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Ancient Greece
Government
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The Splendid
Geography and Government Quiz
Study Guide
I. Ancient Greece Map (Map Check)
• Identify all the bodies of water surrounding Greece
• Identify Greece, Balkan peninsula, Asia Minor, Peloponnese peninsula
II. Interactive Notebook
Review
pages 8 Define Geography
page 9 Geographic Features of Greece
page 11 Define economy and identify the economy of ancient
Greece
II. Reading 25: Geography and the Settlement
(Use your Reading 25 and Impact Geography had on Greece)
Vocabulary:
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Mediterranean Sea
peninsula
colonist/colony
merchant
oracle
Essential Questions:
1. Why were settlements isolated from one another in ancient Greece?
2. Describe the difficulties of travel by land? by sea?
3. Why was it difficult to farm in Greece? How did the ancient Greeks adapt their
farming techniques to their environment? What problems did lack of farmland
cause?
4. What are some examples of crops they grew? Why these kinds of crops?
5. Why did the Greeks establish colonies? What impact did these colonies have?
6. Why did many Greek settlements rely on trade? Describe the role of the Greeks in
Mediterranean trade. What did they import and export?
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Forms of Government Study Guide
IV. Reading 26 and Reading Notes:
1. Explain the evolution of power in ancient Greece from a monarchy to an
oligarchy to a tyranny to a democracy.
-Know the order of governments and why they developed.
-Define each government
-Explain how that person(s) got to be the ruler(s)
-Explain how one government declined and replaced by the next.
2. What is the difference between a king and a tyrant?
3. What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative?
democracy?
4. How did the direct democracy work in ancient Greece?
V. The City-State and Democracy Assignment
Terms:
Polis
Acropolis
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
Tyrant
Democracy
Concepts:
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Describe an acropolis. What features made up the acropolis?
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Describe each of the governments that developed in the Greek City- States.
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How was Aristocracy and Oligarchy Similar? Different?
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How did Greek Tyrants help the people?
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Describe the type of democracy used by Athens. By United States.
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How was Athen’s democracy limited?
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Know the forms of Government Chart. (Who ruled, Basis for rule and Type of rul
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