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2,000 BC 200 BC

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC

FEATURES SURROUNDING ANCIENT GREECE

2. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES OF GREECE’S GEOGRAPHY

3. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF

GREEK CULTURE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN

CIVILIZATION

4. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR ANCIENT GREEK

PHILOSPHERS AS WELL EXPLAIN THEIR IDEAS AND IMPACT ON

WESTERN CIVILIZATION

5. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR ANCIENT GREEK

CONTRIBUTORS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, ARTS,

ARCHITECTURE, AND LITERATURE - STUDENTS WILL ALSO AND BE ABLE

TO EXPLAIN THE IMPACT THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HAD ON

WESTERN CIVILIZATION

6. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW THE GREEK CITY STATES ,

DEMOCRACY AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE EARLY STAGES OF

REPUBLICS DEVELOPED

WHAT ANCIENT CULTURE HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE HISTORY OF

THE WORLD ?

GEOGRAPHIC FACTS :

1. “ PELOPENNESIAN PENNINSULA ” -

2. “ MACEDONIA ” -

SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

WORLD HISTORY

STUDY GUIDE # 11 : ANCIENT GREECE

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GEOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGES :

1.

2.

GEOGRAPHIC DISADVANTAGES :

1.

2.

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > GEOGRAPHY OF GREECE

1. ____________ MILLION PEOPLE CALL GREECE HOME

2. GREECE IS BORDERED BY THE __________________ , ____________________ ,

AND _____________________ SEAS

3. OCCUPYING THE SOUTHERN MOST TIP OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA ,

GREECE SHARES MOST OF ITS HISTORY WITH __________________ ,

______________________ , AND ________________________

4. ____________________ REMAINS THE CITY AT THE HEART OF THE NATION

5. MORE THAN _____ OF THE PEOPLE OF GREECE LIVE IN ________________

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CULTURE > RELIGION :

1.

2.

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > GREEK MYTHOLOGY

1. IN ANCIENT GREECE MOUNT ________________________

WAS THE HOME OF THE _________________

2. AROUND 1,000 BC LEGEND HAS IT THAT A PANTHEON OF ______ GODS

RULED AND THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE ___________________________

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3. OFTEN DEPICTED ( SHOWN ) IN HUMAN FORM , THE GODS COULD

EMBODY ______________ __________________ AND ALSO SHOWED BOTH

SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL _________________________

4. THE PANTHEON OF GODS WERE LED BY ______________________

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3.

4.

“ ORACLES ” -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE GODS AND THE CITY OF DELPHI

1. THE SACRED CITY OF THE GODS WAS CALLED ___________________

2. WITHIN THE CITY OF ____________________ THE TEMPLE OF _____________

WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST SACRED OF BUILDINGS

3. _______________________ WAS THE GOD OF ____________________ ,

_____________________ , ______________________ , AND _____________________

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CULTURE > PHILOSOPHY

“ PHILOSOPHER ” -

SOCRATES - THE HEMLOCK GUY :

1.

2.

3. “ SOCRATIC METHOD ” -

SOCRATES

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > SOCRATES

1. THE PURSUIT OF WISDOM IS SOMETIMES CALLED ______________________

2. THE QUESTION AND ANSWER METHOD OF TEACHING IS CALLED THE

___________________________ ___________________________

3. SOCRATES HAD MANY ENEMIES BECAUSE HE QUESTIONED MANY OF

THE _______________________ THAT PEOPLE BELIEVED IN

4. SOCRATES REFUSED TO STOP QUESTIONING BELIEFS AND HE WAS

CONVICTED OF CORRUPTING YOUNG PEOPLE . WHAT WAS HIS

PUNISHMENT ?

5. SOCRATES TEACHING WAS CARRIED ON BY HIS STUDENT _______________

WHO WROTE ABOUT THE TEACHINGS IN HIS MOST FAMOUS WRITINGS /

BOOK THE __________________________

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PLATO - STUDENT OF SOCRATES

1. “ THE REPUBLIC ” -

2.

3.

4.

5.

