Name: _____________________________________________ Period: ____________
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Ancient Greek Civilization Study Guide
1. Persian War 1
a. Who-____________________________________________________
b. Why-____________________________________________________
c. Battle of Marathon________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
2. Persian War 2
a. Who-____________________________________________________
b. Why-____________________________________________________
c. Battle of Salamis________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. Greek City-States Government
a. Athens _________________________________________________________________
b. Sparta__________________________________________________________________
4. Peloponnesian War
a. Delian League - _________________________________________________________
b. Pelop. League - __________________________________________________________
c. Result - ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
5. King Phillip
a. Impact on Greece-_______________________________________________________
b. Thebes and Athens-______________________________________________________
6. ATG
a. Territory conquered ________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
b. Major city established- ____________________________________________________
c. Purpose of city-___________________________________________________________
d. Length of empire (years)-___________________________________________________
7. Hellenistic Culture
a. Meaning-________________________________________________________________
b. Spread - ________________________________________________________________
c. Origin - _________________________________________________________________
d. Knowledge came from-____________________________________________________
8. Gods
a.
b.
c.
d.
Lived-______________________________________________________________
Zeus-______________________________________________________________
Appolo-____________________________________________________________
Purpose________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
9. Identify
a. Parthenon-______________________________________________________________
b. Mount Olympus-__________________________________________________________
c. Aristotle-________________________________________________________________
d. Plato-___________________________________________________________________
Written Response – completed in NB
1. How did the rivalry between Athens and Sparta do long-term damage to Greece? What was
the result of the damage
2. Compare how the Greeks used geography to their advantage in fighting the Persians.
3. When, where and why did ATG turn back from his trail of conquest across Asia
4. What is Hellenistic Culture and how did it get its name?
5. How did Greek sculpture and painting differ from art of earlier civilizations?
6. How did the Greeks change the way people viewed and understood the natural world
around them?
7. Explain why trade was important to Alexandria’s development as a major learning center.