Ch. 5 and 6 Study Guide – Greece Name ______
Vocabulary:
Minoans
Mycenaeans
Polis
Acropolis
Agora
Homer
Trojan War
Olympics
Zeus
Solon
Direct democracy
Hoplites
Cleisthenes
Darius
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
Delian League
Pericles
Parthenon
Thasos
Peloponnesian War
Phillip of Macedon
Phalanx
Alexander the Great
Hellenic
Hellenistic
Essential Questions:
1. How did Greece’s geography shape its development?
2. List some ways that Greek city-states were alike and different.
3. Describe the life of a Spartan male.
4. Describe how Athens was possibly an “ideal” democracy.
5. Describe the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars – who fought whom and what were the outcomes?
6. Describe Greece’s “Golden Age” and Hellenistic culture.
7. Summarize the life of Alexander the Great.