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > PLATO

1. IN HIS BOOK THE _________________________ PLATO DESCRIBES A

UTOPIA , AN IMAGINARY PERFECT ________________________

2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE RECOMMENDED BY PLATO ? CHECK

PLATO

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ALL THAT APPLY :

____ EVERYONE HAD ONE JOB FOR LIFE

____ PHILOSOPHERS WERE KINGS

____ CHILDREN ONLY WERE ALLOWED TO HEAR HEROIC AND

UPLIFTING STORIES

____ THE EPICS OF HOMER ( THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY ) WERE NOT

PERMITTED BECAUSE OF MISBEHAVIOR OF THE GODS

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ARISTOTLE > STUDENT OF PLATO

1. “ POLITICS ”

2.

3.

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > ARISTOTLE

1. PLATO STARTED A SCHOOL TO TEACH HIS IDEAS CALLED THE _________

WHOSE MOST FAMOUS STUDENT WAS ___________________________

2. THE QUEST FOR _________________________ AND _________________________

IS AS IMPORTANT TODAY AS IT WAS IN ANCIENT GREECE

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CULTURE > SCIENCE

PYTHAGORAS -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > PYTHAGORAS

1. THE CORE OF PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY IS THE NOTION / IDEA THAT

REALITY AT ITS DEEPEST LEVEL IS _________________________ IN NATURE

2. PYTHAGORAS BELIEVED THAT EVERYTHING IN NATURE COULD BE

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EXPRESSED __________________________________

3. THE MOST CELEBRATED / FAMOUS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE

PYTHAGOREANS ARE THE GEOMETRY THEOREMS :

1. IN ANY TRIANGLE , THE SUM OF THE INTERIOR

ANGLES IS EQUAL TO TWO RIGHT ANGLES , OR 180 °

2. THE MOST WELL KNOWN THEOREM IS THE PYTHAGOREAN

THEOREM > IN ANY RIGHT TRIANGLE THE SQUARE

OF THE HYPOTENUSE IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF

THE SQUARE OF THE LENGTHS OF THE OTHER

TWO SIDES > THIS IS OFTEN REPRESENTED

ALGEBRAICALLY AS A² + B² = C²

4. WHAT CIVILIZATION 1,000 YEARS BEFORE THE GREEKS ALSO

UNDERSTOOD THE GENERAL THEORY BEHIND THE PYTHAGOREAN

THEOREM ?

5. A MATHEMATICAL _________________ APPLIES TO ALL

POSSIBLE INSTANCES

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DEMOCRITUS -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > DEMOCRITUS

1. NATURES TINY BUILDING BLOCKS ARE CALLED ____________________

2. ____________________ MEANS __________________________

3. DEMOCRITUS BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ______

4. ARISTOTLE DISAGREED WITH DEMOCRITUS SAYING THAT ALL MATTER

WAS MADE UP OF FOUR ELEMENTS :

1. 2. 3. 4.

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ARCHIMEDES -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > ARCHIMEDES

1. BUILDING ON PROPORTIONS AND RATIOS , ARCHIMEDES

FORMULATED ARULE SHOWING HOW A _______________

USING A FULCRUM AND A LEVER COULD MOVE AN OBJECT

2. ARCHIMEDES’ LAW SIMPLIFIED SAYS …… THE __________________ THE

LEVER , THE _____________________ THE JOB

3. WHAT ARCHIMEDES DESCRIBED IS THE LAW OF ________________________

4. WE BELIEVE THAT ARCHIMEDES SHOULD BE GIVEN THE CREDIT FOR

TAKING THE STEP FROM ______________________ TO MORE _______________

MACHINES

5. IT IS BELIEVED THAT ARCHIMEDES BUILT THE FIRST __________________

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HIPPOCRATES -

1.

2.

3. “ HIPPOCRATIC OATH ” -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > HIPPOCRATES

1. HIPPOCRATES IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF __________________________

2. HIPPOCRATES STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF ______________ AND

COMMON ________________________

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ARCHITECTURE :

1.

2. “ PARTHENON ” - “ ACROPOLIS ” -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE PARTHENON

1. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE JUST A TEMPLE ,

RECENT ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES HAVE FOUND

WRITINGS THAT SHOW EVIDENCE THAT THE PARTHENON

MAY HAVE BEEN A STOREHOUSE FOR ATHENIAN __________________

2. WHAT HAVE THE WRITINGS HAVE ALSO REVEALED TO BE THE MOST

VALUABLE OBJECT IN THE PARTHENON ?

