Ancient Greece Study Guide
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- What was Greece\'s landscape primarily made up of?
- Hills and mountains.
- What is an oligarchy governed by?
- A small group of the richest, most powerful citizens.
- What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?
- The Golden Age began.
- The Seven Wonders of the World were alike because?
- They were all man-made.
- A Macedonian king who conquered Greece and made it part of his empire.
- Alexander
- A philosopher who questioned Athenian laws, customs, and religion.
- Socrates
- An Athenian leader who worked to allow poor citizens to take part in governement.
- Pericles
- A poet whose works were part of the culture shared by all of Greece.
- Homer
- A historian who wrote about Ancient Greece and its culture.
- Herodotus
- In 600BC, how were Athens and Sparta similar?
- Leaders had to be citizens. Life revolved around the acropolis and agora.
- In 600BC how were Athens and Sparta different?
- Athens emphasized farming and education; Sparta emphasized military power. Sparta had an oligarchy; Athens had a democracy. Women in Sparta had rights; Athenian women did not.
- How might the geography of Greece have led to the development of many separate city-states rather then a single united empire?
- Greece had mountains, peninsulas, islands, and lack of fertile land. These features created natural bounderies which made it difficult to travel from place to place.
- What are two main crops of Ancient Greece?
- Olives and grapes, wheat and barley.
- What was the largest city-state in Greece in the 700BC? What made it so strong?
- Sparta, because of its strong military power.
- What did Socrates teach?
- Philosophy.
- Why was Socrates put to death?
- He questioned Athenian values and was convicted of urging the young to revult against them.
- How did Alexander the Great affect the history of his time?
- He spread Greek culture, and united world from Egypt to India into an empire.
- What device did the Alexandrians develop for their harbor?
- A lighthouse.
- How long did it take Alexander to complete his conquests?
- Eleven years.
- Name the color of the rings in the Olympics in the order that they appear.
- Blue, black, red, yellow, green.
- What were the main attributes, militarily speaking, of Athens and Sparta?
- Sparta: Army (land) Athens: Navy (water)