Study Guide Chapter 5

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            1.   linear B

            2.   polis

            3.   acropolis

            4.   aristocracy

            5.   metics

            6.   archons

            7.   pedagogue

            8.   rhetoric

            9.   Themistocles

           10.   Delian League

           11.   The earliest known Greek civilization were who?

           12.   The Minoan contribution to Greek development was what?

           13.   Most Greek city-states developed around a what?

           14.   The Iliad tells the story of the what?

           15.   The purpose of the Olympic games was to do what?

           16.   City-states run by groups of nobles were known as?

           17.   Even though Spartan half-citizens were free they had to do what?

           18.   In Sparta, the ephors did what?

           19.   Under the rule of Cleisthenes, Athens established a(n)?

           20.   Athenians believed in spending money on what?

           21.   What impact did Athenian women play in greek culture?

           22.   Older Athenian boys were taught by who?

           23.   The Persians in SalamisStrait were defeated by a superior what

           24.   Pericles angered other members of the Delian League by doing what?

           25.   Sparta won the Peloponnesian War by doing what?

           26.   What was the impact of Early Greek city-states traded with each other.

           27.   The Mycenaeans came from the Greek mainland to defeat the Minoans.

           28.   Greeks identified with their city-states more than with fellow Greeks.

           29.   Greek religion focused on salvation and preparation for the afterlife.

           30.   The aristocrats shared power with a group of priests.

           31.   Tyrants took ruling power against the will of the people.

           32.   Sparta’s geography made it susceptible to invasion.

           33.   Sparta’s strength came at the cost of individual freedom.

           34.   Solon instituted the practice that allowed a person to become a slave to pay off debts.

           35.   Athenian juries were selected from a group of nobles.

           36.   The Athenian economy depended on sea trade.

           37.   Athenian women participated somewhat in public life.

           38.   Athenian men served in the army until age 60.

           39.   The Delian League provided city-states with security, but lessened independence.

           40.   The Athenians’ actions in the Delian League made other city-states resent them.

           41.   Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses could speak to them at ____________________.

           42.   The ____________________ were the people captured by Spartans as the Spartans invaded the Peloponnesus.

           43.   ____________________ girls received strict physical training along with boys.

           44.   ____________________ produced Athens’ first written code of law.

           45.   The Council of Five Hundred were chosen from ten Athenian ____________________.

           46.   Athenian farmers used ____________________ to create more farmland out of hillsides.

           47.   Greek boys studied ____________________, or questions of moral duty and choices.

           48.   The____________________ were the result of Greek uprisings in Asia Minor.

           49.   ____________________ brought prosperity to Athens, but at the cost of other city-states.

           50.   Disease and lack of allies contributed to the defeat of ____________________ in the Peloponnesian War.

           51.   Greece’s geography led its people take on what to survive?

What was another effect of Greece’s geography?

           52.   Most city-states featured an agora, or what?

What was the role of the agora in the Greek city-state?

           53.   What purpose did Greek myths serve?

Why did the Greeks create myths?

           54.   Who were the hoplites?

How were the hoplites and tyrants related?

           55.   Who were the helots?

How did the helots affect Spartan cultural development?

           56.   Spartans’ lives were based around what?

What were the pros and cons of Sparta’s culture?

           57.   The Athenian assembly was composed of what people?

What power did the assembly have?

           58.   The Spartans sacrificed many soldiers at what Battle?

What effect did the Persian Wars have on the Greek city-states?

           59.   The Delian League united Greek city-states under the leadership of

Why was the Delian League doomed to fail?

           60.   The Peloponnesian War was won by

What was the result of the war?________________________________________________________________

           61.   How often were the nine archons elected?

           62.   Which arm of the Athenian government consisted of citizens who were neither elected nor chosen?

           63.   Did the assembly speak for everyone? Why or why not?

           64.   How did the powers of the nine archons differ from those of the assembly?

           65.   Was the jury system fair? Why or why not?

           66.   What did all early Greeks have in common?

           67.   How did the Spartans control the helots?

           68.   How were Spartan children raised?

           69.   How did the Athenians live their belief of a sound mind in a healthy body?

           70.   Why were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians?

           71.   How did the geography of Greece influence its development?

           72.   Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens.

           73.   Why is it ironic for Athena to be the Greek goddess of wisdom?

           74.   Write a brief history of Pericles.

           75.   Explain the causes and effects of the Peloponnesian War.