3. THE STATUE OF ATHENA WAS MADE OF _______________ AND ___________

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > BUILDING THE PARTHENON - THE COLUMNS

1. EACH EXTERIOR COLUMN WAS MADE UP OF 11 CYLINDRICAL DRUMS

EACH WEIGHING BETWEEN _____ AND _______ TONS

2. THE ORIGINAL GAPS BETWEEN THE STACKED DRUMS OF A COLUMN

COULD NOT BE SEEN AS THEIR WIDTH WERE ONLY ______ THE

THICKNESS OF A _____________________ ___________________

3. WAS MORTAR ( CEMENT ) USED TO HOLD BLOCKS TOGETHER ?

4. THE DRUMS AT THE BASE OF THE COLUMNS ARE _______________ THAN

THE ONES AT THE TOP AND THE COLUMNS ALSO __________________

5. COLUMNS WERE ALSO DESIGNED TO __________________ AT THE CENTER

6. THE PARTHENON DOES NOT HAVE ANY STRAIGHT LINES AND THIS WAS

DONE TO MAKE THE BUILDING MORE PLEASING TO THE ______________

7. WHERE WERE THE BLOCKS USED FOR THE COLUMNS MADE ?

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8. THE “ FLUTING “ OF THE COLUMNS WAS DONE FROM ____________ TO

__________________

9. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE A MASON TO COMPLETE THE “ FLUTING ”

OF A SINGLE COLUMN ?

10. THE PARTHENON HAS BEEN CALLED “ THE SCULPTOR’S ______________ ”

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ARTS AND LITERATURE :

1.

2. “ HOMER ” -

“ ILIAD AND ODYSSEY ” -

3.

“ HYPOCRITE ” -

A WELL DEFINED SOCIAL CLASS EXISTED > 4 LEVELS :

1.

2. “ METICS ” -

3.

4.

EARLY GOVERNMENTS :

MINOAN > 2000 - 1600 BC :

1.

2.

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE MINOANS ( ALSO KNOWN AS THE CRETEANS )

1. THE CLIMATE OF CRETE ALLOWED THE MINOANS TO HAVE AN AGRI –

CULTURAL ECONOMY THAT PRODUCED PRODUCTS FOR _______________

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2. CRETE WAS A ______________________ SEAFARING NATION WHOSE TOWNS

WERE NOT _______________________

3. THE MOST FAMOUS SETTLEMENT WAS CALLED KYNOSOS WHICH HAD A

PALACE / TEMPLE COMPLEX SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE ANCIENT

______________ CIVILIZATION

4. THE PALACE / TEMPLE COMPLEX WAS CALLED A LABYRINTH WHICH

MEANS A ________________ OR SOMETHING INVOLVED AND COMPLEX

5. MINOANS WERE EXPERT ENGINEERS WHO MADE HEATING , COOLING ,

AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS FOR BUILDINGS . THEY ALSO MADE FULL

FUNCTIONING BATHROOMS WITH ______________________

6. NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THE MINOANS BEYOND THEIR ARTS AND

ARCHITECTURE BECAUSE THEIR ______________________ HAS NOT BEEN

DECIPHERED

7. BOTH MEN AND WOMEN IN MINOAN SOCIETY WORE ____________________

8. CRETEANS / MINOANS SAW THE SUPREME BEING AS A _________________

9. FROM A RELIGIOUS STANDPOINT , AND BURIAL RITUALS , MINOANS DID

NOT SEEM TO BELIEVE IN , OR PREPARE FOR , AN _____________ _______

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IONIAN AGE AND THE MYCENAEANS > 1600 - 12OO BC :

1.

2.

DORIAN AGE > 1200 - 750 BC > THE GREEK DARK AGE :

1. “ POLIS ” -

2. “ TYRANTS ” -

3. “ MONARCHY ” -

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4. “ ARISTOCRACY ” -

5.

“ OLIGARCHY ” -

6.

LATER GOVERNMENTS AND THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY :

SPARTA > 750 - 480 BC :

1.

2. “ CITIZEN ” :

1. 2. 3.

3. “ SENATE ” :

1. 2.

4.

