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WorksheetsClassical Greece
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Worksheet time: 20mins
*He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Philosophy"
How did Sparta rely on Helots?
Helots farmed the food that Spartans needed
Spartans did not rely on Helots
The Helots revolted and killed all the Spartans
The Helots sailed the seas for them
What was the Delian League?
A group of elite soldiers
A collective tax of greek city states to fund war and defense, controlled by Athens
An old wooden ship
A greek battle formation
Athens control of the Delian League led to the rising tension between Sparta and Athens, this started the ____________ War
Thermopylae
Peloponnesian
The Last Stand of The 300
The 25 year Wall War
After the Peloponnesian War, the Macedonians invaded Greece through Alexander the Great's Father.....
Phillip I
Phillip II
Apantenco the Destroyer
McKenna the Magnificent
In The Dark Ages, Epic Poems (Stories) were orally told, and served as educational resources for history.
False
True
What natural feature extends throughout Greece, influencing the growth of individual city-states and lack of farmland for large-scale farming?
Mountains
Deserts
Oceans
Plateaus
This vocabulary term describes a political system where an independent, sovereign city serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life of the territory. Two examples are Sparta and Athens.
Oligarchy
City-state (polis)
Military state
Tyranny
A type of government where people vote (government of and by the people). It existed (and started in) ATHENS!
Oligarchy
Democracy
This is a type of government that is ruled by few people (a small group of people), typically people with money. It existed in SPARTA!
Oligarchy
Democracy
The strongest branch of Athens' military was...
Army
Coast Guard
Air Force
Navy
During the Persian War, the Greeks defeated the Persians using a tactic where men stood in a formation and yielded long spears. They would CHARGE at their enemy! This tactic is called _.
Phalanx
Navy
Archery
Sparta
Who could vote in Athens?
Anyone
No one
Free men above the age of 30 with military training
Free men above the age of 18
This philosopher was known for his method of questioning. He was quite famous in his lifetime and questioned truth, virtue, ethics, and justice. His name was _.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
The Parthenon was one of the most famous buildings in Ancient Greece. It is in...
Athens
Olympia
Delphi
Sparta
What happens in Greece after the Persian Wars?
It enters their dark age
It enters their golden age
Sparta & Athens form an official alliance
Who did the following?
Expanded democracy
Rebuilt Athens after the Persian War
Built the Parthenon and Glorified Athens
Phillip II
Pericles
Xerxes
Alexander
A new culture created by Alexander the Great that was a mix of Persian, Greek and Egyptian culture was called____________.
Greek
Alexandrian
Phillippic
Hellenism
Greek art and sculpture focused on
Showing the natural world
Depictions of their great heroes
Idealism, balance, physical perfection
Cautionary tales of hubris
The hellenistic culture that spread as a result of Alexander the Great is an example of
(a)
. . . And with regard to my factual reporting of the events of the war I have made it a principle not to write down the first story that came my way, and not even to be guided by my own general impressions; either I was present myself at the events which I have described or else I heard of them from eye-witnesses whose reports I have checked with as much thoroughness as possible. Not that even so the truth was easy to discover: different eye-witnesses give different accounts of the same events, speaking out of partiality [favor] for one side or the other or else from imperfect memories…
-Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War
According to Thucydides’ point of view, what makes his job as a historian more difficult?
his failing memory
biases (different stories) of eyewitness observers
lack of romantic elements
his desire to please the immediate public
