Name: _________________________

Rise of the Ancient Greeks: the road to democracy

Sources: “The Rise of the Ancient Greeks PPT”TextbookVideos ______________________ & _____________________

Part #1 Geography

The island where the first settlers came to was: ___________________

A FEW of the key highlights of the Crete Geography?○ ________________________________________○ ________________________________________○ ________________________________________

Part #2 Early Settlers the Minoans

Who were the Pre-Minoan Settlers?■ __________________________________________■ __________________________________________■ __________________________________________

Was the island of Crete being settled at the same time of Ancient Egypt? Yes No

Was the island of Crete being settled at the same time of Mesopotamia? Yes No

How did the discovery of metallurgy change life?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did the Minoans have a more “evolved” version of trade and commerce? Yes NoWhy? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you see any similarities between this trade and the 21st century trade? Yes No

What are a FEW highlights that made the Palaces important?○ ________________________________________________________○ ________________________________________________________○ ________________________________________________________

The capital was: _______________________

The group that moved to the Greek Isles that started the Dark Ages were: ___________

Part #3 the Dark Ages

The Dorians were: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What are a FEW of the highlights of the Dark Ages?a. __________________________________________________b. __________________________________________________c. __________________________________________________

In Greek literature who was Homer? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The FOUR signs that marked the end of the Dark Ages was: (over two slides)1. _____________________________________________________________2. _____________________________________________________________3. _____________________________________________________________4. _____________________________________________________________

Part #4 The Road to Democracy

Did the Greek democracy start with various kings? Yes No

Is Greece considered to be the birthplace for Western Democracy? Yes No

What is an oligarchy?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why did Greece become an oligarchy during the Dark Ages?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Was a tyranny avoided in the Greek Isles? Yes NoWhy? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Who was Peisistratus & Hippias?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

There were how many powerful Greek cities? 1 2 3 4 5

Please compare and contrast the government styles (over two slides)

Athens Sparta

Compare and Contrast the Sexes in Sparta

Male Female

Who were the Medians?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Who were the Persians?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What does the above map tell you about Achaemenid Persia’s full extent? (use space above to answer)

Please list the influence the Persian Wars had on the various Greek States

Marathon Thermopylae Salamis & Plataea

Who was Herodotus? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Who was Thucydides?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part #5 Classical Greece

What are a FEW key highlights of the Delian League?● ___________________________________________________● ___________________________________________________● ___________________________________________________

How was the Peloponnesian League different from the Delian League?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The TWO main city states were _______________ & ________________

What general geographical observations do you see with the map? (use the space above)

Please list a FEW characteristics of the Athenian Empire● ______________________________________________________● ______________________________________________________● ______________________________________________________

Who was Pericles? _____________________________________________________

What was his vision of democracy? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Is his version of democracy the same democracy that we use today? Yes NoWhy? ________________________________________________________________

What started the war between Athens and Sparta? _____________________________

What are some of the general characteristics of the war? (over three slides)● __________________________________________________________● __________________________________________________________

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Part #6 Alexander the Great

What are a FEW general characteristics of Alexander?i. ______________________________________ii. ______________________________________iii. ______________________________________

List a few observations you have with Alexander’s Empire (use the space below)

What was Alexander’s Legacy?1. ___________________________________________________2. ___________________________________________________3. ___________________________________________________

Part #7 The Greek Culture

Literature Term Greek Influence

What made Greek philosophy unique and different?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The THREE Great Greek Thinkers (over many slides)

Socrates Plato Aristotle

Who were the other Greek philosophers?a. ___________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________b. ___________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________c. ___________________________________________________________

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What was the Hellenistic Art Sculpture?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What was the Hellenistic Art Ceramics?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What was the Hellenistic Art Painting and Mosaics?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Sci-Fi Tech from the Ancient Greeks

Pythagoras Euclid

What a FEW of the highlights of Greek medicine?○ ______________________________________________○ ______________________________________________○ ______________________________________________

What a FEW highlights of the role that women had in Ancient Greece?● ________________________________________________________● _________________________________________________________● _________________________________________________________

What was Sapphos and Lesbos?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What are SOME of the Hellenistic “Sexuality?”a. ________________________________________________________b. ________________________________________________________c. ________________________________________________________d. ________________________________________________________

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