Ancient Greece

Greek tyrants were

• hired soldiers.

• all oppressive and wicked.

• supporters of aristocrats.

• rulers who seized power by force.

Spartans were known for

• their military culture

• encouraging the arts

• welcoming outsiders.

• establishing democracy

The teachings of Homer included

• agriculture and trade.

• the values of courage, honor, and excellence.

• the Phoenician alphabet

• sailing and warfare.

Greek history was influenced by Greece’s

• rivers and deltas.

• deserts and plains.

• mountains and seacoast.

• glaciers and forests.

In Athens, by the mid-fifth century B.C.E., every male citizen

• was in the military.

• was lower class.

• voted on all major issues.

• broke pottery

Like other peoples, Greeks considered religion

• unnecessary.

• important only for men.

• necessary to the well-being of the state.

• to be based on doctrine.

Greeks used rituals to

• encourage the gods to be generous.

• elect kings

• find a route to China.

• show the power of humans.

Alexander’s empire extended as far east as

• Pakistan

• Babylon.

• Japan.

• Rome.

After Alexander’s death, all of the following happened EXCEPT

• four Hellenistic kingdoms emerged.

• his united empire continued.

• Greeks and Macedonians became the ruling class.

• non-Greek government officials learned Greek.

Herodotus wrote what is considered to be

• the first novel.

• the first tragedy.

• the first comedy.

• the first real history in Western civilization