1. The document is a study guide for a unit on ancient Greece containing questions about Greek culture, history, and civilization. 2. It includes sections on early Greek peoples like the Minoans and Mycenaeans, famous Greek writers like Homer, aspects of Greek city-states like Sparta and Athens, monuments like the Parthenon, philosophers including Plato and Aristotle, and the conquests of Alexander the Great. 3. The study guide is intended to help students prepare for a test on ancient Greece taking place on March 31st by reviewing important people, places, events, and concepts from the time period.

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Unit 7 Study Guide
Word Bank: Assembly Greece Zeus Homer temple Parthenon
trade Sparta soldiers Trojan Horse
1. The Minoans andMycenaeanswere the firstpeople of whatculture?___________________________________
2. Who wrote The Iliadand The Odyssey?___________________________________________________________
3. Whichgroup of people wasprobablyhighlyvaluedinSparta?_________________________________________
4. What trick helpedthe Greekstowinthe TrojanWar? ________________________________________________
5. WhichGreekgod didthe Olympicsfestivalhonor?__________________________________________________
6. The sea wasusedfor travel, ______________________________________ anda foodresource forthe Greeks.
7. What governingbody decidedon the lawsandpoliciesin Athens?_____________________________________
8. Whichcity-state wouldbe againstchangingthe waytheirmilitarywasorganized?_________________________
9. Belowisa picture of the __________________________ andit was originally usedasa ____________________
True False:If False re-write to make it true
10. True or False:Itwas easyto transportgoodsoverlandon the mountainouspeninsula inGreece.
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11. True or False:The Greeksusedmythstoexplaineventsinnature andtoexplaintheirhistory
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12. True or False:The time periodafterAlexander’sdeathwascalledthe Classical Era.
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13. True or False:InAlexander’sempire all landssharedacommonGreekculture
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14. True or False:the Greekepicpoem TheIliad isabout KingOdysseusjourneybackhome
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Study guide and testday:
Friday March 31st

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GreekColumns
15. What are the three stylesof Greekcolumns?
a. _____________________________________
b. _____________________________________
c. ______________________________________
16. Whichstyle of columnhas the simplestcapital? _______________________________________
17. The Parthenonhas 46 columnsandtheywere all _______________________________ columns.
GreekPhilosophers
18. Who are the three mainGreekphilosophers?
a. _____________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________
c. _____________________________________________________
19. Who wrote The Republicthe firstpolitical science book?________________________________
20. Who wasAlexanderthe Great’steacher?____________________________________________
21. Whichphilosopherwasfoundguiltyof questioningthe godsandexecuted? _____________________________
GreekGovernment
22. What type of governmentwasfoundprimarilyinAthens?_______________________________
23. What type of governmentwasfoundprimarilyinSparta?_______________________________
24. Whose governmenttype didAmericanmodel theirgovernmentafter?_____________________
25. List all the attributessomeonewouldneedtoparticipate inGreekgovernment:
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Alexanderthe Great
26. Alexanderbecame kingof _______________________________________ aroundthe age of 20.
27. _________________________ and ________________________ were conqueredbetweenthe years334-330
BC by Alexanderthe Greatandhis army.
28. Accordingto the map Alexander’sarmiesmovedfromthe ____________________ to the __________________
29. How didAlexanderthe GreatspreadGreekculture?
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30. PersianWar: List the battles inchronological order,write who won the battle beside it
Thermopylae Marathon Plataea Salamis
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Timeline:Place the eventsin chronological order on the timeline;remembertostagger events
800 BC GreekDark Agesended
1240 BC Civil War in Mycenae began
700 BC Homer writesthe Iliadand the
Odyssey
1100 BC GreekDark Ages began
1150 BC Dorian Invasion
AD 1868 Troy is rediscovered
31. How longdidthe GreekDark Ages
last?
32. How manyyearspassedbetween
Homerwritingthe Iliad andthe
Odyssey andthe discoveryof the ruins
at Troy?
33. Where wouldthiseventfall between
on the timeline“c.1200 B.C.the
Trojan war begins” A,B,C, or D
A.
B.
C.
D.