Describe the achievements of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
27. Describe the Achievements of Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Euclid, and Archimedes.
28. Why was Alexander the Great such an effective King? What were some of his
major accomplishments?
29. Describe what the Term Hellenism means in your own words.
30. How did Society Change under Alexander the Great?