Ancient
Greece Study Sheet
The
quiz will be on Thursday, April 17th . It will consist of 15 matching questions, 5
fill in the blank questions and 5 short answer questions (worth 2 marks each).
Know
these people:
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Cyrus the Great and Darius
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Persian kings who tried to
conquer Greece
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Homer
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Blind poet who wrote the
Odyssey and the Iliad
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Zeus
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The mythical king of the
gods
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Pericles
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Aristocrat and leader who
helped organize democracy in Athens
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Aristotle
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Philosopher who tutored
Alexander the Great
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Phillip II
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Father of Alexander who
wanted to conquer all of Greece
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Alexander the Great
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Son of Phillip II who
conquered all of the Persian Empire
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Know
these terms:
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Acropolis
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A hilltop fortress in the
city to provide refuge for the people
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Parthenon
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A great, ancient building
that was originally built as a temple for Athena
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Democracy
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Rule by the many or the
common people (eg. Athens with Pericles)
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Oligarchy
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Rule by a few rather than
one or many using force (eg. Sparta)
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Aristocracy
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Rule by the best
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Monarchy
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Rule by one (eg. king or
emperor)
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Philosophy
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The study of wisdom
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Helots
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The common labourers in
Sparta that worked for the ruling class
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Know
these places:
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Island of Crete
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Earliest civilization of
Greece where Minoans lived
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Athens
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One of the city states that
had a naval advantage. Were more
“civilized” as a people (capital of Greece today)
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Sparta
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One of the city states that
had a land advantage. Were more violent
as a people
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Delphi
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The “navel of the earth”
where the oracles gave prophecies for money
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Mt. Olympus
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The mythical home of the
gods
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Know
these battles:
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Battle of Marathon
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A runner ran from Marathon
to Athens to report that Athens had held off the Persians!! (26 miles)
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Battle of Thermopylae
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300 Spartans held off
thousands of Persians to save Greece
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Battle of Salamis
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3rd attempt of
Persia to defeat Greece, but Greece’s navy defeated Xerxes’ Persians
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Peloponnesian War
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Battle between Athens and
Sparta. Sparta won but later their
government was inadequate and Athens took over
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