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > SPARTAN WARRIORS

1. THREAT OF INVASION FROM THE _________________ EMPIRE WAS GREAT

2. YOUNG BOYS STRENGTH AND HEALTH WERE ASSESSED AND THOSE

DETERMINED TO BE WEAK WERE __________________ IN THE MOUNTAINS

3. MILITARY TRAINING BEGAN AT THE AGE OF _________

4. AT ____ YEARS OF AGE A YOUNG MAN WAS MADE A ___________________

AND ASSIGNED TO A PLATOON

5. AT ____ YEARS OF AGE A MAN COULD ______________ AS LONG AS HE

REMAINED DEDICATED TO THE AFFAIRS OF STATE AND WAR

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6. AT _____ YEARS OF AGE A SOLIDER RETIRED

7. SPARTAN WARRIOR FACTS :

1. THEY WORE ___________________ BREST PLATES CALLED A KORATZ

2. A WARRIOR’S __________ WERE ALSO COVERED IN ________________

3. STRAPPED TO HIS CHEST WAS A ___________________

4. HIS BRONZE HELMET ONLY ALLOWED __________ EXPOSURE

5. THEY USED A NEW FIGHTING STRATEGY CALLED A _______________

8. THE WORD “ SPARTAN ” HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH SELF _______

AND SELF ________________________

9. SPARTANS WERE EVENTUALLY CONQUERED BY THE MACEDONIANS LED

BY PHILIP THE II , FATHER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT , AND THEN

BECAME A ____________________ PROVINCE BY 200 BC

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ATHENS > 750 - 480 BC :

1. “ SOLON’S CODE ” -

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. “ OSTRACISM ” -

2.

“ DEMOCRACY ” -

1.

2.

3.

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4.

DELIAN LEAGUE > 480 BC

1.

2.

3. “ PERICLES ” -

4.

“ PHALANX ”

5. “ PELOPONNESIAN WARS ” -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > ATHENS

1. ATHENS WAS NAMED AFTER THE GODDESS OF _______________ ATHENA

2. AFTER THE LAST KING OF GREECE DIED IN 1066 BC , THE MONARCHY

WAS REPLACED WITH AN __________________________

3. IN 594 BC A GREAT STATESMAN NAMED _______________ FOUNDED A

PARLIAMENT AND LAW COURTS

4. ______________________ WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUNDING THE FIRST

DEMOCRACY = GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE

5. MOST OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF ANCIENT GREECE CENTERED ON

THE TEMPLES OF THE _______________________

6. LOCATED BELOW THE _______________________ WAS THE ________________

7. AT THE SOUTHERN MOST TIP OF THE ATTICA PENINSULA AND THE

ATHENS CITY STATE , LOOKING OUT OVER THE SEA , WAS A TEMPLE

NAMED AFTER ________________________ GOD OF THE SEA

8. SOME OF THE FLAWS IN ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY WERE :

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1. ONLY MEN COULD ___________________

2. WOMEN HAD NO LEGAL VOICE IN _____________________ MAKING

3. __________________ HAD NO RIGHTS AT ALL

9. THE ATHENIAN GOLDEN AGE ENDED IN A WAR LOSS TO _______________

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MACEDONIAN CONQUEST > 360 BC > PHILIP II AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT

1.

2.

3.

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > ALEXANDER THE GREAT

1. ALEXANDER LEARNED MILITARY SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP FROM HIS

________________________

2. _____________________ GAVE ALEX A CLASSICAL GREEK EDUCATION

3. ALEXANDER MADE A DEAL WITH THE GREEKS TO FIGHT THE _________

WHO HAD TAKEN OVER MUCH OF GREECE’S LAND

4. BY 332 BC ALEXANDER HAD CONQUERED ASIA MINOR , PALESTINE ,

AND EGYPT . THE EGYPTIANS MADE HIM THE ____________________

5. BY 331 BC ALEXANDER HAD PUSHED HIS EMPIRE AS FAR EAST AS

_______________________

6. IN EGYPT , AND ALL ACROSS HIS EMPIRE , WHAT WERE NAMED AFTER

ALEXANDER ?

7. ALEXANDER’S CONQUESTS LED TO THE MERGING OF MANY CULTURES

( GREEK , EGYPTIAN , HEBREW , INDIAN , AND PERSIAN ) TO CREATE

WHAT WAS CALLED THE ___________________________ CIVILIZATION

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THE RISE OF THE FEDERATION :

ACHAEAN LEAGUE > 200 BC :

1.

2. “ FEDERATION ” -

3.

ANCIENT GREECE TRIVIA HUNT :

OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD , NAME THE ONES THAT

WERE PRODUCTS OF GREEK INGENUITY .